Design career coaching for designers
Self guided tools
from €39 a month
Single session
from €99
8 weeks of 1:1
by application
+ more coaches who have helped people like you.
We turn your experience into a focused market position, consistent proof, and a repeatable path to the right offer.
Strategy
Market presence
Conversion
Strategy
Clarify where you can credibly win
Where can you credibly win, and why you?
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Expert lens
Design leader, hiring partner
Market presence
Make your value immediately clear
Can they see your value fast?
We work on
Expert lens
Design leader, design recruiter
Market presence
Put your effort where it is most likely to create the right opportunities
How will you reach the right opportunities?
We work on
Expert lens
Design hiring partner, design recruiter
Conversion
Turn interest into the right offer
Can you turn interest into an offer?
We work on
Expert lens
Design leader, hiring partner, interview coach
The positioning loop
One clear story, refined through every conversation.
Signals from every conversation sharpen your positioning.
Which path covers what
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Define your edge
Build your proof
Focus your search
Win the right offer
Next step
Coached across all four stages, end to end.
from €549
View programsAll paths include the money back guarantee
Registered with the Jobcenter in Germany? Coaching may be fully funded via AVGS →
Start where it breaks
Pick the statement that sounds like you. Each one routes to the fix.
Positioning, impact mapping, and search alignment.
Recruiter side review of how the market reads your work.
Outbound strategy, market signal, weekly feedback loops.
Screening prep, presentation rehearsal, mock interviews.
Designer outcomes
After rebuilding my portfolio with Kaan and Rory, I started getting clearer signal: interviews, useful rejection reasons, and hiring manager feedback I could actually act on.
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Nassim Raeesi
Senior Product Designer
View portfolioWorking with Kaan and Rory through the Full Journey, I rebuilt everything from scratch: positioning, portfolio, resume, LinkedIn, outreach, and interview prep. The clarity made a real difference.
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Natalie Korotaeva
Design Operations Lead · Lead Product Designer
View portfolioWorking with Rory helped me sharpen my CV, refine my case study presentations, and understand how recruiters would evaluate my profile. I felt more prepared, confident, and intentional.
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Rodrigo Taveres
Product Designer
View portfolioA session with Rory was one of the most valuable conversations I’ve had during my job search. He helped me reframe something I’d been overthinking. I was focused on perfecting my portfolio and applying to job boards. He shifted my attention to networking directly with people at companies I wanted to work at. That one conversation changed my approach entirely.
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Anna Okorokova
Designer
View portfolioRory advised me on my CV & Portfolio, and most importantly my positioning / elevator pitch. The exercise helped restore my confidence for interviews. Which in turn helped me land a new job.
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Nga Pham
Designer
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Calibrated with real market intelligence from DesignJobs.World: the roles we track, the portfolios we review, and the hiring managers and talent acquisition partners we work with every day.
AI native product design leader and builder (Berlin Cursor Ambassador)
Kaan designs and ships products with AI, and leads the teams behind them. He brings 15+ years of product design leadership to positioning diagnostics, portfolio strategy, and candidate market fit across coaching sessions.
He works with designers to refine positioning, improve portfolio signal, and navigate hiring conversations across startups and enterprise teams.
Zalando · Samsung · Tourlane · Cursor Berlin
Recruitment partner for product design and creative hiring
Rory is a trusted recruitment partner who has placed product designers, founding designers, design directors, and creative leads at companies from seed stage to global enterprise.
He leads recruiter side review, interview prep, and employer outreach across coaching sessions. He brings the perspective of what companies are actually evaluating.
Yara · Moonfare · Phiture · Contro · Root Global
Backed by DesignJobs.World
Market data from thousands of design roles, portfolio reviews, and hiring manager feedback across Europe.
1,000s
Design roles tracked
Europe
Hiring manager network
Daily
Fresh market signal
Hiring manager proof
Stuart Miller
Phiture · Hired for Creative Lead
"Rory helped us hire a Creative Lead from Google who exceeded our expectations. The process was simple, fast, and effective."
Andreas Finke
Contro · Hired for Founding Designer
"Rory never overpromised; he simply delivered a great experience from start through signing and beyond. We hired one of Rory's candidates and couldn't be happier."
Yasmina Haryono
Yara · Hired for Design Director
"Rory supported us during a key design leadership search and helped us translate a complex brief into a successful design director hire."
Focused Sessions
One to one sessions for designers who need targeted feedback on a specific artifact or challenge. Every session includes notes, action items, and a recording.
A 60-minute positioning session for experienced designers who need a sharper story, stronger proof, and a clear direction for the roles or clients they want next.
Workshop · with a design engineer
Build and ship your own portfolio site in one session. No coding background needed. You leave with a live site and the AI workflow to keep improving it.
Senior strategy · with a global talent executive
For senior designers, design leads, and design operators who are not looking for more applications, but a sharper route into the right companies.
Review · with a recruiter
A recruiter's perspective on how the market reads your portfolio: what is working, what is not, and what to fix before your next application.
Review · with a recruiter
Most applications need a clearer signal before someone understands the fit. We tighten your headline, CV, and LinkedIn, then give you an outreach system you can repeat.
Interview prep · with a hiring manager
We prep you with the questions that actually get asked, then rehearse your pitch until it is concise, confident, and connected to the role.
Interview prep · with a hiring manager
A realistic simulation of your next interview round, with direct feedback on the places your answers, story, or portfolio presentation need sharper signal.
Review · with a hiring manager
Take home briefs rarely spell out the evaluation bar. We review your challenge before you submit so your thinking, exploration, and craft are easier to evaluate.
Book a free 15 minute consultation call. We will diagnose your bottleneck and recommend the right session or coaching path.
No pressure and no checkout. Just a recommendation.
Premium Coaching Program · The Strategy
Three weeks to establish your professional foundation, followed by five weeks of active market outreach. This is the collaborative rhythm we use to turn quiet inboxes into active interview loops.
Phase 1 · Weeks 1 to 3
Search alignment · target roles, markets, constraints, seniority, and bottleneck.
Impact mapping · project history into credible evidence of decisions and outcomes.
Positioning strategy · candidate story, role focus, proof hierarchy, and market bridge.
Portfolio strategy · a market facing signal, not an archive, with proof that makes fit obvious.
Case study review · clarity, seniority signal, evidence quality, and scan value.
Profile alignment · resume, LinkedIn, headline, and keywords tell one market story.
Milestone: Launch ready assets · portfolio, case studies, LinkedIn, and resume ready for outreach.
Premium Coaching Program · The Market System
Once the foundation is clear, we turn it into a weekly rhythm for outreach, applications, interview preparation, and feedback. The goal is not more activity. The goal is better signal from the market.
Phase 2 · Weeks 4 to 8
Outbound strategy · weekly application cadence, outreach system, tracker, and feedback loop.
AI and technical positioning · credible AI fluency, design engineering depth, and technical collaboration where relevant.
Direct outreach · recruiter and hiring manager messages that connect your proof to the roles you want.
Milestone: Active interview loops · your search is converting into conversations and bringing you closer to the interview stage.
If you're registered as a job seeker with the Agentur für Arbeit or Jobcenter in Germany, you may be eligible for funded career coaching through our certified partner programmes. Fill out the form and we will check your eligibility with our partners to see whether you qualify.
Important: Funding approval depends on your individual circumstances and is decided by your local employment agency. We cannot guarantee approval or funding. "Free to you" applies only if your application is approved and fully funded by the agency.
Fill out the form and we will check your eligibility with our partners to see whether you qualify.
If you are not satisfied after your first session or the first 14 days of a program,
we will refund you in full. No questions asked.
FAQ
There are three ways to use it. The Guided Search Workspace is self-guided. Focused Sessions are live, one to one reviews. The Premium Coaching Program is a structured 1:1 engagement.
You get guided skills for positioning, portfolio, resume, LinkedIn, outreach, interviews, AI-assisted resume and cover-letter workflows, and a tracker to manage your search cadence.
Yes. A focused session is the right place to diagnose a specific bottleneck before deciding whether you need deeper support.
Product designers, UX designers, design leads, design engineers, career-switching designers, and hybrid candidates who need clearer job-search positioning.
No. The work improves clarity, hiring-market signal, and search execution, but job outcomes still depend on the market, role fit, timing, and employer decisions.
A 15 minute conversation where we learn about your situation, help you identify the likely bottleneck, and recommend the best path forward. No sales pressure. If we don't think coaching will help, we'll say so.
In some cases, yes. Career coaching in Germany can be funded via an AVGS funding voucher. Approval depends on your individual situation and is decided by your local employment agency. We cannot guarantee funding. Book an intro call to discuss whether your situation may qualify.
Start with a free intro call. No commitment and no sales pressure. Just an honest look at what's blocking your search and a clear recommendation on what to fix first.
Book your free intro callFree 15 min call · No commitment · No sales pressure