Please Review My New Evidences For Exceptional Talent as a Product Designer

Stage 1
1

Hi everyone, I am a Product Designer (UI/UX Designer) with 5+ years of experience applying for Exceptional Talent. I currently work in a top 5 Fintech in Africa. Here are my evidences

LOR 1 - MD/CEO of a Healthtech Company (worked there for over 2years)
LOR 2 - CO-Founder of a Fintech Company (worked there for 13months)
LOR 3 - CIO of a Fintech company (currently working there, 18months and counting)

Mandatory Criteria
MC 1 - Evidence of high salary showing salary increase, career progression and equity option
MC 2 - Publish article in major media talking about a bus tracker i designed for the transportation sector and implemented (showing the viewership metric on the the website)
MC 3 - I did a design and published on figma community for designers to download for free, currently have 250 downloads and counting

Optional Criteria 2
OC 2.1 - Speaking engagement at a Tech University for tech graduates about Human-Centered Design and how to navigate the real-world (I attached screenshot of email invite, programme of events, video of me speaking on main stage)
OC 2.2 - Letter of reference from event organizer stating why I was invited
OC 2.3 - Evidence of starting a design community in 2023 for newbie and mid-level designers, providing design resources, posting job vacancies, publishing articles on Medium, starting a book club, and having book reviews

Optional Criteria 3
OC 3.1 - Evidence of recognition at my Fintech company (I got an award as the Technovator of the year at my company. I also attached a letter of commendation from the GMD/CEO) 2 pages to show the evidence, then the 3rd page to show the letter of commendation
OC 3.2 - Contributed to an open source project in my company currently used by over 250 employees (letter from my head of design backing my claim and talking about the significant impact the project had on the entire company) 2 pages for my evidences, 1 page for the letter
OC 3.3 - Evidence of being a key designer in a product that currently have over 10,000 downloads on google playstore, where I contributed by carried out market and user research to make sure the product is inclusive, and taking those feedback and modifying my designs which drove growth and more downloads on the playstore. (I showed figma designs and images of me being on the street and carrying out the researc. I also added letter from the CO-Founder backing my claim). 2 pages to show my evidence, 1 page for the letter

These are my updated evidences, what do you think?

@Francisca_Chiedu @Maya @hsafra @pahuja @cosmic.wilderness I would love your feedback on the above. Thank you so much!!! :pray:

2

Hi @Patrick_Ogbonna

MC

  • salary evidence is the weakest evidence for MC hence you can place it as the last one
  • Does the article mention your name? What’s the proof of your self claims here? If the viewership significant?
  • 250 is not a big number of download…how does it prove you are a talent in the sector?

OC2

  • teaching at university is not the strongest evidence as it’s not a leading tech event that TN is looking for. What was the impact of this?
  • What is the scale and impact of the community on advancement of sector?

OC3

  • internal company awards aren’t valid per guidelines
3

Thanks for the feedback @pahuja but how many downloads on my open source project do you consider as “big number of download” because I’m stuck when it comes to it

4

Your application demonstrates a strong foundation. The high salary evidence and published article in major media effectively showcase your financial progression and public recognition. However, don’t forget that salary evidence by itself is no longer valid evidence for the criteria.

Focus on clearly presenting the impact of your work in each evidence. This will help the committee understand your contributions better. Your application is well-structured, but refining the narrative to highlight your unique value could enhance it further. Keep the evidence concise and directly aligned with the criteria. This will make your application more compelling.

1 Like
5

Thank you @Akash_Joshi I’ll take your feedback and incorporate into my evidences. Hopefully I’ll come back with good news & an endorsement :slight_smile: