Netherlands

Graphic Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Motion Design

Branding and Identity Design

Multimedia Design

Design Operations

Content Design

Product Design

Interaction Design

Creative writing

Scriptwriting

Content Strategy

Copywriting

Branding

Digital Marketing

Business Development

Offline Marketing

Direct Marketing

Shillington NYC

University of Amsterdam

Nikos Huijgen

Co-Founder & Creative Director

CreateNew

Usability Testing

Typography

Social media marketing

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Analytical skills

Brand positioning

Brand strategy

Content creation

Content strategy

Design systems

Email marketing

Email writing

Illustration

LinkedIn writing

Marketing strategy

Video editing

Video marketing

Product roadmap

Trello

Typeform

Adobe Photoshop

Airtable

Asana

ChatGPT

Figma

Framer

HTML

Lucidchart

Miro

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe After Effects

Sketch

Adobe Illustrator

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Nikos Huijgen🇳🇱