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Product Design Career Accelerator

4.7

(19 ratings)

5 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

From business strategy, communicating the value of design to career growth planning. Learn to become a high performing strategic designer.

Class is in session

Product Design Career Accelerator

4.7

(19 ratings)

5 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

From business strategy, communicating the value of design to career growth planning. Learn to become a high performing strategic designer.

Hosted by

Jacalin Ding

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

Jacalin Ding

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

Jacalin has coached designers from:

Course overview

Transform how you position yourself as a designer forever in just four weeks.

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. 6-8 hours/week.

P.S. Reimburse the cost of this course if your company offer Learning and Development budget. Otherwise, seek accounting advise regarding related to your role should be tax deductible.

Who is this course for

Mid-Senior Designers

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

Start-up / Freelance Designer

Gain confidence in decision-making, master facilitation, and learn to impact business directions as a designe

Senior Designers

Build strategic business mindset into the process, influence your team to become valuable business partners

Mid-Senior Designers

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

Start-up / Freelance Designer

Gain confidence in decision-making, master facilitation, and learn to impact business directions as a designe

Senior Designers

Build strategic business mindset into the process, influence your team to become valuable business partners

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

Gain new perspectives into business landscapes. Becoming empowered to make strategic decisions and communicate business value through design.

Increase design influence in the business by facilitation

Learn the facilitation golden nuggets I've collected over the years. Gain the confidence to align strategic goals, lead cross-functional collaboration, and increase design influence with new found leadership skills.

Turn research insights into compelling product opportunities, learn to communicate the value of design

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.

Holistic career planning, craft your impact story to pitch 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.

Unlimited 1-1 sessions during the course

This course includes

9 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

34 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

7 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

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Week 1
Jul 1—Jul 7
Week dates are set to instructor's time zone
Events
Jun
30
Course Kick off + Meet & Greet 👋🏽
Course Kick off + Meet & Greet 👋🏽
Sun, Jun 30, 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM UTC
Jul
5
Module 1 - Strategic Design - Mastering Business Acumen
Module 1 - Strategic Design - Mastering Business Acumen
Fri, Jul 5, 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM UTC
Modules
Introduce yourself & pre module readings
Introduce yourself & pre module readings
1 Lesson
Module 1: Strategic Design - Mastering Business Acumen
Module 1: Strategic Design - Mastering Business Acumen
11 Lessons • 2 Projects
Week 2
Jul 8—Jul 14
Week dates are set to instructor's time zone
Events
Jul
8
Learning review - Module 1
Learning review - Module 1
Mon, Jul 8, 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM UTC
Jul
12
Module 2 - Ability to Design Across Teams by Facilitate and Lead
Module 2 - Ability to Design Across Teams by Facilitate and Lead
Fri, Jul 12, 11:00 PM - 12:30 AM UTC
Modules
Module 2: Become an influential facilitator to gain buy-in
Module 2: Become an influential facilitator to gain buy-in
5 Lessons • 2 Projects
Week 3
Jul 15—Jul 21
Week dates are set to instructor's time zone
Events
Jul
15
Learning review - Module 2
Learning review - Module 2
Mon, Jul 15, 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM UTC
Jul
19
Module 3 - Master Persuasive Storytelling with Data-Driven Design Rationale
Module 3 - Master Persuasive Storytelling with Data-Driven Design Rationale
Fri, Jul 19, 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM UTC
Modules
Module 3 - Communicating the value of design with data driven rationales
Module 3 - Communicating the value of design with data driven rationales
6 Lessons • 2 Projects
Week 4
Jul 22—Jul 28
Week dates are set to instructor's time zone
Events
Jul
22
Learning review - Module 3
Learning review - Module 3
Mon, Jul 22, 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM UTC
Jul
26
Module 4 - Measuring Impact and Level Up Your Product Design Career
Module 4 - Measuring Impact and Level Up Your Product Design Career
Fri, Jul 26, 11:00 PM - 12:15 AM UTC
Modules
Module 4 - Measure Your Impact and Level Up Your Career
Module 4 - Measure Your Impact and Level Up Your Career
7 Lessons • 1 Project
Week 5
Jul 29—Jul 31
Week dates are set to instructor's time zone
Events
Jul
30
Course Review + Graduation 👩🏽‍🎓
Course Review + Graduation 👩🏽‍🎓
Tue, Jul 30, 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM UTC
Post-Course
Modules
Continuous learning
Continuous learning
3 Lessons
Bonus
Modules
Bonus - Strategic Direction
Bonus - Strategic Direction
1 Lesson

4.7

(19 ratings)

What students are saying

Words from designers I coached

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 🇦🇺

Senior Product Designer | Zip | ex-Eucalyptus

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 🇦🇺

Human-Centred Designer | eHealth NSW | Inclusive Design Practitioner | Design Mentor

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 🇦🇺

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 🇦🇺

UX Manager | My Muscle Chef

Meet your instructor

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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