Design Coach at Mento

We are looking for a career coach to specialize in supporting Product and Graphic Design professionals. From working with them on their daily work, to their broader career goals, you will support professionals throughout all aspects of their careers.

Who are you?

• Passionate about helping people advance in the workplace, and find and build fulfilling careers.
• 5+ years experience working in the tech industry in Design or a Creative position!
• Ideally, you have experience working as a career coach (though coaching certificates are not required!).
• A high EQ person with acts with empathy and can create a safe space for people.
• You understand that there are glorious and not so glorious aspects to any job. We are a startup and we all wear many hats!
• Comfortable with navigating ambiguity!

Other details

• This is a part-time position paid hourly with performance bonus.
• You must have bandwidth to put minimum 5 hours per week towards Mento.
• We will start with a 6-month initial commitment, more is great.
• Remote position. Candidates are preferably US-based.

About Mento

Mento is a career tech company. We’re on a mission to provide people access to to the best career advice in the world, and empower them take action on it. In a world where jobs and careers are rapidly changing, we're equipping people with the products, information, and support to build and maintain meaningful careers.

We strive to create a fun, conscientiousness, collaborative, and supportive work environment, and are looking for several team members to join us! We are a remote-first company based in the US and Europe with over $5.5M raised from VCs including Twelve Below, M13, Slow Ventures, NextGen VP, and AngelList Quant, among others.

We are looking for a career coach to specialize in supporting Product and Graphic Design professionals. From working with them on their daily work, to their broader career goals, you will support professionals throughout all aspects of their careers.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Serving as the main point of contact for our users.
• Providing 1:1 coaching, feedback, and support through virtual sessions as well as text, email, etc.
• Support professionals through group coaching and one-to-many sessions.
• Asynchronous feedback and review on content and materials.
• Working with the Mento team to improve the product and user experience
• Being an integral member of the coaching team — helping enhance our coaching practices and developing materials to deliver an incredible user experience and fulfill our mission of helping people thrive in jobs that they love.
• Acting with kindness and respect as an ambassador and representative of the Mento community

• Passionate about helping people advance in the workplace, and find and build fulfilling careers.
• 5+ years experience working in the tech industry in Design or a Creative position!
• Ideally, you have experience working as a career coach (though coaching certificates are not required!).
• A high EQ person with acts with empathy and can create a safe space for people.
• You understand that there are glorious and not so glorious aspects to any job. We are a startup and we all wear many hats!
• Comfortable with navigating ambiguity!

• This is a part-time position paid hourly with performance bonus.
• You must have bandwidth to put minimum 5 hours per week towards Mento.
• We will start with a 6-month initial commitment, more is great.
• Remote position. Candidates are preferably US-based.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our users. We truly don’t care about your credentials! If you’re passionate about helping more people access sustainable, better paid careers, we want to hear from you.