Career Roadmap for Designers and PMs [Practical Worksheets Provided]

Knowing yourself well is essential to do well in everything from portfolios to interviews and salary negotiations 💌 This is a lecture where you can learn everything from A to Z, from how to incorporate branding into your resume, how to incorporate branding into your portfolio, and how to negotiate your salary with branding! I am so grateful that I was able to manage my LinkedIn with the method that Kiki taught me, and after receiving coaching, I was able to receive many job offers and job transfers! I knew that it was important to organize everything in writing, but writing always felt difficult,,, I was able to get great tips on how to write more easily. It was easy to understand and really touched me because you organized real cases as-is / to-be. I think it was helpful because you introduced a list of words that looked elegant and familiar, and I was able to learn how to fix them into better sentences! I especially remember the part where you told me how to find my own state, what my strengths are, and how to differentiate myself. I think I can find my own value and work more happily by organizing the emotions and situations surrounding me! While working as a junior designer, I felt that it was really difficult to appeal my achievements to the company, but I learned a lot by seeing each case and giving advice on how to improve. I plan to prepare for future job changes and salary negotiations with the things Kiki taught me and try to jump my salary! I want to recommend this to all IT professionals because it is a topic that cannot be learned anywhere else. I really sympathized with the part where you said that it is difficult to define and explore myself as a person living in Korea, and I am really grateful that you made this into a lecture! Thank you for making such a great lecture, Kiki 😍

I thought career branding was important, but I only knew vaguely. I read articles here and there and watched short videos. After coming across this lecture, the concepts I knew were only a small part of career branding, and while listening to the lecture, I think I was able to completely organize the concepts of career branding from A to Z. In particular, the parts about LinkedIn, Coffee Chat, and salary negotiations in the latter part were information I had never heard of before, so I was impressed 👍 I think it would be really helpful if I review and organize only the necessary parts of this lecture every time I change jobs. Thank you for making such a great lecture!

After taking this course, my thoughts on career branding have completely changed. I came across this course while I was considering a job change as a product designer, and through this course, I was able to learn how to build myself as a brand beyond simply writing a resume and preparing for an interview. In addition, it systematically covered the entire process of job preparation, including how to write a resume, how to use LinkedIn, and salary negotiation, and provided very practical solutions. In particular, the detailed guide on composing a resume and portfolio was impressive. Instead of simply listing my career, I learned how to strategically highlight my strengths, and I was able to improve my portfolio so that it could demonstrate my problem-solving skills and branding. I also learned how to use LinkedIn as a ‘branding tool’, which was a great help in expanding my network and creating opportunities. I was also able to learn how to confidently approach salary negotiations without fear. Above all, I deeply realized the importance of branding by viewing myself as a brand and delivering a consistent message. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to brand their entire career!

Kiki's lecture was very helpful because it explained in detail and in an easy-to-understand manner topics that were difficult to cover in previous lectures, such as career branding, how to write a designer resume, using LinkedIn, and coffee chat, which I was really curious about. In particular, in the career branding section, I got important hints on how to turn my existing experience into a strength, and through this, I was able to set clear standards for what to focus on in my future career! I think that it is more difficult and important to clearly know myself and appeal to it than to work hard and achieve results at the company. Through the lecture, I gained a lot of confidence in this area. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the above topics, not just in the designer job :)

I'm good at catching other people's strengths and advantages, but I had a hard time defining what would appeal to me. Then, as I analyzed Kiki's methods(?), my complicated mind was organized! I thought that she had branded herself with this pattern, and as I followed along, I realized that although there are still many shortcomings, I felt that I had gradually found a way to appeal to myself in a short period of time!! And since this know-how is something that Kiki had innate and came from experience, I think it was very helpful in practice.ㅎㅎ What I was most grateful for was that she explained this story in detail step by step, so I was able to follow along well!

The wild PD has appeared! Where can you find a designer who has not been rolling around here and there, but it is hard to find a colleague who wants to share their experiences and grow together. Especially when it comes to important issues such as how to polish your career rather than actual work-related issues such as how to design well! All of the lectures that Kiki gave were based on experience, so they were very helpful 😊. There is a lot of content that is worth referring to for designers who are heading to the bare ground and starting from the bottom, and for those who are working on products! I look forward to seeing you in the community after taking the lecture!

As a beta lecturer, I realized the importance of career branding and learned how to strategically appeal myself by identifying my own strengths. I will review what I learned and build my career while increasing my value. Thank you for the great lecture!