Coaching

1:1 Coaching for Product Designers

Cheryl Chepusova

Cheryl Chepusova

Design leadership coach

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This Is For You If...

You’ve shipped the projects, solved the problems, supported the team, and consistently delivered high-quality work. But somehow, you still feel overlooked when it comes to influence, visibility, promotions, or leadership opportunities.

You know how to do the work, but you struggle to communicate your impact in a way that feels confident, strategic, and memorable to stakeholders or executives.

You’re tired of feeling like:

  • you’re seen as an executor instead of a strategic partner

  • other people are getting credit or visibility you’ve earned

  • you feel like you have to constantly prove yourself

  • you're limited in your career because you are an introvert

You may have tried:

  • working harder

  • becoming more “well-rounded”

  • focusing on craft and hoping it would speak for itself

  • waiting for your manager or company to guide your growth

But you’re realizing that career growth requires more than good execution.

You’re ready to:

  • communicate your value more clearly

  • become more visible and influential

  • build confidence in high-stakes conversations

  • navigate leadership and stakeholder dynamics more strategically

  • create a clearer professional identity and career direction

You want to become more intentional, more strategic, and more confident in how you show up.

Our Process

Our Process

We do this by:

  • Identifying where you’re getting stuck in visibility, communication, or influence

  • Clarifying how to position your work strategically

  • Practicing how to frame your thinking and impact

  • Strengthening stakeholder communication and executive presence

  • Exploring the patterns keeping you over-functioning or overlooked

  • Developing a clearer, more confident professional identity

Every engagement is personalized to your specific goals, challenges, and career context.

My Approach

My approach integrates:

  • 15+ years of experience across product design, startups, and tech

  • Deep understanding of stakeholder communication and business strategy

  • Career coaching grounded in lived experience, not just theory

  • Emotional intelligence and sustainable career growth practices

  • A nuanced understanding of the pressures many high-performing designers face in fast-moving tech environments

This work is both strategic and human.

Career growth is not just about becoming better at execution, it’s also about learning how to communicate your value, navigate influence, and advocate for yourself with clarity and confidence.

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For product designers who want more influence, visibility, and career confidence