Design Career Jumpstart

2 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Develop the mindset and the skills to lead with integrity, communicate with confidence, and grow a fulfilling design career with intention.

Design Career Jumpstart

2 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Develop the mindset and the skills to lead with integrity, communicate with confidence, and grow a fulfilling design career with intention.

Hosted by

Yuan Wang

Certified Coach | CCA Design Professor | Design lead at Airbnb, Twitter, Mozilla

Yuan Wang

Certified Coach | CCA Design Professor | Design lead at Airbnb, Twitter, Mozilla

Previously at

Course overview

Jumpstart Your Design Career

Design Career Jumpstart supports designers with the mindsets, tactics, and communication skills required to lead with confidence, advance in their careers, and become influential leaders.

Who is this course for

Early-career Designers

You're a few years into your design career and want to continue growing your skills and confidence.

Mid-career Designers

As a senior designer, you feel confident with your craft skills, but want to level up, and lead with integrity.

Startup

Designers

You're the sole designer at a startup and desire to better advocate the business value of design.

Early-career Designers

You're a few years into your design career and want to continue growing your skills and confidence.

Mid-career Designers

As a senior designer, you feel confident with your craft skills, but want to level up, and lead with integrity.

Startup

Designers

You're the sole designer at a startup and desire to better advocate the business value of design.

Topics covered

Quieting Your Inner Critic

Facilitate in-person and remote workshops with confidence

Leverage the business impact of design

Give students an idea of what they can expect to learn in the course while still preserving a bit of mystery/curiosity.

Cultivate trusting relationships through consistency and accountability

Give students an idea of what they can expect to learn in the course while still preserving a bit of mystery/curiosity.

This course includes

Interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

In-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

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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What alumni are saying...

I wish I had joined those coaching sessions earlier to guide and equip me when it comes to my career trajectory. It helps me uncover and understand myself better. The questions during the sessions often trigger deeper reflections of who I am and what I want to become.

Ann

Senior Designer at Automattic

Yuan helped me tap into how I mesh my personal fulfillment into actionable steps to take in my career and structure a plan around it. She really gave me the courage and empowerment I needed.

Lisa

Senior Designer at Instagram

Yuan helps me identify my cognitive blockers and provides actionable techniques to dissolve them. Yuan has helped me to think with optimism, speak with confidence and achieve bigger goals.

Yanci

Senior Designer at Autodesk

Finally, I found my tribe in this community. Thank you, Yuan, for creating this for all of us. Very grateful to be part of this. Finally finding my voice. Yuan is a Rockstar!! 😍🙏

Chaitanya

Senior Designer at Handshake

I love how Yuan's program was divided by different topics focusing on design and a whole full experience. For example, we learned how to define our goals and have a strategy to achieve them; we also learned about business and its importance in the design process. All of these have been helping me at my current job as a Lead Product designer.

Lilibeth

Lead Product Designer @Nuvocargo & UX-UI Teacher @Memorisely

Yuan has taught me to look inwards to find my own answers and desires. Her ability to help you envision your goals and find tactical steps in order to reach them is magical. After her coaching, I've been able to have more clear & strategic thinking about my role as a designer and my career path. Highly highly highly recommend Yuan as a coach!

Ida

Senior Designer at Mercury Bank

Yuan's workshops give me the method to understand my unique superpower, my self-defeating behaviors, and where I want to go. Those helped me reshape my daily work behavior and be better prepared to practice collaboration, storytelling, and business strategy skills. All of them combined, I am empowered to grow into a more advanced product designer.

Yunjie

Designer at Dropbox

Yuan has made such a great impact on my career journey. Her encouragement is so powerful and challenged me to go beyond and above. With her guidance, I can truly learn to express myself and continue to grow as a designer. It has been the best investment I had all year and will continue to bring Yuan's guidance with me throughout my life.

Cindy

Designer at Work & Co

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Meet your instructor

Yuan Wang

Certified professional coach, design leader & educator

I’m passionate about supporting designers to grow their careers with intention. I’m a certified leadership coach (CPC) and an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. I also lead design at Maven. Previously, I led design at Airbnb, Twitter, and Mozilla.

I have supported hundreds of designers to level up their careers. My clients are design professionals from creative agencies, startups, and high-growth companies such as Facebook, Autodesk, and Slack. Recently, I led custom workshops for the inaugural cohort of the On Deck Design program and created a mentorship program for the Airbnb design team.

In this program, I'll teach and coach you the mindsets and skills required to lead with confidence, advance in your careers, and become influential leaders. I want to help you achieve a career that aligns with your highest values.

Learning is better with cohorts

Active Learning, not Passive Watching

You’ll engage in a series of interactive workshops, reflection exercises and breakout discussions.

Mentoring Circle

Learn from seasoned designers and program alumni who successfully transformed their growth.

Special Guests

Yuan often invites respected design leaders to the program. Past guests include design directors from Airbnb and Faire.

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Frequently Asked Questions

I work full-time. Do I have time to join this program?

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