About This Webinar

Join us for a webinar exploring career progression within UX and Product Design. This session will explore the two main paths for advancing your career – continuing as an individual contributor or transitioning into design management. We’ll break down the realities of each path, offer a clear framework for understanding design leadership roles, and provide strategies for managing organizational politics to boost your career growth.

Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise or shift to a managerial role, this webinar will equip you with the essential knowledge and tools to take control of your career journey.

Webinar Objectives

Understand career paths: Learn about the two main trajectories in product design and how to navigate them.
Define leadership roles: Discover the responsibilities and skills required for different design leadership positions.
Manage organizational politics: Gain strategies for handling workplace politics to enhance your impact.
Plan for career growth: Create a realistic plan to bridge skill gaps and achieve your career goals.
Assess your career desires: Reflect on your true career ambitions and the effort needed to achieve them.

Meet the Speaker

Alex is the Director of User Experience at Hudson's Bay Company (The Bay, Saks). Alex has been working in software design for over 12 years, designing and strategizing digital products and offerings for Fortune 500 companies – successfully managing and building teams to deliver high performance, complex product and service offerings.

Alex is a design leader, mentor, and educator who inspires individuals and teams to achieve their best work. He has been teaching, mentoring and coaching throughout his career, has built UX learning curriculum for career colleges and universities, and works professionally as a UX Career Coach and product advisor for startups.

Founder of the Makeshift Collective, a Toronto-based collective of artists, designers, and fabricators.