United States

Product Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Service Design

Interaction Design

UX Research

Bachelor

Sandy Pham

Director of Product Design

Product strategy

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Presentation skills

Customer service

Leadership

Branding

Data visualisation

Design systems

Zeplin

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Asana

ChatGPT

Figma

InVision

Jira

Miro

Monday

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Confluence

Sketch

Communication

Time management

Organisation skills

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

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

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

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

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

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

Umbrage is a creative legion that designs, develops & distills software solutions for its enterprise clients. Umbrage builds it; client owns it! Secure in the shadows, Umbrage is keenly homed in on quietly solving complex business problems via its crafted-based studio. Umbrage is based in Houston, Texas, and humbled to be backed by Rice Investment Group (RIG). While proudly biased towards its Boomtown & Lone Star roots, Umbrage has worked with clients in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Colorado and Canada since gaining traction in 2020.
            

    
    

    
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Modiant is a world-class, data-driven product development company headquartered in Houston, Texas, and is the newest member of Crane Capital Group, Inc., the holding company for Jim Crane’s various entities, including the Houston Astros and Crane Worldwide Logistics. Modiant provides solutions to arduous, real-world problems that were once thought to be impossible to solve—problems that have plagued companies for years and industries for decades. Modiant's proprietary technology and industry-agnostic approach to software development immediately bring real bottom line value to clients.
            

    
    

    
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Baal & Spots is a branding and digital design agency dedicated to transforming experiences and building businesses. Their expertise is in strategy, marketing, creative content and technology services. Though the agency is headquartered in Houston, the team is a diverse group of remotely distributed specialists.

BakerRipley builds vibrant communities to keep Houston a place of opportunity for all who are working for a better life. BakerRipley is a nonprofit agency that provides a wide range of community-based programs that benefit youth, families and seniors in Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast. BakerRipley's locations include: Community Centers, Promise Charter Schools, Head Start Schools, Senior Centers, Dementia Day Center, Workforce Solutions, Economic Development, ASPIRE, Free Tax Centers, Credit Union (Promise Community Development Credit Union), Immigration, Civic Engagement, Community Engagement (Community Engineers), Disaster Recovery (Stay Connected), Youth Development, Youth Summer Camp and classes & activities designed around supporting families.

            

    
    

    
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MasterWord Services is a leading provider of industry-specific language support. Their language professionals are trained to listen to our clients in order to understand their unique needs. They also strive to leverage our experience within and across industries to provide innovative and customized solutions. The company specializes in helping clients manage the language services process more easily and efficiently. We are a leading provider of language solutions to industries such as oil and gas, healthcare, government and legal.
            

    
    

    
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FKM was the second-largest advertising firm in Houston and called the city home for more than 33 years. Under new ownership groups, the agency has since changed its name to The Company of Others and now more recently to 9thWonder. They provide research, brand strategy, digital marketing, media and creative content.

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