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Mentorship For Working Designers

Structured, Ongoing Design Mentorship for Real Growth

Not random calls. No rigid curriculum. A structured system designed to help you move forward consistently with expert guidance—whether you’re growing inside a company as a designer or building your freelance practice.

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Why Ongoing Mentorship

Real Growth Rarely Happens From One-Off Advice

Working designers experience unique challenges that are rarely heard and guided in the workplace. We are here to change that by building a system that provides structured guidance.

Real Growth Over Time

One conversation can inspire you. Ongoing mentorship helps you actually follow through, improve your work, and keep moving.

Guidance That Compounds

Your mentor gets to know your goals, patterns, strengths, and blockers—so each session builds on the last instead of starting from zero.

Accountability Built In

It is easier to stay consistent when someone is helping you prioritize what matters and holding you to the next step you committed to.

Mentorship Paths

Structured Around Your Situation—Not One-Size-Fits-All

You do not need to choose a track yet. After joining, your mentorship is organized around the track that best fits your current situation. The pricing stays the same across tracks.

For designers navigating a role, promotion, transition, or leadership growth inside a company.

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Get Promoted WIthin Your Company

Grow within your current role and increase your impact.
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Get a Better Role in New Company

Position yourself for stronger opportunities elsewhere.

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Thrive in a New Role

Succeed in your first 90 days with more clarity and confidence.
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Step into Leadership

Transition from senior designer into design leadership roles within your company or in a new company.

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For designers launching, stabilizing, or scaling an independent freelance practice.

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Launch Your Freelance Career

Start from zero and land your first clients.
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Get Consistent Freelance Clients

Move beyond feast-or-famine and build stability.
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Scale Your Freelance Practice

Increase rates, improve positioning, and grow sustainably.
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From Full-Time to Freelance

Transition from full-time employed to being a freelance designer.

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How It Works

A Repeatable System That Keeps Mentorship Effective

1

Check-In

Review progress, commitments, and blockers since the last session.

2

Work & Coaching

Focus on the most important challenge, decision, or piece of work right now.

3

Next Steps

Define clear actions before the next session so nothing feels vague.

4

Between Sessions

Use async support to share updates, ask quick questions, and maintain momentum.

Signature Feature

A Growth Map to Document Your Progress

This is the central system behind the mentorship—not just a nice extra. Every session, decision, key takeaway, and milestone is captured in a shared document between you and your mentor.

1

Your progress, made visible

Instead of relying on memory or scattered notes, you can clearly see what changed, what improved, and what you are working toward.

2

Continuity across sessions

Each session builds on the last. Your mentor has context, and you always know what has already been decided and what comes next.

3

A record you can use later

For working designers, this can support promotions or job transitions. For freelancers, it becomes a record of business decisions, wins, and patterns.

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What most mentorship miss

Most marketplaces offer access to mentors. This gives you a structured system for making that guidance actually compound over time.

Why Our Mentorship Program Is Different

Designed For Real, Continuous Growth, Not Unstructured Advice

Features
Other Programs
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Structure
  • 😥 Unstructured mentorship
  • 😃 Clear mentorship framework and specific paths
Continuity
  • 😥 One-off conversations
  • 😃 Continuous progress with your chosen mentor
Documentation
  • 😥 No record of progress
  • 😃 Growth Map tracking your journey
Quality & Specialization
  • 😥 General advice
  • 😃 Design-specific guidance
Structure
Other Programs
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  • 😥 Unstructured mentorship
  • 😃 Clear mentorship framework
Continuity
Other Programs
Path Unbound
  • 😥 One-off conversations
  • 😃 Continuous progress with your chosen mentor
Documentation
Other Programs
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  • 😥 No record of progress
  • 😃 Growth Map tracking your journey
Quality & Specialization
Other Programs
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  • 😥 General advice
  • 😃 Design-specific guidance

What Students Say

I thought I just needed more experience to become a lead, but it turned out I was missing how to actually show leadership.The sessions were very practical. We talked through real situations at work and what I should actually say or do differently. Over a few months, I started getting more ownership and eventually moved into a lead role.

Christine Mitchell

Senior Designer to Design Manager

I’d been thinking about freelancing for a year and never actually started. It just felt really overwhelming. This forced me to take action. I’m so glad I found the mentorship program. Each session gave me something concrete to do, and I actually did it.
Landed my first client in about a month and a couple more after that.

Katie Dunleavy

Corporate Designer Transitioning to Freelance

I had been at my job for a few years, but I wasn’t getting promoted year after year, and I didn’t know why. My mentor and I focused a lot on how I present my work, communicate decisions, and specifically, what my company looks for in terms of promotion.
Small changes but they made a difference. Got promoted the next cycle.

Yoni Friedman

UI/UX Designer Looking for Promotion

Your Mentors

Learn from Experienced Designers Who Know How to Guide Progress

Stephanie Sell

Product Designer

  • Washington, D.C. USA
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Jenni Renas

Visual Designer

  • Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Arnold Kotra

Brand & Visual Designer

  • France
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Ashley May

Senior Product Designer

  • Michigan, USA
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Nina Shahriaree

UI/UX & Visual Designer

  • Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Silvia Script

Senior UI/UX Designer

  • Washington D.C. USA
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Not Ready to Commit Yet?

Start with a Mentorship Clarity Session

Get expert feedback, clarity on your next steps, and a feel for how our structured mentorship works in one focused session

60-minute 1:1 session

A focused call with one of our mentors based on your current situation and goals.

Personalized feedback

Get direct guidance, recommendations, and clear next steps you can act on immediately.

Track + plan recommendation

We’ll help you determine the best mentorship direction for your needs.

Fee credited if you join

If you join an ongoing mentorship plan within 7 days, your session fee is credited toward your first month.

$99

One-Time Session

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Pricing

Choose Your Plan

All plans include a structured mentorship track, a shared Growth Map, and guidance tailored to your situation. The difference is the level of support and frequency of sessions.

Light

$249/month

Choose billing:

$249/m — Monthly

$219/m — 3 months (Save $30/m) *

$209/m — 6 months — Best Value (Save $40/m)*
  • • 2 mentorship sessions per month
  • • One structured mentorship track
  • • Shared Growth Map with ongoing updates
  • • Async support between sessions

*Note: 3-month plans are billed every 3 months and 6-month plans are billed every 6 month. 

Core

Best Value

$399/month

Choose billing:

$399/m — Monthly

$349/m — 3 months (Save $50/mo) *

$319/m — 6 months — Best Value (Save $80/m) *
  • • 4 mentorships sessions per month
  • • One structured mentorship track
  • • Shared Growth Map with ongoing updates
  • • Async support between sessions

*Note: 3-month plans are billed every 3 months and 6-month plans are billed every 6 month. 

Intensive

$699/month

Choose billing:

$699/m — Monthly

$649/m — 3 months (Save $50/mo)*

$629/m — 6 months — Best Value (Save $70/m) *
  • • 8 mentorship sessions per month
  • • One structured mentorship track
  • • Shared Growth Map with ongoing updates
  • • Async support between sessions
  • • More in-depth feedback and accountability
  • • Best for growth sprints

*Note: 3-month plans are billed every 3 months and 6-month plans are billed every 6 month. 

FAQs

Those platforms focus on access to mentors. This mentorship is structured around a clear system, consistent sessions, and a Growth Map that tracks your progress over time. The goal is not just advice—it’s sustained progress.
No. You’ll choose (and refine) your track after joining. Your mentor will help you determine the best direction based on your goals and current situation.
Most students stay for 3–6 months to see meaningful progress. This allows time for feedback, iteration, and measurable improvement.
You’ll have async access to your mentor for updates and quick questions. This helps maintain momentum instead of waiting until the next session.
Yes. Your mentorship can evolve as your goals change. The structure stays consistent, but your focus can shift.
That’s completely fine. Part of the mentorship is helping you clarify your direction. Many students start with uncertainty and gain clarity through the process.
Yes. You can start with a one-time Mentorship Clarity Session to get expert feedback, experience the structure, and decide whether ongoing mentorship is the right fit.
Yes. If you join an ongoing mentorship plan within 7 days, the session fee will be credited toward your first month.
Yes. You can pause or cancel anytime. Longer commitments offer better pricing, but you’re not locked into something that doesn’t work for you.
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