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Product Design Fellowship

A 4-month intensive cohort-based program that helps you upskill & unlock your dream job in design!

Next Intake : February 10, 2023

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Designed to help you succeed.

Aggregate increase in annual compensation for 18 fellows: ₹1.4 Cr+

ABOUT

Why learn from ownpath?

Get personalised attention

Learn in small groups. Request a one-on-one. Get personalised attention and feedback from senior designers.

Solidify with a holistic curriculum

Deepen your design skills with a holistic curriculum designed in collaboration with design leaders.

Find your own design community

Interact and learn with alumni, mentors, guest speakers, and supercharge your design network.

Progress faster with a structured environment

Show your work and get feedback every week. Consistent progress is key!

Win scholarships worth upto ₹50,000

Win scholarships based on your portfolio, performance, and placement outcomes!

Unlock your dream job with our hiring network

Sharpen your design portfolio, showcase your work to our hiring partners, and find your dream job!

Is this for you?

Strengthen your design foundations. Grow faster in your career.

Master the fundamental principles of design. Gain key insights for advancing your career.

Lack confidence with your design process.
Don’t have someone to guide you.
Are hesitant to apply to your dream job.
Excited to design digital products at start-ups.
1 - 3 years of experience in any design discipline.
Want to upskill while keeping your day job.
Aspiring to work in a bigger design team.

Wondering if this is for you?

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Mentors

Learn from top senior designers.

Get feedback from practitioners on your work regularly.

Shivani Gupta

Design Manager
Sameer Bhiwani

User Experience Leader
Akshay Verma

Lead Designer
Tejas Bhatt

Founder
Vikalp Gupta

Product Designer
Fatema Raja

UX and Brand Design
Kenneth Dsouza

Senior Design Manager
Somya Hastekar

Design Lead
Manali Mitra

Founder

BlockstoUnblock
Mahima Chandak

Researcher
Anjana Menon

Senior UX Writer
Shreya Agarwal

Lead Product Designer
Swathy G

Senior UX Researcher
Veethika

Senior Product Designer

Shivani Gupta

Title: Design Manager

Sameer Bhiwani

Title: User Experience Leader

Akshay Verma

Title: Lead Designer

Tejas Bhatt

Title: Founder

Vikalp Gupta

Title: Product Designer

Fatema Raja

Title: UX and Brand Design

Kenneth Dsouza

Title: Senior Design Manager

Somya Hastekar

Title: Design Lead

Manali Mitra

Title: Founder; BlockstoUnblock

Mahima Chandak

Title: Researcher

Anjana Menon

Title: Senior UX Writer

Shreya Agarwal

Title: Lead Product Designer

Swathy G

Title: Senior UX Researcher

Veethika

Title: Senior Product Designer

CURRICULUM

A curriculum designed to match your ambition.

Improve your skills through interactive roleplay, hands-on lessons and projects that prepare you for the real world.

: Learn what drives behaviours, and motivations to understand people that products are designed for. Study why they react in a certain manner and what their actions mean which helps you design meaningful interactions.
: Identify methods to conduct ethical user research and apply the same while designing products and experiences. Learn how to build products that your users will trust and love.
: Communicate with the business and product team about users’ needs through research. Learn methods of research synthesis that help identify gaps in users’ experiences.
: Learn how to connect design initiatives with business objectives. Identify opportunity areas along with the business team to co-create business models for the product and identify a north-star metric.
: Define user flows and task flows by identifying the best solution in terms of feasibility, viability, and usefulness. Also, learn methods of generating concepts quickly and testing multiple solutions.
: Illustrate the experience of products by creating design systems and style guides. Learn how to empower users to perform tasks seamlessly using principles of visual design, accessibility, design patterns and more.
: Identify if the product allows for easy task completion by users and their pain points. Study how to make quick iterations while testing so that the product is able to meet its objectives.
: Recognise patterns from research data while testing products to inform design decisions. Learn how to make these decisions accurately by identifying various characteristics of data like biases, hierarchy, analysis, and more.
: Develop narratives that are in line with your users’ needs. Understand the parts of a story, tone and structure and use this as a tool to represent users’ voices.
: Build a compelling résumé that highlights your skills and achievements. Effectively structure your portfolio and cover letters with relevant project details and prepare for interviews.

Get access to our comprehensive curriculum for further reading

Fellow Projects

A glimpse into a few fellow projects:

UX CASE STUDY

Helping people with PCOS understand and manage their condition

UX RESEARCH

Deli-worries: Exploring swiggy-verse

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TIMELINE

Learn alongside your job.

Do the Fellowship part-time alongside your job. For maximum impact, do the Fellowship full-time!

Masterclass

Prepare for the week’s masterclass by going through pre-reads and concept videos.

Time: 15-30 mins

Self work

Community Event

Meet & learn from design leaders

Time: 60 mins

Community

Research & Design

Continue to work on your project for the week with an assigned team member from the program

Time: 45-90 mins/ day

Self work

Check-in

Show your assigned work for the week to an internal mentor & get feedback for the same

Time: 15-30 mins

Mentoring

Peer Review

Present your work and progress to the cohort. Learn from each other as you build your product from scratch.

Time: 60-90 mins

Peer Review

Mentor Review

Present your assigned work to an industry mentor and get live feedback on your work.

Time: 90-120 mins

Mentor Review

Fee Structure

The fellowship can pay for itself through scholarships, paid contracts, and increased compensation.

Upfront

₹1,95,000 Incl GST. EMIs starting at ₹8.7k

4 one-on-one mentorship sessions with a senior designer
16 personalised feedback sessions with industry mentors
36 hours of exclusive masterclass video content
Weekly collaborative sessions for brainstorming & design critique
Portfolio & Interview Prep
Gain access to freelance opportunities in our network of hiring partners
Win scholarships upto ₹50,000
Referrals to companies in our hiring network

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Pay after Placement

₹1L upfront + ₹1.5L only after you find a job Incl GST. Friendly EMIs available.

4 one-on-one mentorship sessions with a senior designer
16 personalised feedback sessions with industry mentors
36 hours of exclusive masterclass video content
Weekly collaborative sessions for brainstorming & design critique
Portfolio & Interview Prep
Gain access to freelance opportunities in our network of hiring partners
Win scholarships upto ₹50,000
Referrals to companies in our hiring network

Apply

Success Stories

100% fellows got their dream jobs. It’s your turn.

And here’s what the fellows shared with us

The learnings that came with the fellowship and the feeling of being pushed to my limits, made it a highly rewarding and fulfilling experience. ownpath’s curriculum is designed to enable us to practise what we learn from masterclasses through our projects.

Sayani De

Product Designer, Gojek

One thing that interested me here was the mentorship format - it’s rare for one to be able to work on projects that get reviewed by senior designers with the mentorship structured around it.

Shreyan Ghosh

Product Designer, Unacademy

I had a lot of questions in general about the design process. My how’s, what’s and why’s never were answered and that was my agenda coming into the fellowship - to build a strong design foundation and find my answers.

Sai Shinde

Product Designer, Jiva

You know that you’re receiving great mentorship when you leave a design critique session feeling pumped. I navigated ambiguous problem spaces & it’s been very rewarding to see my ideas slowly crystallize.

Mudita Sisodia

Product Designer, Obvious

The truly holistic experience at ownpath is reflective of its mission to help us become designers who craft impactful experiences.

Yashasri S

Product Designer, Frog

I’ve learned how to break down a complex problem into its basic components and figure out the best way to solve it. In this process, I’ve rediscovered my love for design, stepped out of my comfort zone and learned so much.

Jyotsna Rane

Product Designer, ownpath

What’s the Fellowship about?

Get access to our curated Product Design resources!

Ownpath is here to help accelerate your design career. Learn how to become a proficient designer with new and up-to-date resources, sent to your inbox every month!

Frequently asked questions

: A typical week will involve you in:

Project work that you and your team member will take on

Going through recorded masterclasses and curated concepts to help you learn concepts

A live session with your mentor to discuss your week’s progress with your project

Office hours with your batch mates and mentors to discuss challenges and learnings

On some weeks as a bonus feature, you will have community events such as guest talks and workshops
: Yes. Please take a look at the Fee Structure section on this same page.

We spend a lot of effort and money towards curating the curriculum, designing the learning experience, and executing our programs. We also compensate our speakers and mentors.

That said, all of this is to help you succeed! We strive to help you get far more value from the program than what you pay for. We do this by ensuring you have a fulfilling learning experience and find a better paying job through our placement services.
: Upto 24 folks will be admitted into the cohort. The emphasis is on enabling you to deliver your best through personalised guidance and feedback.
: Yes! The idea of having industry partners on board and organising Demo Days is to help you showcase your work to top startups! We will also help you prepare your portfolio.

We’ll do everything we can. But, it’s still down to you to do well on your projects and clear the interview!
: No. We do not offer job guarantees, we do however help you:

Prepare for interviews through coaching and portfolio reviews

Showcase your work through Demo Days, to hiring managers from our Hiring Partners and elsewhere.

Introduce you to companies who are hiring through our network.
: That’s totally fine, as long as you’ve worked in some design field (Eg: Information design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Graphic design, Visual Design, New Media Design, Industrial design, and Digital Game Design).

If you’re completely new to the design field, we suggest taking introductory courses, getting an internship, and then applying soon as you have a few projects on your portfolio.

We do plan to announce an introductory course for folks who’re completely new. Please do make sure to subscribe to our mailing list for updates on the same.
: A basic portfolio of your projects is enough, nothing fancy is required. For more details, refer to the guide we’ve put together.
: Demo Day is an invite-only virtual event which will see participants from the cohort present their projects live.

The audience will include Heads of Design/Product and Hiring Managers from companies looking to hire Product Designers.

After the presentations, members in the audience will get in touch with you to discuss if their organisation might be a good fit for you.

Presentations will be recorded and based on your preferences, will be shared with select employers even after Demo Day, to ensure that you find the best possible offer.
: That’s completely fine if you’re not looking for a job right now. You’ll continue to receive placement support for the rest of the year.
: While we will give you a digitally verifiable certificate, we’d like to go further. We want to help you with gaining concrete experience and also developing industry connections.

Through assignments and projects, you’ll actually learn how to apply concepts and develop real-world experience; stuff you can feature on your portfolio.

Finally, by working with experienced professionals on ownpath, you’ll develop valuable connections that can unlock doors which would be much harder otherwise.
: Different people come with different backgrounds, life constraints, and learning speeds or preferences. So, there’s nothing to worry too much about if you don’t find an offer on Demo Day.

Since it’s most likely to do with lacking experience for the role, we’ll recommend you take up another project, and we’ll continue to support you in the form of mentorship and opportunities during this time.

Need help with making a decision?

Our team would be happy to assist you with any questions you might have

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Wall of Love

Love what @ownpath_xyz has launched! This is *the* way to do professional upskilling - doing actual *paid* work for real customers on real world projects. No test, exam or unpaid project can compare. And the course becomes effectively free in the process. Perfect.

Sidu Ponnappa

SVP Engineering, Gojek

🧠 As an Ownpath coach, I found this program’s format to be really engaging with a whole lot to offer learners.

🚀 Ownpath is going places, highly recommended!

Sameer Bhiwani

UX Lead, Google

I left my job in Feb and have been having literally the greatest time ever the last 2 months learning at @ownpath_xyz from some incredible mentors.

I'd say the COVID induced masters FOMO has also vanished (perhaps temporarily, we&#39ll find), it's been that great.

Mudita Sisodia

Product Designer, Obvious

Having spent quite a bit on design education myself and witnessing how it can be exclusionary, I love that @ownpath_xyz is pushing to make education accessible 🙌🏾

Mahima Chandak

Product Designer, Obvious

I kicked off the year leading a Masterclass on Design Management with the stellar team @ownpath_xyz and now we're following up with a Q&A for Design Leaders. Join us!

Kristen Skinner

Founder at &GSD, ownpath Instructor

Can’t express how much about design management I learnt with @ownpath_xyz ♥️

To all the aspiring UX designers out there!

Fatema Raja

Group Design Head, Gojek

I've been watching Ownpath for a while and interacting with grads and I'm super excited at what they're trying to create. They're trying to build a new, different kind of work-education hybrid model where students are engaged with potential employers from the start.

Chandra R

Product Designer, Gojek

There's so much to talk about in what I've been upto for the last two months.

🔥 things so far :
- learning from masterclasses and then applying it to our problem statement
- working with fellows who have become dear friends
- confidence in my ability to drive a design process

Aishwarya Naik

Master's student, UW

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I had a great time working with them. Highly recommended! :D

Abhinit Tiwari

Head of Design, Gojek

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