Get Promoted Faster: For Early Career ICs & Managers

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4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Tactical “how to” insights for standing out, accelerating your growth, and using AI as your career copilot.

Leader / advisor at

Amazon
Dentsu
IPG Mediabrands
Techstars
First Round Capital

Course overview

Fast track your career flywheel and progression now (early momentum compounds)

*July 2025 Cohort Update* This is the first time we are offering this course and are launching with beta pricing to reward early adopters / customers (pricing will increase after this cohort).


WHAT TO EXPECT:

8+ hours of live instruction, all live on Zoom taught by Jason with two dedicated sessions with Ethan. We will focus on the "why" and tactical pieces around the "how" that you can apply immediately (with specific AI Action Prompts). There will be dedicated time to small group discussions, sharing, peer networking (to build your network of like-minded ambitious professionals now) and Q&A.


COURSE CONTENT:

Learn what it takes to own your career and promote yourself:

- How to use The Magic Loop

- How to use advanced forms of The Magic Loop

- How to build the skills required for the next level

- How to establish trust with your manager, manager peers, and skip.

- How to better manage your time & energy to get more done

- How to be a Change Agent

- How to be more visible

- How to be a magnet for executive sponsorship and build a network

- How to start building the critical skill of EQ now


Learn how to lead your promotion conversation:

- How to prepare and position your promotion review

- Understanding the promotion process

- Nailing your promotion document draft

- How to effectively line up advocates

- What to do in the final stretch (1.5 months out)

- The final task


Forward-Thinking

- Careers are long...how to think about them

- Starting your own thing (e.g. side hustle, bootstrapped business, VC backed startup)


AI Action Prompts & Document Templates

- Each section will have specific AI Action Prompts for you to apply immediately

- You will get document templates and guides to help you act quickly


Working hard and delivering results are important...but are not enough. You will learn the specific actionable steps on how to prioritize the things that matter.


WHY LEARN FROM JASON & ETHAN:

Advice is based on personal rapid career growth:

- Jason in 7 years went from Assistant Digital Media Planner (managed 0 people) to VP Digital Marketing (40+ org, P&L ownership, $400M+ marketing budget). Tracked at a promotion every ~1.5 years. In that timeframe, Jason also became an Advisory Board Member (youngest by 10+ years).


- Ethan spent 12 years at 3 startups then 15+ years at Amazon (being promoted from Senior Manager to Director to VP). Ethan promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal, and of my former reports 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside of Amazon.


Learn both the clear cut tactics and the FAANG executive point of view:

- Jason gives you the tactics, proven systems, and personal stories

- Ethan gives you the big tech executive perspective


The transformation we want you to have:

BEFORE:

- “I don’t know how to stand out.”

- “I do not have executive sponsors nor champions.”

- “I do great work, but I sometimes get overlooked.” 

- “I know the promotion process, but I do not know how to drive it successfully.”

- “My career is good, but I want it to be better and faster now.” (I am ambitious)

AFTER:

- “I know exactly what to do differently tomorrow!”

- “I have clear steps to stand out and increase my visibility.”

- “I know the blueprint to lead and drive my promotion process.”


WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR:

Ambitious individual contributors (ICs) and managers with <7 years experience in any discipline and domain (e.g. Tech, Product, Marketing, Design, Data, Eng, and Operations) who want to fast track their career.


WHO SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS COURSE:

This course is not for everyone, including:

• You don't want to put in the work

• You look to others for direction (instead of thinking for yourself)

• You believe promotions and building win/win relationships is not a 'real thing' and/or is mostly up to luck

• You are confident you already know this content and what to do

• You want personalized 1:1 coaching

• You want a slow paced course. This course starts as an intensive 2-day to get the core material with follow-up sessions for more actions and Q&A.

Who is this course for

01

Ambitious individual contributors (ICs) and first/second time managers with <7 years experience who want to get promoted

02

Applicable to all domains): PMs, mkt leads, program managers, engineers, UX designers, Ops, analysts

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People who have a go-getter attitude and produced strong outcomes at work but find the promotion process challenging or mysterious.

What you’ll get out of this course

How to use a proven playbook for getting promoted quickly


How to manage and drive your promotion process


Confidence to lean into this new fast-changing environment of flatter orgs and AI adoption


Understand the clear cut tactics AND the executive POV


What’s included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Jason Yoong & Ethan Evans (special guest) in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

5 live sessions • 2 lessons

Week 1

Jul 12—Jul 13

    Jul

    12

    Session 1 - How to own your career and promote yourself: The Magic Loop, Advanced Forms to Stand Out, "How to" Core Pillars, Peer Networking, and Q&A with Jason Yoong

    Sat 7/124:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)

    Jul

    13

    Session 2 - "How to" Core Pillars (continued), How to lead your promotion conversation, Forward-Thinking, Peer Networking, and Q&A with Jason Yoong

    Sun 7/134:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)

Week 2

Jul 14—Jul 20

    Jul

    18

    Session 3 - FAANG Executive POV on Getting Promoted Fast followed by Q&A with Ethan Evans

    Fri 7/1812:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)

Week 3

Jul 21—Jul 27
    Nothing scheduled for this week

Week 4

Jul 28—Aug 3

    Jul

    29

    Session 4 - FAANG Executive POV on Winning Executive Sponsors followed by Q&A with Ethan Evans

    Tue 7/293:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)

    Aug

    3

    Session 5 - Final Q&A with Jason Yoong

    Sun 8/34:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

Bonus

    Template: Promotion Document

    1 item

    Template: How to Make Better Career & Business Decisions (ChatGPT Prompts)

    1 item

What executives have said about Jason

        That single customer insight is the best summary I have seen. Now we know the exact problem to solve. Excellent.
Amazon CEO of Worldwide Consumer

Amazon CEO of Worldwide Consumer

        Jason created a culture of working backwards from the customer to drive insights to innovation. Jason's Voice of Seller program has been one of the best examples of customer obsession I have seen at Amazon.
Amazon VP

Amazon VP

        We know our customers because of Jason. He is our conduit for Customer Obsession and broadens the ROI he generates. Jason can opine on new topics with great impact, he’s right a lot.
Amazon VP

Amazon VP

Meet your instructor

Jason Yoong

Jason Yoong

COO at Level Up (former Amazon, VP at Dentsu, startup founding team $8M seed)

Jason has run multiple $1B+ businesses across eCommerce, marketplaces, advertising, and media. He's led 40+ person organizations, owned department P&L, managed $400M+ marketing budgets, and served as an Advisory Board Member.


After leading and building at publicly traded companies Amazon, Dentsu Aegis, and Universal McCann (IPG), Jason joined the founding team of a venture-backed software startup and raised $8M seed.


Jason is now building Level Up: Your source for executive insights, high performance habits, and specific career growth actions with Ethan Evans (retired Amazon Vice President). He also serves on the Harvard Business Review advisory council and as a mentor at First Round Capital and Techstars.


As COO, I co-own all aspects of the business with Ethan: Content, growth, community, revenue, P&L, marketing, partnerships, business development, operations, product, GenAI, strategy, events, design, etc.


Connect with me on LinkedIn.


Jason's early career promotion:

In 7 years, I went from Assistant Digital Media Planner (managed 0 people) to VP Digital Marketing (40+ org, P&L ownership, $400M+ marketing budget). Tracked at a promotion every ~1.5 years. In that timeframe, I became an Advisory Board Member (youngest by 10+ years).


Read about how I used my OOO message to stand out to senior executives on LinkedIn.

Former Leader at

Amazon
Dentsu
IPG Mediabrands
Ethan Evans (special guest)

Ethan Evans (special guest)

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led global teams of 800+

In my 15+ years at Amazon, I led global teams of 800+ and invented well-known businesses and products such as Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming (formerly Twitch Prime), and Twitch Commerce.


  • Hold 70+ patents.
  • Helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are mine.
  • 10,000+ resume reviews.
  • 2,500+ live interviews.
  • 1,000+ hires.
  • Was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader, responsible for training and maintaining Amazon's group of interview outcome facilitators.


I've promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal, and of my former reports 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside of Amazon.


I retired from Amazon as a Vice President in September 2020 to allow me to focus on paying forward my good fortune to others.


Prior to Amazon, I spent 12 years at 3 startups.


Follow me on LinkedIn.


Subscribe to my newsletter and join our Level Up Career Community.

Former Vice President at

Amazon

"Truly went above and beyond" — Senior Manager in FAANG

From our other course, Breakthrough to Executive

From our other course, Breakthrough to Executive

"Amazing sessions, so much knowledge, insight and action items" — Senior Manager, Big Tech

From our other course, Breakthrough to Executive

From our other course, Breakthrough to Executive

"Your communication is crisp and super executive level"

"Your communication is crisp and super executive level"

LinkedIn News featured how I used my OOO Message early in my career to stand out to executives

Link to post: https://bit.ly/3SJmbeI

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Frequently Asked Questions

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In our other course "Stuck at Senior Manager - How to Break Through to Executive" (1200+ alumni) Jason & Ethan have helped many students get promoted from Senior Manager to Director.


Here's what alumni shared:

Promoted from Senior Manager to Director in Big Tech

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Promoted from Senior Manager to Director, FAANG

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"L6M, L7M, L8M in my loop all gave a strong incline."

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"You Got Me Promoted!"

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"Joined the FBA (Amazon) team as a Senior Program Manager"

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From our Level Up Newsletter Community

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Join an upcoming cohort

Get Promoted Faster: For Early Career ICs & Managers

Cohort 1

$495

Dates

July 12—Aug 3, 2025

Payment Deadline

July 11, 2025
Get reimbursed

$495

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