Design Leadership
In-person
Part Time Course
6 Weeks
twice a week, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Learn how to navigate the daunting career ladder into a leadership role. Understand how to position yourself as a better manager and leader within your organisation. Perfect for those that are starting to move up in the design world. Covers business strategy, work culture, team building, delivering feedback, setting goals and more.
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Design Leadership
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online via zoom
November 7th, 2023 - December 14th, 2023
• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30pm-8:30pm (GMT)
• In-Person (London)
Who's this for?
For those advancing the design career ladder and looking for leadership skills to help them lead / build a team.
How long is it?
The course consists of 24 hours of in person learning, full of discussion, debate & critique.
On completion
You'll have the tools and mindset to effectively build and lead a productive and inspired team.
Our alumni have gone on to join some of the most exciting, biggest and best names across various industries.
EXPLORE THIS COURSE
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Study in an agency environment
Our studio is based in Shoreditch, in the heart of London’s creative district.
You will come into class and be inspired by the highly dynamic creative environment. You will be encouraged to network with like-minded individuals to benefit your own professional development.
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Discussion-led learning
Our ‘learn by doing’ practical approach gives our students the perfect opportunity to apply what they have learnt straight away and to discuss approaches openly.
You will be given the opportunity to share your proven approaches (what has worked and what hasn’t?), learn from others about theirs, and to leave each session inspired to build your leadership legacy.
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Classes capped at 8 students
Our small class sizes allows the instructor to spend more time with each student discussing key concepts, providing feedback on work, answering specific questions, and sharing the wealth of experience they have to offer.
Benefit from valuable critique as you learn and gain foundational skills in leadership.
Learn by Doing.
Navigating your design career into a more senior role can be daunting. This 6 week, part-time, practical design leadership course will equip you with everything you need to know about building and managing product and design teams, how to deliver and perform design critiques, the art of communication and effective delegation, battling imposter syndrome, and how to best represent design in the boardroom.
Students will work independently and in groups on a series of reflective exercises throughout the design leadership training course.
These activities will form a basis to create the necessary thinking, reflection and action points needed to move further in a design career and up the career ladder.
Classes are held twice a week in our Shoreditch studio (from 6:30pm-8:30pm London time) either on Monday and Wednesday evenings, or Tuesday and Thursday evenings, depending on your chosen start date.
Course syllabus
Students will enjoy a mix of lectures and workshop time, where they will get to practice their learnings and apply them to their projects.
Download SyllabusPRE course Work
- Complete Student Profile
- Introduction to Figma
- Sign up to Slack community
- Pre-course reading
week
01
- Course Orientation
- What leadership means, to you and others
- Storytelling, articulating the value of design
- Introduction to workbook activities
- Reflect on your leadership journey
- What is your leadership brand?
week
02
- What does it mean to be a strategic leader?
- Understand competitive arenas in which you operate
- Understand how competitors create value
- Shaping business insights.
- Build a broader strategic mindset
- Leveraging AI in today’s business world
week
03
- How to define culture in your workplace
- Fuel your people’s performance
- Navigating change and disruption
- Empowering employees
- How to take and give criticism
week
04
- Bringing together people with diverse skills and experiences
- How to build a successful team to achieve organisational goals
- Writing job specifications
- Interview preparation and techniques
- Asking good interview questions
- Assessing a candidate
week
05
- The importance of goal setting & appraisals
- Introduction to OKRs
- Identify/Define your organisation’s OKRs
- How to appraise your own performance
- Appraising your team
- Building a learning plan
Week
06
- Leveraging the insights and experiences to inform vision and future approaches
- Knowledge sharing
- Networking and influencing those around you to achieve your vision
- Your leadership roadmap
- Retrospective and what’s next
POST course Support
- Guest talks and industry leaders
- Q&A Sessions with Recruiters
- Workshops with Industry Experts
- Career Advice and Support
- Alumni Design Days
Hear from our alumni
Join over 1,000 alumni who have gone on to highly-skilled, high-growth opportunities with industry-leading companies, from startups, agencies, consultancies and more.
Christian Harries
Senior Product Designer, AZA Finance
You might be able to get the content online but the people, from the students and staff and the environment we’re all in, encourages listening, empathy and a safe space really makes a difference.
Alejandro Calderón López
Product Designer at Psicología y Mente
Sharing experiences with other students in the course and getting new perspectives on aspects of leadership I had not even thought about was wonderful.
Apparicio Junior
Head of Product Design at BT
It wasn’t just a course, it as an honest leadership conversation and coaching.
Emily Jones
Creative Director & Founder at Two Shoes Creative
The courses are of a really high standard, and their instructors are still in the industry so they have upto-date knowledge. They helped build my skills, as well as my confidence.
Come visit the studio.
Want to see the learning environment and chat to our team about our courses? Book in a time that suits you to get all your questions answered.
Apply your learnings on real-life scenarios
Preparing you for a leadership role.
Over the duration of the course you will work on a set of practical and hands-on exercises (all set in a specially designed Experience Haus workbook) and use these tasks to reflect, think and prepare on life as a design leader in you organisation.
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Meet our instructors
Led by Industry Experts.
You will be learning from the best in the field. Our talented and experienced design instructors have worked with various sized teams, from early-stage startups to award winning agencies, and industry leading organisations such as Amazon, PwC, and more.
Jaye Hackett
Interaction Designer & Developer at Impossible Ideas Inc
Jaye is a consulting designer and civic technologist based in London, who works on tough social and governmental problems. He has worked at Skippet, FutureGov/TPXImpact, the civil service and Samaritans before that.
Alessandro Iannuzzi
Senior UX Designer at Tesco
Alessandro is an experienced UX/Product Design professional specialising in the end-to-end development of complex and innovative products. He has worked and managed teams at companies like Deloitte, GfK and Pinnacle Sports.
Joe Dollar Smirnov
Product Design Consultant
Joe is very experienced in the technology space having been involved with many organisations from early-stage startups to established blue chips. He is an expert in human centred design solutions, team engagement and is also an active volunteer in the third sector.
DESIGN LEADERSHIP.
Course Dates and Fees.
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Reserve your space today by paying your course fees in full, saving 10% off the regular price.
This course runs at our Shoreditch studio and takes place between 6:30pm – 8:30pm (UK Time)
To pay in full, first pick your course dates:
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Spread the cost over the duration of your course
The total cost of paying in instalments is £1,095.00
Simply pay a deposit of £109.50 to secure your space and then a further 3x £328.50 payments will be taken via direct debit over the duration of your course.
If you have any financial concerns please contact enrol@experiencehaus.com to discuss different payment options.
This course runs at our Shoreditch studio and takes place between 6:30pm – 8:30pm (UK Time)
To pay by instalments, first pick your course dates:
Have more questions? We have the answers.
A specially designed short course to help anyone in the creative field advance their career into leadership roles. You could be a junior, midweight or senior creative, and as you plan your next career step, gain the relevant skills and ways of working that will help succeed. Learn how to build teams, provide useful feedback, develop a strategic mindset and more.
No, this course will touch upon building teams including User Experience and User Interface designers, but we do not go into UX and UI principles and methods on this course.
This will change depending on the stage of the course but we say on average there will be 4 hours of individual homework each week.
We offer three payment options for all of our courses. You can pay in full and save 10% off the regular price or you can spread the cost by paying in 3 instalments taken during the course.
If you have taken any courses with us before, you will save 20% off the regular price.
There isn’t one! To secure your space on a course all you have to do is book via our website or by contacting enrol@experiencehaus.com and telling us which programme you’d like to do. For those doing our larger courses, you’ll then get the chance to speak with one of our instructors and talk through your objectives, previous experience and how we might best support you during your time with us.
Ideally, yes. You should be in a junior, midweight or senior role, and looking to prepare to lead teams, build teams and generally advance your career.
There isn’t one! To secure your space in online design leadership courses all you have to do is book via our website or by contacting enrol@experiencehaus.com and telling us which programme you’d like to do. For those doing our larger courses, you’ll then get the chance to speak with one of our instructors and talk through your objectives, previous experience and how we might best support you during your time with us.
This course will definitely prepare you well for your job search and give you the confidence to move forward in your career. A course is only half of the work, the other half will come from your own determination, hard work, networking and desire to succeed.
Courses can be taken with standard Windows PC or Apple hardware. The only programs that you will almost definitely need to use at some stage are Mural and/or Miro (for capturing ideas, thoughts, and notes. these can be run through your internet browser with no need to download their desktop applications unless you want to work offline. Many other programs may be discussed throughout our courses, but none are essential.
Yes, most definitely. This course will only benefit you more if you attend with a colleague or your wider team. If you are looking to run a design leadership courses online just for your time, we can help with that too – just email enrol@experiencehaus.com and put in your request.
Purchases are non-refundable, except at the discretion of Experience Haus Ltd. Typically, cancellations or refund requests received 14 days prior to the start of a course or workshop will be honoured. However, due to the complex nature of the service being provided this cannot be guaranteed, and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. This policy does not include deposits, all of which are non-refundable.
Provided you give us enough notice, we are happy for you to change courses once you’ve booked.
All students receive a Experience Haus course completion certificate at the end of the course. The course is recognised in regards to Experience Haus being an industry recognised brand for delivering design education.