Design Your Career Journey: Build the Future You Want. This is an interactive workshop designed for industrial designers at every stage of their career. Through a blend of guided reflection, industry insights, and hands-on activities, participants will explore both timeless and contemporary approaches to career development. Inspired by real-world journeys from their favorite design leaders, attendees will gain clarity on their own goals and values—then translate that insight into a personalized, visual career roadmap you can take with you at the end of the session. Whether you're just starting out, pivoting, or leveling up, this session offers space to rethink, refocus, and take action.

The audience will learn. . .

1. How to reflect on and articulate your unique strengths, values, and aspirations

2. Strategies and frameworks to navigate and shape your professional journey intentionally

3. Inspiration from diverse, industry specific, successful design career paths

4. Tools to identify opportunities for growth and alignment

5. How to best choose between professional development while still working full-time and going back to a higher education institution for an advanced degree

6. How to create and walk away after the session with your own tangible career roadmap