UX Career Coaching
Invest in yourself with one-on-one coaching! I offer individual coaching for product and UX designers, user researchers, and design leaders at all levels. While I’m in the San Francisco time zone, sessions are done remotely, so you can join from anywhere.
Coaching can help you:
Improve key skills—Whether you’re a beginning UX designer, experienced product designer, or seasoned design manager, we’ll tailor each session to your needs.
Succeed as a design leader by learning how to create and apply design strategy, hire and build a team, and lead effective one-on-ones with direct reports
Create a better design portfolio and improve your interviewing skills, increasing the chance of getting your next job or promotion
Details on UX Coaching
Coaching takes place one-on-one over Zoom with Bay Bridge UX owner Jenny Shirey
Each coaching session is $250 for a 50-minute session, with discounted bundle rates
I want to help make the field of design more equitable and reflect a range of voices. If you identify as someone who is BIPOC and you’ve been working as a designer for 2 years or less, I have limited spots available for free coaching sessions. Please contact me if this sounds like you!
Interested in learning more? I offer a 30-minute coaching consultation to make sure that we’re a good fit, learn about your needs, and answer your questions.
About your coach
I’ve been working in visual and web design since 2006, working in tech since 2011, and managing design teams in San Francisco and Denmark from 2015-2020. I love helping designers and user researchers grow and get un-stuck in their careers!
My experience as a teacher (4 years at UC Berkeley and 1 semester at California College of the Arts) means that I am able to provide skills training in addition to more traditional coaching.
I take a calm, practical, and caring approach. Each session is customized to your individual needs and goals.
Because I have also studied behavior change and decision while doing a Master’s thesis project on design for behavior change, I’ll sprinkle in tips for making your goals reality! At the end of each session you’ll decide on action items for next time.
Questions about coaching? Contact me!
Ready to get started? Book a coaching consultation here.
Past client reviews
“At a pivotal moment in my career, Jenny helped me understand what I needed to do in order to breakthrough. Having been in the industry for many years, she was able to introduce me to creative ways of problem solving and resources that I didn't know about. One of my goals with coaching and mentorship was to get into management and by the end of the year, that actually happened! Jenny is an amazing coach and when you speak with her she just has this calm and "everything is going to be okay" feeling that is unmatched.”
–Salina Kalitha, Product Design Manager at Mosaic
“Not only did Jenny help me increase my skillset in many areas in UX design, from strategy to user research, also, she helped me approach design challenges in a new set of light. Thanks to Jenny I've grown more as a UX designer these couple of months than in the last couple of years.”
–Rasmus Gripenfrid, UX Designer and Researcher at Dreamdata
“I had a fantastic coaching experience working with Jenny during KP Digitals' product team transformation. She was very easy to work with. Her calm demeanor and strong communication skills foster an environment that drives her to pinpoint areas of opportunity. In a nutshell, I would say when it comes to coaching/teaching product designers/product discovery teams she's a rockstar.”
–Cristian Pineda, UX Designer at Kaiser Permanente
“It was a pleasure to have Jenny as a coach over the course of a year. She worked with me to assess my skills, improve my design project management and projection skills, and create thought leadership pieces to share with the community. Would gladly work with her again!”
–Alexis Lucio, Senior Accessibility Designer at GitHub