Office Hours (Aka Brain Massages) with

​Brain Massages are my community office hours. Designed to make coaching/mentoring more accessible, feel good, and help you get stuff done (in just 45 minutes!).

What:  I'll help you organize your mind and your situation. You'll leave with more clarity and a fresh perspective. Great for business challenges, career support, life transitions, decision making, burn out and general brain boosting.

For: Folks who want a sounding board to untangle thoughts/feels and figure out what next/now. Often, but not exclusively: entrepreneurs, creatives and people in career/life inflection points (change, growth, end, etc.).

Common tangles include: figuring out how to move forward (on a project, towards something you want, in your career or business), reflecting on where you are at and how you got there, making a decision, bringing an idea to life, processing overwhelming (or meh) moments, preparing for tough conversations, finding the words to express yourself, all sorts of work (and life) pickles.

By: a coach, chef and product mentor who loves untangling complicated things.

You've been applying for months. Getting ghosted. You've updated your portfolio twice and you're watching less-experienced designers land the roles you deserve.

I've helped 30+ mid-senior designers break through this exact wall.

One mentee stuck in an 18-month job search got hired at $190K in 30 days. Another landed IDEO in a month. I recently negotiated a $50K raise for a mentee who didn't know they were leaving money on the table.

These results come from a system. I can teach it to you.

📊 Results (Updated Jan 2025 | 30+ Mentees)
✅ 80% land new roles with significant salary increases
✅ 92% get hiring manager responses within 2 weeks of outreach
✅ Average outcome: $40K–$60K raise within 90 days
✅ Placed at: IDEO, Google, Airbnb, Kith, funded startups at $150K–$190K

Why it works:
Most coaches fix your resume. I teach you to reach hiring managers directly before a job is ever posted with outreach that gets responses. No more throwing applications into the void.

I bring 12+ years shipping products at Nava PBC, Full Harvest, and Outdoorsy, where my work contributed to $200M raised. I've sat across from the hiring managers you're trying to reach. I know exactly what gets candidates disqualified before the first interview.

The 5D Framework
I apply the design process to your career because your job search is a product problem.
1. Discover — Audit your positioning and what's blocking you
2. Define — Clarify your story and target companies
3. Design — Build your outreach system and portfolio narrative
4. Develop — Execute: outreach to 20–30 hiring managers, interview reps, story refinement
5. Deploy — Navigate offers, negotiate comp, land the role

Who this is for:
- Mid-senior designers (5+ years) applying for months with little response
- Designers with ambition but feeling stuck or capped in trajectory
- People ready to do the work — I can't teach character, but I can unlock your potential

Who this is not for:
- People who want someone to do the work for them
- Anyone exploring UX casually without real commitment

My Guarantee:
Show up and do the work. No measurable progress in 60 days? I keep working with you at no additional cost.

Connect with me (add a note): linkedin.com/in/geronimocramos