🎨 Lea signed an offer for Sr Product Designer in 3 months!
Your transferable skills are worth more than you think.
Lea had a career in marketing and sales, but that was a few years back. Then she took a career break to raise her daughter - taking time off from professional work.
Finally ready to get back into full-time work, she went back to work in marketing but soon realized that Product Design was something she wanted to pursue instead, a field that was very new to her.
After completing a Bootcamp in UX/UI Design in Oct 2022, she was looking to land a job in the field - but where to start?
She joined the 12 Week Career Launch in Feb 2023 to ensure a successful job search and learn how to use networking to land a job in tech.
After 3 months of consistent effort - she signed an offer!
Here’s how it happened.
Product Design was a new field for Lea, so creating a new professional identity was key to beginning the job search.
Next, we worked on a networking strategy to utilize both old and new connections.
During the whole time we worked together, Lea never stopped working on creating new product design projects through an agency that connected early-stage designers with startups. This constant focus on product design work helped to build her design skills while at the same time building up her portfolio which helped her create trust during the interview process.
Every week she would:
✅ apply to 40+ jobs
✅ outreach to 50+ new people
✅ work on a product design project
Even during the job search, she continued to create project work.
First Interview
One month into the job search, she was seeing requests for interviews from multiple companies.
She continued getting interview requests at the rate of 2-3 companies per week. Here are some highlights:
Through a combination of applying to jobs, optimizing her materials and outreach on Linkedin… Lea landed consistent interviews every week.
The Job Offer 🎉
At 10 weeks into the program Lea had an influx of interviews. With momentum building, she was interviewing with three different companies when the offer for a Full-time Senior level role was extended in May.
During her time in the program, she worked with a Job Search Coach to:
✅ optimize her LinkedIn profile, portfolio and resume
✅ learn how to use strategic networking to connect with new people
✅ understand her transferrable skills and how to use them to stand out with the right companies
Turns out the perfect role was with a company that valued Lea’s background in B2B and marketplace experience.
Lea signed an offer in May 2023 for a base salary of $100K+.
She went from starting a new job search thinking of herself of a Jr designer and landed a job offer for a Sr. designer role in 3 months!
“The program and networking helped me reshape my understanding of UX and recognize my related experience as well as transferrable skills. Through using networking, I built up my understanding of key industry terms, which helped me tremendously in managing my projects then stepping up my confidence in interviews as well as my networking conversation”
- Lea
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Clients see results almost immediately after joining.
✅ Multiple interviews in 4-6 weeks
✅ Receive offers 8-12 weeks
✅ Increased comfort with how to handle interviews within 2-3 weeks
✅ Increased confidence in understanding transferable skills in 1-2 weeks