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Accelerate Your Product Design Career

9.2

(9 ratings)

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4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Transform into a strategic and influential designer in 4 weeks.

Hosted by

Jacalin Ding

Product Design Leader | Coached 350+ Designers | Top-NPS-ranked GA instructor

Course overview

Stop being a feature design machine. Start impacting businesses with design

So you have the burning desire to step up and crave driving a bigger impact as a designer. Perhaps there's a lack of guidance to show you where and how to add impact. You feel powerless and wonder what it takes to become an influential and strategic designer.


Designers with the most success in our industry are business-aware.


If you think narrowly and talk about "design and design only" without factoring in business growth and understanding how to share the value of design, your impact will stay shallow.


Tap into the strategies and success frameworks I've used to grow my own career, as well as mentoring and coaching 350+ designers and design teams.


This course will give you the skills, frameworks, scripts and adaptable knowledge necessary to influence design in your company and change the way you show up as a designer forever.


Commitment: 4 weeks. 3-4 hours/week.


P.S. Reimburse the cost of this course if your company offer L&D budget. Otherwise, educational courses are tax deductible.

Who is this course for

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Junior Designers


Set yourself up for success and fast-track your career progress with fundamental strategic knowledge

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Mid-weight Designers


You're ready to go beyond craft-focused design. It's time to upskill and take on strategic senior roles

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Start-up Sole Designer


Gain confidence in decision-making, master facilitation, and maximise your influence as the design advocate

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NOT for Aspiring Designers


This course will NOT cover hands-on craft skills or basic design thinking knowledge.

What you’ll get out of this course

Develop business acumen and become a savvy strategic designer

You will learn to understand and communicate business language through design. Feel empowered to make better-informed decisions.

Master facilitation techniques to influence design in the business

Learn the facilitation golden nuggets I've collected over the years. Gain the confidence to lead cross-functional design discussions, and effectively communicate design ideas to stakeholders.

Turn user research insights into compelling stories and get buy-in

Learn to apply minimum viable research frameworks to guide your designs. Connect business goals with research insights and become a persuasive storyteller when sharing design directions.

Measure your impact and be ready for promotion

You'll learn how to set goals for professional development, apply frameworks to measure and evaluate the impact of your work. Set milestones for yourself and get ready to accelerate to the next level.

Bonus: Two x 30mins private mentor sessions

Two 30mins 1-1 sessions with Jacalin post course.

9.2

(9 ratings)

What do people say about my delivery?

        Jac's approach to measuring design value and communicating with stakeholders is inspiring. She has taught me to analyse challenges beyond design. One quote from her that has shifted how I solve problems since the beginning of my career is "A great designer always thinks like a business designer".
Man Hin Ma 🇦🇺

Man Hin Ma 🇦🇺

Product Designer | Eucalyptus
        Jac is an exceptional educator and mentor! She consistently ensures the class is engaged, enjoyable, and fun. All of her sharing is so helpful for any designer to grow in the career.  
Rosie Qu 🇺🇸

Rosie Qu 🇺🇸

Senior Product Designer
        I see Jacalin as a role model for designers - always learning, curious and passionate. She generously shared her knowledge, resources and inspiration to help me grow into a more impactful designer.
Michelle Ou  🇦🇺

Michelle Ou  🇦🇺

Human-Centred Designer | eHealth NSW | Inclusive Design Practitioner | Design Mentor
        I enjoy the course thoroughly. The content was concise and precise. It was a very interactive session that we can engage with one another despite it being an online course.
Agnes Lam 🇸🇬

Agnes Lam 🇸🇬

Product Designer | Thoughtworks | Ex. Grab
        This felt more like a professional incubator than 'just a course' - even as a junior designer, by end of course I was leading new strategic design workshops and initiating conversations around north star metrics at work! I love that the course is deliberately structured to encourage application of new learnings at work.
Lynn Teoh 🇦🇺

Lynn Teoh 🇦🇺

UX Designer | Docufen
        This course provides meaningful content for UX Designers wanting to elevate their practice and move into a senior role. During this course, Jacalin has mentored me on strategic thinking with real world applications that allow me to build influence within my organisation. I feel much better positioned now to deliver measurable design outcomes.
Reece Turnbull 🇦🇺

Reece Turnbull 🇦🇺

Senior UX Designer
        I loved learning from Jac. She was an absolute legend - making sure our class was always engaged and went out of her way to make the class time productive, fun and of course very relevant. Jac also kept the learning pace at a good rate. Can’t thank her enough for such a valuable learning experience!!
Aneka Reid 🇦🇺

Aneka Reid 🇦🇺

UX Manager | My Muscle Chef
        Jacalin is just the absolute sweetest human being, but also with a brilliant mind! She was able to help me with my weird founding designer problems. She has specific insights that were actionable and authentic. I love that she doesn't sugarcoat. 
Amber KB Wilson 🇺🇸

Amber KB Wilson 🇺🇸

Senior UX Designer | Comcast

Meet your instructor

Jacalin Ding

Jacalin Ding

Principal Product Designer // Educator // Mentor // Speaker

Jacalin Ding is a seasoned product design leader and business strategist with more than 15 years of experience in building design teams and turning big product ideas into successful products.


She has worked with start-ups, enterprises, and agencies in various locations, including New York, Vancouver, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney.


Since 2019, Jacalin has been a design educator. She has taught and mentored more than 350+ designers and facilitated 50+ workshops that impacted more than 10,000 creative problem solvers worldwide.

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Join an upcoming cohort

Accelerate Your Product Design Career

Cohort 2 - NOV 2023

$895 USD

Dates

Nov 4—25, 2023

Application Deadline

Nov 3, 2023

Course modules

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Develop business Acumen and Become a Strategic Designer

  • Understanding key business terminologies and how they relate to product design
  • Learn to connect design impacts with the business viability to gain buy in

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Unblock Research Feedback Loops, Build Data-Backed Design Rationales to Gain Stakeholder Buy-in

  • Learn to expand your research toolkit that supports your design rationales
  • Deliver your design directions with confidence by applying effective storytelling techniques

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Build Facilitation Skills and Influential Advocacy

  • Learn the importance of active listening and effective communication
  • Practise facilitation skills by planning and leading ideation workshops with actionable frameworks to follow

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Measuring Impact and Level Up Your Product Design Career

  • Learn how to measure design impact and track progress
  • Define your career goals
  • Identify milestones to step into senior roles

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Bonus:

Two x 30mins 1-1 follow up mentor calls

Course schedule

3 hours per week
  • Live classes

    2 hours

    Live cohort with Jacalin.

    Collaborations.

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    Sat - AEST 8.30-10.30am

    Fri - GMT 9.30-11.30pm

    Fri - EDT 5.30-7.30pm

    Fri - PDT 2.30-4.40pm

  • Q&A, Live critiques

    1 hour

    Once a week live critiques and feedback session.

    Get your burning questions answered.

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    Tue - AEST 8.30am

    Mon - GMT 9.30pm

    Mon - EST 4.30pm

    Mon - PST 1.30pm

Frequently Asked Questions

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Can I expense this workshop with my employer, or file for a tax rebate?
Is this course created specifically for in-house product designers or agency designers?
How is this program different from UX bootcamps and other online learning sources?
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Join an upcoming cohort

Accelerate Your Product Design Career

Cohort 2 - NOV 2023

$895 USD

Dates

Nov 4—25, 2023

Application Deadline

Nov 3, 2023

$895 USD

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