MENTOR-LED PROGRAM
You learned design.
What's next?
You know the tools. Now, learn how the industry actually works.
Cut through the noise of scattered tutorials. Get the structured roadmap, portfolio support, and insider context you need to enter a crowded market with total confidence.
WEBINAR ON
21 SEPTEMBER
Real Portfolio Work
Practical apps and web systems built for genuine product use cases.
Direct Mentor Critique
Line-by-line Figma feedback on layouts, interactions, and typography.
Practical Design Learning
Step-by-step frameworks that turn blank canvases into structured workflows.
Focused Community
A collaborative cohort of aspiring designers growing together.
Why Craft to Career
Too much design content.
Not enough direction.
YouTube and Instagram are full of UI tips, but scattered content rarely builds a career. We bring the learning into one clear, practical path.
01 · Structure
Know where to begin.
- Follow a clear 8-week learning path
- Learn in the right sequence
- Move from UX foundations to portfolio
- Stop jumping between random tutorials
02 · Practice
Turn learning into work.
- Work on real product problems
- Create UX and UI artifacts
- Build flows, wireframes and systems
- Learn by actually making
03 · Guidance
Know what to improve.
- Get direct mentor critique
- Understand why a design works or fails
- Improve hierarchy, interaction and accessibility
- Learn how to explain your decisions
The Transformation
From confusion to confidence.
See the exact shift that happens when you replace disconnected tutorials with personalized mentorship and real design critique.
Where You Are
The Current Struggle-
Not sure where to start
Overwhelmed by scattered videos, conflicting tips, and bloated roadmaps.
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Random tutorials
Passive watching without building real muscle memory or problem-solving rationale.
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Making screens without systems
Decorating UI visuals without understanding user flows, edge cases, or usability.
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No feedback
Designing alone in a bubble, unsure whether your work is junior or hireable.
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Unsure about portfolio
Hesitant to apply for design jobs because your case studies feel generic.
Where You Can Grow
Craft to Career Outcome-
Structured learning
Clear, day-by-day progression covering research, wireframes, craft, and validation.
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Practical work
Work through actual design briefs that mirror what product teams build in industry.
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Senior guidance
Mentors with 6+ and 4+ years of hands-on experience guiding every key design decision.
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Actionable feedback
Detailed critiques that show you how to iterate and polish your work to senior standards.
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Portfolio confidence
Stand behind your case studies with clear articulate storytelling that impresses interviewers.
The Result: Portfolio Confidence Before You Graduate
You finish with real artifacts, tested designs, and the ability to articulate every UX decision you made.
Core Pillars & Program Structure
Step into the market without the fear.
Build the foundations, systems and portfolio skills you need to move from learning design to working with confidence.
01
UX Foundations
- Understand users
- Define real problems
- Find meaningful opportunities
02
UX Design
- Map user flows
- Organize information
- Build clear wireframes
03
UI Design
- Typography & hierarchy
- Colour & accessibility
- Responsive visual systems
04
Tools & Systems
- Advanced Figma workflows
- Components & auto layout
- Design systems & tokens
05
Portfolio & Career
- Build strong case studies
- Tell the story behind decisions
- Present work with confidence
Want the full breakdown?
Explore the complete 8-week curriculum.
Audience
Who is Craft to Career for?
Designed for curious minds ready to turn design theory into career-ready execution.
01
College Students
Build real-world UX foundations before campus placements.
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Fresh Graduates
Turn tool knowledge into production-ready project work.
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Self-Taught Designers
Replace scattered tutorials with one structured, guided path.
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Early-Career Designers
Level up visual polish, UX rationale, and design systems.
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Career Switchers
Transition into digital product design with hands-on mentorship.
Where You Start
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Mentorship Engine
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Career Outcome
01 · College Students
02 · Fresh Graduates
03 · Self-Taught
04 · Early-Career
05 · Switchers
Live 1:1 Design Review
Industry Ready
Product Designer
Interview-ready case studies, systems thinking & design craft.
Tokens 8pt
Auto Layout
UX Rationale
Upcoming Cohorts
Upcoming Batches
Choose the next available cohort and take the next step with mentor-led learning.
The Method
Learn by doing.
No passive lectures. Every phase involves real hands-on creation, personalized mentor critique, and iterative refinement.
Stage 01
Learn — Understand the problem
Begin with a real product opportunity brief, user research data, and competitive positioning. You learn how to deconstruct user needs before jumping to visual styling.
Real Artifact: Problem Definition Brief with user personas, journey pain points, and objective constraints.
Stage 02
Practice — Turn learning into actual design work
Transform research insights into structural wireframes and comprehensive decision flows. Define every branching state, customer path, and system touchpoint.
Real Artifact: Costa User Architecture Flowchart detailing account registration, navigation, menu categorization, and checkout.
Stage 03
Get feedback — Understand what works and what can improve
Receive line-by-line annotations directly on your Figma artboards. Mentors review typography scaling, button hit targets, spatial rhythm, and accessibility contrast.
Real Artifact: Figma layer tree review with design critiques highlighting roast customization sliders and order status badges.
Stage 04
Improve — Refine your work through iteration
Take feedback, fix weaknesses, and build an elevated high-fidelity system ready for real-world devices. The difference between raw drafts and production-grade craft.
Real Practice: Refining design decisions through mentor feedback and iteration.
Mentored by Design Practitioners
Supported Work
Real portfolio work and product thinking crafted with line-by-line feedback and design practitioner guidance.
Meet Your Mentors
Learn with designers who do the work.
Two experienced designers. One shared goal — helping you build the skills, confidence, and work to move forward.
Mentor 01
Sureshbabu Shanmugaraj
Senior UI/UX Designer · 6+ Years Experience
Key Expertise
Mentor 02
Nitya
Product Designer · 4 Years Experience
Key Expertise
Community
Learn with designers doing the real work.
Build your career alongside designers who are actively navigating the tech industry. Real work. Real progress. Real confidence.
Confidence & Clarity
தமிழில் கற்றுக்கொள்.
Execute in English.
Learn the concepts in Tamil, practise the language of product design in English, and build the confidence to explain your work in interviews.
You don't need perfect English to start. You need the right design vocabulary, practice and confidence to communicate your thinking.
Got Questions?
Frequently asked questions.
Everything you need to know about the Craft to Career program, time commitments, and mentorship structure.
Craft to Career is built for early-stage learners: college students, fresh graduates, self-taught designers who want structured direction beyond random tutorials, junior designers seeking actionable feedback, and career switchers moving toward product design.
No prior professional UX/UI experience is required. We start with fundamental Human-Centered Design principles, role definitions, and Figma basics before gradually building toward complex systems and portfolio production.
You will learn the complete product design cycle: user research, problem statements, information architecture, wireframing, high-fidelity visual design systems, interactive prototyping, usability testing, and case study storytelling.
Sessions combine guided concept breakdowns, live Figma workshops, real-world case study walkthroughs, and weekly critique sessions where mentors review your work and provide direct feedback.
Yes! That is the core difference of Craft to Career. You receive direct, annotated feedback on your actual Figma files and design artifacts from Sureshbabu and Nitya at every milestone.
Simply click "Join the Waitlist" and submit your details. Cohort seats are limited to keep cohort groups small and ensure high-touch personal mentorship. Waitlist members get first access when enrollment opens.