Become a Mentor · Designers Academy

Why Mentor With Us

Sharpen your leadership

Guiding learners toward solving a real problem is the same muscle you use leading a design team.

Strengthen your own fundamentals

Explaining a concept clearly to someone new to it is one of the fastest ways to find the gaps in your own thinking.

Join a working design community

Sessions, peer mentors, and structured feedback loops with other practicing designers — not just learners.

Shape how the next generation works

Teach the workflows, ethics, and judgment calls that never show up in a portfolio.

— Lead live sessions for an assigned batch
— Answer learner questions and unblock them, during and between sessions
— Review submitted assignments with specific, actionable feedback
— Stay engaged for the full length of the batch you're assigned to
— Model professional design practice — process and communication, not just output

— 2+ years of professional design experience
— A portfolio that shows range, not just polish on one type of project
— Comfortable explaining your thinking out loud, live, to a room of learners
— Bonus: prior experience speaking at conferences, running workshops, or informal mentoring

Apply

Tell us about your experience and complete your Designers Academy profile (a couple of minutes).

Application review

Our team reviews your background and portfolio.

A short conversation

If shortlisted, we schedule a video call to talk through your teaching style and answer your questions.

You're in

Get matched to a batch and start mentoring, paid per session.

Mentors are paid per session, at a rate set once you're onboarded — no unpaid trial sessions.

Apply in a couple of minutes — we'll take it from there.