Appeal review request: Exceptional Talent - Product Manager

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Hi all, thanks for this wonderful community! Grateful for any help for my case / appeal under Exceptional Talent.

Not accepted for all 3 criteria. I realize the bar for Exceptional Talent is high, but someone said they were being harsh on me but wonder your view.

The proforma and below, the case:

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Mandatory Criteria: Recognized Leadership in eCommerce & SaaS mobile app

  1. B2C Growth of eCommerce Top 10 App Store mobile app & Apple Pay partnerships
  • Apple Pay featured the Stadium Goods app that I was Lead & sole Product Manager on 4 times during my tenure (2020-2021), including on Black Friday, the highest-traffic day of the year
  1. Recognition by Key Contributor Equity Award 2020 and 2021
  2. Recognition by Women in Product, role as City Lead organizing who organized 4+ meetups for 200+ attendees with CPO speakers
  3. Recognition as an expert in FashionTech innovation Product strategy with workshop invitation
  4. Recognition as a Product Management instructor by a reputed school & recognized by an MBA prep program

Optional Criteria 2: Recognition for Contributions to the Tech Product community

  1. Recognition as a speaker at a Women in Tech Conference
  2. City Lead of Product School & organizing 4 meetups
  3. Contribution to advancing FashionTech innovation with blog recognized by industry leaders

Optional Criteria 3: Commercial impact to the Tech Sector

  1. Increasing SaaS app engagement, new Home Screen +10% daily user sessions
  2. eCommerce mobile app international launch
  • Launched mobile app in UK, Canada, China, Australia to 4.8+ star ratings
  • Grew monthly revenue from $100k to $1M

Letters of Recommendation

  1. CEO of a Top 10 App Store B2C SaaS mobile app in the Health & Fitness category, on my Product leadership of the Hero feature to drive user engagement
  2. Director of Product at a global eCommerce, on my Product leadership of the mobile app, driving 7-figure B2C revenue growth, expanding it to 4 countries
  3. CEO of an AI/AR startup, ex-Snap, on my advisorship for her mobile app

Also a letter from a Forbes 30 Under 30 leader on my innovation strategy

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Anyone? :slight_smile: Appreciate it

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Hi @lilzzx The internal awards can’t be used for MC as they need national or international recognition not internal companies recognition.

IMO Rest of the feedback looks pretty difficult to guage based on your application criteria mentioned here

Did you apply from inside UK or outside UK?

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@muks Thank you!

I applied from outside the UK. Does it make a difference?

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No, does not make a difference