Your UI looks clean and your code is tight. So why does the VP talk past you in the meeting?
I help senior designers turn craft files into business proof.
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What you get:
Walk out of my 4-session clinic with a portfolio that speaks revenue, a resume that bypasses AI filters, and the words to win room with the C-suite.
Let me guess...
You spend hours making every pixel snap to grid. You care about craft. You know your tool, and your mockups look sharp. Then you present to product leads or VPs, and they nod, smile, and ask for a bigger banner or a different color. They view you as a pair of hands. Meanwhile, junior staff get promoted or senior titles go to people who talk about funnels and churn, even when their designs look messy.
It is not your fault; design schools teach you how to build and companies need people who grow the business.
You just need the translation bridge.
Once you learn the language of the table, everything changes.
Do you find your resume getting tossed by automated AI recruiter screening tools before a human sees it?
Do you struggle to find the words when a VP asks, "What is the ROI on this sprint?"
Do you find yourself treated as a decorator instead of a strategic partner?
Do you struggle to bridge the gap between design intuition and cold hard quarterly revenue?
Do you struggle with case studies that read like diary entries instead of business proposals?
Do you find yourself trapped in the feature factory building screens no one tied to a metric?
Do you struggle to translate user research quotes into net retention or activation lifts?
“Riccardo was an an excellent mentor with a brilliant knowledge of UX strategy. He guided me through the project giving me detailed advice and some new methods to help me through my research and development.”
Davinn Quinn
Customer Success Manager @ Leap Tools
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Audit
Narrative
Impact
Blueprint
Handoff
Four hours. Four steps. A personalized career strategy framework.
Imagine if...
You open your laptop, pull up your portfolio, and walk a product lead through a clear growth story. You talk activation curves and retention lift. They lean in and ask you for the recommendation.
Walk into a review with a case study that proves a [X]% lift in user activation.
Watch automated AI screening tools pass your resume straight to the hiring manager desk.
Sit at the strategy table when product roadmap choices get made.
Speak calm business logic when stakeholders push back on mockups.
Hold a title that matches your real impact and scale.
“Before the clinic, I struggled to articulate my growth and doubted my readiness for higher-level roles. Riccardo helped me reframe my narrative and showcase my strengths. Thanks to his guidance and encouragement, I landed a new UX role before the course even finished!"
Hannah O’Donoghue
UX Designer
Stop pushing pixels for people who don’t see your brain. Start leading the room.
This is for you if:
You are a senior product or UX designer with 3 years of craft background hitting a career ceiling.
You are a mid-level lead tired of order-taking who wants to own product strategy.
You are an independent designer ready to package advisory value for higher retainers.
You value craft integrity, clear truth, and smart systems. You want your work to drive real growth, not just look pretty in a Dribbble shot. You feel stuck when your senior title lacks senior influence. Let us fix the narrative.
Meet your instructor:
Backed by 30 years of hiring and scaling high-performing design teams, I offer sharp, diagnostic mentorship to help you bridge the gap to your next senior leadership role.
I’ve spent three decades in the design trenches—leading teams, launching products, and reviewing thousands of portfolios as a hiring manager. I’ve watched tools evolve from early web layout software to modern AI platforms, but one constant remains: great design careers are built on clarity, narrative, and human connection.
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Why the career clinic strategy works:
Typical "Portfolio Review" support
Focuses on output: UI screens, wireframes, and generic double-diamond diagrams.
Views the portfolio as a scrapbook: A chronological archive of everything ever built.
Chases trends: Blindly adopting bento grids or copying AI templates.
Feeds the AI "slop": Producing homogenized content that looks like every other candidate.
Focuses on positioning: Who are you, how do you think, and why are you irreplaceable?
Views the portfolio as a product: A purpose-built marketing asset tailored for an exhausted hiring manager.
Uncovers the narrative arc: Curating stepping stones that guide the reviewer through an authentic journey.
Highlights the human margin: Showcasing hard decisions, technical friction, and business metrics.
The "UX Career Strategy Clinic"
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I created the Career Strategy Clinic because automated portfolio scanners and generic online advice leave talented designers feeling stuck. I offer the 1-on-1, empathetic guidance I wish I had coming up—helping you cut through the noise, articulate your true value, and navigate your next big career leap with confidence
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