I know it's hard out there to find great jobs, and please trust me, we are thrilled that we have an abundance of great designers applying to each position we post.
To that end, here are the things that you can and should do to stand out (and I'd venture that this works for 99% of the companies you apply to):
1. Follow all of the requirements of the job posting. If you don't qualify, you won't be considered. If it's a requirement to live in NYC, then we won't be even looking at folks who are remote.
2. If you submit without a portfolio, again, you won't make it to the next round.
3. Say a quick hello as a comment in the post (either Twitter/X or LinkedIn). We might not respond to them all, but we try to click on as many as we can. (Honestly, just LIKING a post is better than just letting it fly by in your feed, or bookmarking it.)
4. Share examples of your work, talks that you've given, panels you've been on, and your socials where you talk about design/Figma, etc. For Advocacy roles, this is key. We need to know how you share content, tips, advice, etc.
5. Take a minute to ensure your resume looks good, reads well, and is proofread. Typos might just be little details, but sometimes little details can be the deciding factor.
6. Add a cover letter.
The last few years of posting jobs on Twitter/LinkedIn have forced me to build some guardrails, as the number of applicants each post gets just seems to be increasing across the board these days.
1. I can't take time to talk 1:1 with candidates. Sorry, I wish I could.
2. I protect my personal email, so reaching out there won't get a response.
3. We work really hard to make sure that qualifications, requirements, and such are listed well in the JD. You need to know exactly what we're looking for.
4. Lastly, my own personal rule is that I don't connect on LinkedIn with people I don't know. Appreciate the connection requests, but I just don't connect until I know someone.
Lastly, best of luck to you all!
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