Boost Your Design Career: Expert Coaching for Leadership

Digital Vntures X
Coaching & Career Advisory

Does your design career feel stuck in the wireframe stage?

I coach product designers, UX/UI designers, PMs, and consultants who are ready to advance in their careers. It’s time for you to master ambiguity, contribute in stakeholder meetings, communicate design value in business terms and operate effectively in corporate environments. For 10+ years, I have led product and design work in the same corporate, consulting, and high-stakes environments my clients are trying to navigate.

10+ yrs of product experience Currently CPO, stealth AI startup Ex-Kearney Sr Consultant
Rod Smith leading a product and design working session

Most career coaching stops at advice: frameworks and pep talks. I tailor our 1:1s to the situation actually keeping you stuck. You need someone who has sat at the leadership table and who has also been the designer up late in Figma, polishing work for an early client meeting.

How this works

Start with a 1:1, then route it to your context.

For design professionals and consultants

Career & Leadership 1:1’s

1:1 advisory · coaching sessions

Direct access to a decade of product leadership applied to your career.

  • Career Leadership Session $425 / 60 min session One session focused on where you are, where you want to be, and the practical next action required to move forward.
  • Career Navigation Pack $1,150 · 3 sessions Three sessions over 6–8 weeks. Open career questions become a concrete plan with defined next steps.
  • Ongoing Advisory Starting at $900 / mo · 3-month minimum A continuing advisory relationship for live career decisions, expanded leadership scope, and stakeholder pressure as it happens.
Who wins with our coaching?

Designers aiming at leadership

Ready to move beyond execution and have a real say in what gets built.

Designers using AI to improve their design process

Looking for practical ways to move faster through ideation and product work.

Design consultants in cultures that do not prioritize design

Need a direct design conversation outside firm politics and delivery pressure.

PMs building stronger design judgment

Need practical ways to bring product and design thinking together in daily work.

Teams I’ve collaborated with
R1 RCM
Merck Animal Health
T-Mobile
Charles Schwab
Fidelity
Johnson & Johnson
Becton Dickinson
Bank of Ireland
PepsiCo
Salesforce
Kenvue
Telus
Kearney
Cervello
Chariot
OXXO
Philip Morris International
ExxonMobil
OTIS
State Street
10+
Years designing complex digital products
20
Global brands shipped for
14+
Enterprise engagements
5
High-stakes industries

Tell me where you’re stuck.

Book a 20-minute fit call
Digital VnturesX
Coaching & Career Advisory · Boston, MA