Mentoring
Show your work, like a math problem.
I joined a new design mentorship platform as one of its founding mentors in mid-2026. I run intro chats and deep-dive 1:1 sessions with early-career designers, present at mentor show-and-tells, and gave the founder product feedback in the platform's first weeks.
01FormatsFounding mentor on a design mentorship platform
Formats
Intro chat
A first conversation to find out where you're stuck and whether I'm the right person to help.
Deep-dive 1:1
A full session on one thing: a case study, a portfolio, an interview loop you're in, or a design problem at work.
Show-and-tells
Talks for the mentor community, most recently on design leadership and on AI in the design process.
Mentees have left written testimonials, and the profile shows up in dozens of mentor searches a month.
02What we can work on
Bring the thing you’re stuck on.
- 01Case studies that show the whole process, like showing your work in a math problem
- 02Preparing for portfolio panels, live exercises and founder rounds
- 03Bringing AI into research, prototyping and handoff
- 04Healthcare and other high-stakes, data-heavy products
- 05Working without a dedicated PM
- 06Offers, references and negotiating the whole package
03What I tell people firstFrom my own searches
Lessons that came up in almost every session.
- Run loops in parallelTwo offers arrived in the same week because five processes overlapped. Being honest about the timing sped up decisions on both sides.
- Confirm every format in writingA round called a portfolio review turned out to be a live design exercise at least once.
- Ask who you're meetingAnd what each person is evaluating. Recruiters almost always share it when asked.
- Show the full process in every case studyNot only the flagship. Problem, role, research, constraints, iterations, impact, learnings.
- Keep in-project visual craft readyA temporary view-only Figma invite rescued one loop while my portfolio was mid-rebuild.
- Hold references until comp is alignedIt respects their time, and you only ask them to invest it once you're ready to move.