How to Build a Design Portfolio That Gets You Hired

Design Manager from Apple, ex-Bumble (IPO), Badoo, 10+ years in design

Hiring Manager and Lead Designer based in London, working at Apple.

• 10 years of experience as a designer and design lead
• Proven track record as a hiring manager and lead designer in top international companies: Apple, ex-Bumble, ex-Badoo
• 7 years of interviewing designers for well-known companies
• 5 years of mentoring designers worldwide (USA, UK, Europe, Russia, CIS)
• Relocated to London in 2018 after winning first place in a competition among 450 other designers
• 500+ career consultations delivered
• In the past year alone, helped 50 professionals land their dream job offers and relocate abroad

Alex is a Senior Product Designer based in Sydney, Australia, currently at Propeller, building 3D mapping tools for the construction industry. Before relocating to Australia on a Global Talent Visa, Alex spent two years in London at Intercom, designing integration products. Prior to that, Alex spent four years at Alfa-Bank, one of the largest fintech enterprises, growing from Product Designer to Design Manager.

The career journey started somewhere unexpected: fashion design, before moving through graphic design and into product design. That cross-disciplinary background now informs a sharp eye for how designers present and tell their own story, which is exactly what this workshop is about.