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Alison Gretz

Founding mentor

Co-Founder & Coach @ The Glimmer Network

Minneapolis, USA 15 yrs in design

About

I'm a design leader turned entrepreneur, coach and trainer. I'm really interested in designing the future of work, coaching leaders in complexity, and helping design life/career pivots. I'm also a busy mum, immigrant and HUGE Dungeon Crawler Carl fan.

How I can help

Busting Imposter Syndrome or prepping for the next step in your career. Leadership/Management conundrums, complex change design, organizational development. Redesigning your career and life to live a whole creative life. Not a fit for: Finding a job, growing from jr > sr.

Ask me about

IC to manager
Agency to in-house
Returning from a break
Layoffs
A failed launch
A reorg
Getting passed over
First or only designer
Influence without authority
Stakeholder standoffs
Presenting to execs
Negotiating comp
Imposter syndrome
Growing into leadership

A hard problem I've navigated

Imposter syndrome used to kick my butt (spoiler it still pops up!) and I had to battle to gain confidence presenting to execs, speaking my mind and putting myself out there. It's a practice of believing in yourself and trying on different modes so your message can be received well. I got you!

Frequently asked

How did you progress in your career?

By finding and creating win-wins and asking for what I wanted next.

Expertise

UX Designer
Product Designer
Design Manager
Leadership
Negotiation
Interviewing
AI workflows
Agentic AI
E-commerce & Retail

Experience

  1. Director of Product Design · Target

  2. VP of Creative Services · Shutterfly

  3. VP of Global UX · Thomson Reuters

  4. Coach & Founder · The Glimmer Network

Also here to learn

Alison mentors on Hop and is growing too. A bit about their own path right now.

Could use a hand with

I'm building The Glimmer Network – a soft place to land to prepare your career for pivots, or when the unexpected happens.