Miklos Philips
Product Designer @ Financial TimesLead Product Designer with 18+ years of experience
Services
$240 / month
4 calls per month (60min/call)
Unlimited Q&A via chat
Expect responses in 24 hours or less
Hands-on support
One-off sessions with Miklos
One-off sessions are a great option if you’re looking for specific advice on a certain topic.
Introductory Call
If you're looking for a mentor, and you're just not sure about how this all works – this one is for you. In a casual, informal introductory call, a mentor will introduce themselves, show you around the platform, explain how our mentorships work, and explain …
Resume Feedback
Having a good resume on hand when going on the job hunt is crucial, and will make your search a lot easier. Even if you're not looking for a new position right now, having an up-to-date CV that sells your experience to future potential employers …
Portfolio Feedback
Having a good portfolio on hand is key for any designer in the job market. Even if you're not looking for a new position right now, having an impressive portfolio that presenty your experience to future potential employers is always good to have. In this …
Linkedin Feedback
This session is designed to help you optimize your LinkedIn profile for professional networking and career advancement. In this session, a mentor with expertise in online branding and career development will review your existing LinkedIn profile, provide feedback and guidance, and offer best practices for …
Work Review
Not sure about your newest design? Not sure if your code is as good as it can be? Portfolio site looking a bit, meh? In this session, a mentor will sit down with you, and give you some inputs to make your work better, be …
Career Strategy
Sometimes, a strategy is needed to accomplish a future career change, or simply to get further in your current position. Should you go back to school? Look for a new job? Learn a new set of skills by yourself? Become a freelancer? One of our …
Study Plan
Looking to learn a new skill? The vast amount of resources on any topic on the internet can feel overwhelming at times. A mentor can give you an overview of worthwhile content, and work with you to create a study plan. For this session, it …
Design mentorship to senior/lead level
This one-time session is ideal for junior and mid-level designers who want to discuss how to advance their careers to the next level. We can cover ways to enhance your UX skillset and deepen your UX knowledge. This includes refreshing your knowledge of the full …
Interview Preparation
Some big interviews coming up? In this 1-hour session, a mentor with hiring experience will act as a technical interviewer and ask you some standard hiring questions that you might hear in one of your future interview too, and will evaluate your replies. As a …
Expert Consultation
Whatever doesn't fit the mold: Get a full hour with a mentor to discuss your needs. Be it help with coding something, creating a software architecture, deciding on a strategy for your business or working in pairs. If you don't know whether what you want …
About
Miklos is a highly experienced Lead UX Designer/Product Designer with over 18 years of experience. He is also a speaker, writer, and mentor with over 10,000 followers on Medium, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Miklos has been mentoring for more than five years and has a proven track record of success, having successfully guided, taught, and advised over 50 mentees through MentorCruise, DesignLab, and Springboard. He mentors people who want to upskill and progress into more senior roles, advises people on their career moves, and provides portfolio reviews, interview prep, resume feedback, study plans, and work reviews, among other services.
Open to inquiries
You can message Miklos to ask questions before booking their services
Get in touchWhat mentees say
Princess
5 out of 5 stars
Miklos was really, knowledgeable and gave me a lot of good insights to help improve my portfolio, I hope to work more with him as my mentor
Fanny
5 out of 5 stars
Miklos session was very productive, he has able to give me a few ways to manage difficult stakeholders and also a few resources as well. Make me also realize that some things that I consider "wrong" is a pain point across all UX/UI Designers on all type of products. I totally recommend :)
John-Luke
5 out of 5 stars
Would highly recommend Miklos, I wanted some mentorship on my career, he listened to the challenges I'm facing, provided useful advice and clarity to help me be more decisive.
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