An intensive built around 2 to 4 real-world projects tailored to your level, from initial scoping through final handoff.
- Duration
- 6 Hours (28 days)
- Level
- Intermediate to Advanced
- Session model
- Recurring live
- Investment
- 6,400,000 T
Hello! The widest gap between learning design and practicing it professionally shows up in one place: working on an ambiguous problem with no instructions. Requirements are incomplete, technical constraints are real, and nobody is going to hand you the right answer.
This program recreates exactly that experience in a safe environment. Instead of hypothetical exercises, you take 2 to 4 real-world projects from scoping through final delivery — with me alongside you in a design lead role.
Mentorship Milestones
Mentorship is not a one-way street; it's a collection of insights built over years of mutual conversations and shared growth with amazing designers. Here is what we have accomplished together:
- In Total
- 13,425 Minutes
- Completed
- 182 Sessions
- Attendance Rate
- 98.8%
- Average Rating
- 4.48 out of 5
“The greatest reward on this journey is watching designers gain clarity and reach their full career potential.”
What We Do During the Program
Before we start, an alignment call maps your current level, your weak spots, and your career goal — and the projects are chosen from there. No two people get the same brief.
Scoping the problem
Step oneEvery project opens with a realistic brief — incomplete requirements, a deadline, and stakeholders who don't fully agree. Your first job is to clarify the problem itself.
Execution
Step twoYou move the design forward in smaller tasks, the way a real sprint works, rather than one enormous deliverable at the end.
Clarity and open questions
In each week's sessionsThe sessions aren't about taste, but about rationale: why this pattern? Why this hierarchy? What happens in the error state? Alongside that, the week's work gets clarified and the questions you have after reading the documents get answered.
Delivery and handoff
End of each projectEvery project closes properly — decisions documented, files prepared for the engineering team.
Session Schedule
The program has 8 sessions held over 4 weeks. Each session is 45 Minutes long, for 6 Hours of live discussion in total. The free alignment session at the start is not counted in these sessions or hours. Sessions follow a fixed schedule: Every Thursday and Friday, 18:00 to 18:45 (Tehran time).
- Number of sessions
- 8 sessions
- Length of each session
- 45 Minutes
- Total live hours
- 6 Hours
- Program length
- 4 weeks (28 days)
Weekly rhythm
- Sa
- Su
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
Getting the week's work clear
Thursday · 18:00 to 18:45 · Online, liveIn the first session of the week (Thursday), the work you'll do that week is laid out in detail: the goal, the expected output, and the constraints. After the session, the documents you need for the work are sent to you.
Resolving open questions
Friday · 18:00 to 18:45 · Online, liveThe second session of the week (Friday) is for the questions that come up after you've read the documents and gone through how the week's work will run. Whatever is unclear gets settled here, before the main work begins.
The rest of the week: solo work, no sessions
Solo workBetween sessions you move the work forward on your own, and there are no meetings. If you have a truly urgent question, leave a message through the site chat; keep the non-urgent ones for the next session.
The full program at a glance
- Week 112
- Week 234
- Week 356
- Week 478
Format & structure
- Number of projects: Between 2 and 4, depending on the scope of each and how fast you move.
- Weekly sessions: 2 sessions each week, online and live (Thursday and Friday): the first clarifies the week's work, the second resolves open questions.
- Between sessions: There are no sessions during the week; for truly urgent questions we stay in touch through the site chat.
- Working environment: Design in Figma, with tasks tracked on a dedicated project board.
Time commitment: This program takes an average of 6 to 10 hours per week. The quality of what you produce maps directly onto the time you put in, so be honest with yourself about that availability before starting.
The Best Way to Take This Program
Given the session days and times (Thursday and Friday, 18:00 to 18:45), this rhythm gets the most out of every week:
- Prepare
Before the first session
If a previous week is behind you, review how it went and think about where you want to get this week. Come with a clear head and notes in hand; the more organized you arrive, the more clarity you leave with.
- First session of the week
The clarity session
On Thursday, 18:00 to 18:45, you hear the week's work in detail. Write down anything unclear the moment it comes up, even if it seems small. The documents are sent to you after the session.
- Between the two sessions
Read the documents
Read the documents in full and list your questions. You don't need everything solved; the aim is for the unclear parts to be specific and ready to ask.
- Second session of the week
The questions session
On Friday you ask your questions from that list. After this session, you start the week's work with full clarity.
- Solo work
Until the next session
Stay focused on the work for the rest of the week; there are no sessions. Only if a truly urgent question blocks you, ask through the site chat, and keep the rest for the next session.
Session Rules
The numbers in this section are read from the program's own settings, so they always match how the system actually behaves.
1. Free alignment session
Wednesdays, 17:00 to 17:45 (45 Minutes) — free, and not counted in the program's sessions or hours.
2. Penalty-free cancellation
Cancel a session up to 12 hours before it starts and its price returns to your wallet.
3. Late cancellation
With less than 12 hours left, 30% of that session's price is kept and the rest returns to your wallet.
4. Replacement session
Cancelling a session adds one to the end of the program so your total stays complete; its cost is recorded as a separate installment.
5. Times and booking
Booking and rescheduling sessions is possible at least 12 hours before they start. All times are in Tehran time.
What You Walk Away With
- Two portfolio-ready case studies: Not just final screens, but the complete narrative of problem, decisions, and outcome — which is what hiring managers actually read.
- Real experience being critiqued: Defending design decisions in a review is a skill you only build by being reviewed.
- Readiness for take-home assignments: Many companies run practical design tasks in their hiring process. After this, that format is familiar territory.
Scope & Expectations
To ensure complete clarity and alignment before enrolling, here are a few honest boundaries:
These are training projects, not paid client work. This program does not include revenue-generating projects, direct referrals, or guaranteed job placement. The briefs are modeled on real market problems specifically to create an experience close to the real thing.
What is my role here?
I work alongside you as a design lead: writing the brief, critiquing the work, unblocking dead ends, and holding the quality bar high. But you do the designing — because the entire value of this program lives in the doing.
What Mentees Say
Feedback from designers I've worked with along the way.
I am truly delighted to have met Ms. Mohammadian-Rad; she was exceptionally responsive and quick to reply. From a professional standpoint, she possesses all the necessary knowledge and expertise for a Product Design Team Manager role (being fully versed in back-end, front-end, etc.). Working with her ensured that the team never faced any delays. I was thoroughly impressed by her precision, competence, and professional ethics, and I hope to have the opportunity to work with her again.
That was really a great and useful session for me. Shima is an expert mentor who clarify all topics for me and tell me some tips and red flags for my product journey. I'm into having long term connection with her as we have long and warm discussion for first time. I really recommend her to you :)
I really enjoyed this session, learned a lot more than I expected and I look forward to having more sessions like this. She really helped.
Book an Alignment Call
Because the projects are scoped individually, we start with an alignment conversation (45 Minutes) about your current level, your career goal, and the time you have available.
Booking Steps
- 1
Sign in or sign up
When you press the booking button and aren't signed in, you're taken to the sign-in page. Your name and phone number come from your account, so you won't be asked for them again.
- 2
Select the session time
Pick the day from the calendar and a time from that day's available times. A time someone else has just booked is disabled right away.
- 3
Contact information
Your email and a short note (a question or a topic you'd like us to cover) are optional, but they help me prepare the session properly. If you also send your resume and portfolio link ahead of time, I'll go through them before we meet. Finally, accept the booking and cancellation rules and submit the request.
- 4
Submit and confirmation
Your request is submitted, and I'll tell you the result by SMS once I've confirmed it. The online meeting link goes live at the scheduled time, and you can follow the booking from your panel too.
Have questions before booking? If you are unsure whether this program fits your current situation, feel free to drop a message on social channels or messengers to discuss it beforehand.