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SUMMARY:The Career Prototype with Nova and level: An Iterative Guide to Career Adaptability
DESCRIPTION:The Career Prototype allows participants to take a deeper look into who we are and validates or challenges our career paths.  \nStart by hearing from two design founders\, Jeanette Numbers of Nova and Nichole Rouillac of level\, and their take on the importance of career adaptability. The crowd will participate in a round of A/B questions on career strategy\, with commentary from firsthand founder experience. \nAfterwards\, Jackie Cunningham\, NEXT Innovation Scholar\, will lead us through building a Career Prototype. These four activities explore: \n\n Our Technical BOM – what are we really good at (and some of our hidden talents)?\n Value Mapping – what is our why\, and where does it come from?\n The ROI (Return on Identity) – what can make us money?\n The Career Prototype – what is one immediate “field test” we can launch right now?\n\nBy the end of this session\, participants will leave with a “Career Prototype” that they can iterate for the rest of SF Design Week and cultivate otherwise kept-to-self ambitions and connections. \nSchedule: \n5:00 – 5:10 pm – Arrival and Welcoming \n5:10 – 5:30 pm – Career Adaptability A/B Panel with founders Jeanette Numbers and Nichole Rouillac \n5:30 – 6:00 pm – The Career Prototype with Jackie Cunningham\, NEXT Innovation Scholar \n6:00 – 6:30 pm – Field Testing our Career Prototypes with drinks and light snacks \n  \nSpeakers & Moderators: \nJeanette Numbers: Jeanette is the President of the Board of Directors for IDSA and Founding Partner of Nova\, a woman-led design studio in Providence\, RI. She leads an award-winning team dedicated to delivering innovation and inspiration to every user on the planet. Under Jeanette’s visionary leadership\, the firm has garnered numerous prestigious awards and inspired a new generation of female industrial designers to push boundaries\, innovate\, and make their mark in a traditionally male-dominated field. Jeanette is also a founding member of Nova Ignite\, a six-month\, multi-track accelerator for and by female founders\, CEOs\, and executives in Health and MedTech. Beyond design\, Jeanette is a founding member of GirlsRock! RI and a drummer in Cave of Colors. \nNichole Rouillac: Nichole is the Founder and Creative Director of level\, a women-led industrial design studio in San Francisco. She leads with a mission to create intelligent\, thoughtful designs that shape industries and enhance lives. Her work has propelled breakthrough products into the global spotlight\, with an award-winning portfolio that includes Microsoft\, Google\, Logitech\, Fitbit\, HTC\, AliveCor\, and Tempo. level’s impact has been recognized with top accolades\, including IDEA Gold\, Red Dot\, iF\, and Spark Platinum awards\, as well as Fast Company’s #3 Most Innovative Design Company. Beyond design\, Nichole is a dedicated advocate for diversity in the industry. As the former chair of IDSA’s Women in Design\, she mentors and champions the next generation of female designers\, helping to reshape an industry where women remain underrepresented. \nJackie Cunningham: Jackie is a senior Industrial Design student at the University of Cincinnati (DAAP) and UC’s IDSA Student Chapter President. As a NEXT Innovation Scholar\, she has developed and led design thinking workshops for a program that has equipped over 1\,000 participants with design thinking mindsets. Her professional experience bridges in-house innovation at Procter & Gamble and FINIS\, with multidisciplinary design at consultancies like Nova. When asked about the future of design careers\, she says\, “I’m not concerned about AI taking my job because of how incredibly adaptable we are. A Career Prototype is just a test; all I can do is learn something new about myself through it.” Jackie is currently based in Cincinnati\, heading to San Francisco post-graduation.
URL:https://sfdesignweek.org/event/the-career-prototype-with-nova-and-level-an-iterative-guide-to-career-adaptability/
LOCATION:level\, 530 Hampshire St\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nova":MAILTO:jnumbers@wearenova.co
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