Years of experience: 4+ years
- CV (Included volunteering info and media links)
- SoP (Spoke about my self-taught transition to design, my work achievements, my out-of-office contributions and finally my plans for the future)
- Mandatory Evidence**
MC #1 (Evidence 1)
Stock option, screenshot of two stock options from two companies that I currently work with, screenshot of the mail attachment
MC #2 (Evidence 2)
High renumeration for my current job, showing employment letter and payslip indicating I earn higher than the average designer in my country.
MC#3 (Evidence 3)
Reference letter from the CEO of the company as a backup evidence for my stock option
4. Optional Evidence #2 (recognised for my work outside)
**Mentorship (Evidence 4)-**Facilitator at free structured UIUX training for over 425 people organised by a tech-focused NGO as a volunteer. I planned and structured the first product design cohort. I included screenshots of testimonials showing my name on the website, the list of facilitators under the NGO circling my name, screenshot of different cohort and students
Mentorship (Evidence 5)– Mentor, trainer and facilitator at free structured UIUX training for over 105 people organised by another tech-focused NGO (Not the one mentioned in Evidence 6) as a volunteer. I included screenshots from classes, links to teaching documents of all classes as well as curriculum, my picture on there website as a facilitator / mentor testimonials from students after each class giving their positive feedback
Mentorship (Evidence 6)– open source project in the figma community with over 36.8k users , published 2 years ago ,(screenshot if the project on figma community showing me as the owner and showing the number of users in bold , screenshot of positive comments from users, screenshot of the project on figma itself showing that im the owner in bold when I click share. I also explained what the project is for and how it has helped designers and developers
Mentorship (Evidence 7)– Another open source project in the figma community with over 17.8k users , published 1 year ago ,(screenshot if the project on figma community showing me as the owner and showing the number of users in bold , screenshot of positive comments from users, screenshot of the project on figma itself showing that im the owner in bold when I click share. I also explained what the project is for and how it has helped designers and developers
5. Optional Evidence #3 - (impact in product-led tech company)
Significant Contribution as employee at Current company (All evidence in 1 document) (Evidence 8)
– Document includes details of a product owned by Current employer with traction. Evidence includes screenshots to employment letter, designs, metric dashboards showing traction, screenshot of me being awarded the CEO of the month on slack. Success of these products can be attributed to design as I led the design as a vice president design and that bumped up user engagement and retention and by ripple effect, eventual funding. Document also includes screenshot of letter from CEO confirming all these.
Significant Contribution as employee at current company (All evidence in 1 document) (Evidence 9)
– Document includes details of a product owned by another Current employer with traction. Evidence includes screenshots to employment letter, designs, metric dashboards showing traction, mail screenshots of my promotion, Success of these products can be attributed to design as I led the successful launch as a development Team lead and that increased user engagement and revenue within 3 month of lunch, Document also includes screenshot of brainstorming meetings with the CEO and the broader team (CTO,COO) AND A SCREENSHOT OF A LETTER from the CEO confirming all these.
Significant Contribution as Founder at past company (All evidence in 1 document) (Evidence 10)
– Document includes details of a product owned by a past employer . Evidence includes screenshots to employment letter, designs, metric dashboards showing traction, Success of these products can be attributed to design as I led the successful launch as a senior designer , evidence of me planning another product under he company, screenshot of the user flow and figma designs, mail content of me being appreciated by my CEO for my growth in the company, figma screenshot that im the owner of these files, screenshot of revenue dashboard
6. Recommendation letters
Rec Letter #1 - CEO/Founder of Current company I worked at, who is familiar with my work for 2+ years. Some of these work was used in MC and OC3.
Rec Letter #2 - CEO/Founder of Fashion company I worked at, who is familiar with my work for 2+ years. Some of these work was used in MC and OC3.
Rec Letter #3 - CEO of a n African mentorship program speaks about my contributions outside of work with over 10 years of experience. His letter confirmed my OC2 Evidence.