Mentoring Special
Want to be a mentor? Need a mentor? Just curious about mentoring? Come along to our next online meetup on 4 May 2022 from 6pm
Have you ever thought about becoming a mentor or are you looking for one?
If so, come along to the UX Glasgow mentoring special on 4 May from 6pm.
Our panellists
Katherine Snow
Katherine is a Senior Service Designer at Sopra Steria, where she supports Government organisations to navigate change and complexity. She is an interdisciplinary designer with a background in Design Anthropology, Design Research, and Product Design. Her focus lies in exploring the process from strategy to reality: developing bespoke project-specific tools to enable individuals or organisations to engage with possible futures. Katherine has worked with start-ups, Higher Education, the private and public sector.
Jana Mizutyte
Jana is a Junior Service Designer at Disclosure Scotland. After earning a bachelor degree in Product Design Jana found her way to Disclosure Scotland where she tried many hats and developed passion for safeguarding and improving public services. This ultimately led her to kick start her career in Service Design and work on creating sustainable public services that align with user needs.
Kirsty Sinclair
Kirsty is a lead service designer in the Scottish Government where she works on democratising design skills, right now for those connected to children’s social care services. Her personal and professional interests in mentoring led her to co-found mega mentor in 2020. With 150+ design mentors, its aim is to increase diversity in design leadership.
Connect on LinkedIn or on Twitter @kirsty_joan
Jen Thomson
Bio coming soon…
Connect on LinkedIn or on Twitter @lilmisstee
Agenda (starting 6pm)
Talk by Katherine Snow and Jana Mizutyte telling us about their experience as a mentor/mentee over a year and giving some practical advice
Presentation of Mega Mentor by Kirsty
Panel discussion on mentoring With Katherine, Jana, Kirsty and Jen Thomson
We will be finished 8pm, although may wrap up earlier depending on the night.
The session will be online. You can add your questions to this board and start voting as well for any question you would like to see answered on the evening. Your name will not appear on the board.
This session will be online and will not be recorded.