Workshop | The 60-Minute Design Pitch: From Overlooked to Unmissable
🕒 90 min | 🎯 For beginner to mid-level designers | 💵 $75 Standard / $40 Uxcel Pro | 👥 40 seats only
Tired of sending portfolios that vanish into hiring managers’ inboxes?
In this live, 90-minute sprint, you’ll learn a repeatable framework for turning just one hour into a compelling mini case study that makes your design thinking impossible to ignore.
Follow Florian Boelter, Staff Product Designer at Juro and founder of Open Doors, as he researches, frames, and prototypes a small improvement idea live. Then, apply the same process yourself using provided templates.
You’ll leave with a method to pitch yourself confidently, a toolkit you can reuse for take-home assignments or quick portfolio projects, and a way to showcase your problem-solving skills even with limited time or access.
🧠 What You'll Learn
A repeatable one-hour framework to turn quick ideas into clear, high-impact case studies that show your design thinking fast.
A new way to stand out — demonstrate initiative and problem-solving in a format hiring teams actually notice.
A reusable toolkit for pitching yourself during job hunts, take-home tasks, or portfolio challenges.
🕒 Agenda
Setting the Stage
Why the 60-Minute Design Pitch works, when to use it, and examples from real designers who landed interviews.Step 1: Understanding the Company & Product
Florian investigates the chosen company live — exploring its website, screenshots, or public materials to piece together what the product likely is and what’s visible to an outsider. He discusses how to handle different levels of access and how to make reasonable assumptions under uncertainty.Step 2: Designing the Solution
Execution time: Florian jumps into Figma (or Lovable, depending on context) and creates a high-level concept that visually addresses the chosen opportunity. The focus is on clear reasoning and presentation-ready visuals, not exhaustive flows or component polish. He narrates how to scope a one-hour deliverable that looks thoughtful and intentional.Step 3: Writing & Packaging the Story
Florian drafts a short case-study narrative (with AI assistance) explaining context, problem, idea, and impact. He shows how to place it into a simple format — Notion page, PDF, or lightweight webpage — that’s easy to share.Wrap-up & Next Steps
Review of the complete 60-minute framework from research to outreach. Florian outlines how to adapt the process for portfolio pieces, take-home tasks, or live design exercises.
🧑💻 Who Should Attend
This session is perfect for:
Beginner to mid-level designers looking for a way to stand out when applying for jobs.
Career changers or freelancers who want to build portfolio pieces quickly and intentionally.
🎙️ Meet the Instructor
Florian Boelter is the founder of Open Doors and a Staff Product Designer at Juro. Through his writing, workshops, and mentoring, he helps designers break through job-search plateaus and land roles that fit their strengths. Florian’s known for turning vague career advice into practical, testable strategies — from smarter portfolios to creative application tactics that actually get noticed.
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📌 Notes
All workshops include access to a full recording.
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Tickets are non-refundable once the session has started.