Brett Chien

About

I'm a product designer with 8 years in B2B SaaS, wellness, and automotive, most recently on AI features and design systems at Gympass and DealerSocket. No design degree, I came out of a bootcamp in 2019 and figured it out from there, so I get what it's like to break in without the traditional path. I've also been laid off twice in mass layoffs and job hunted in a brutal market, which shapes how I talk about portfolios and interviews. I'm direct, I'll tell you what a hiring manager is actually going to think, and I like helping people figure out how to talk about AI work without hand-waving.

How I can help

Portfolio and case study reviews. I can usually tell you where a case study loses people and how to rewrite it so it shows how you actually think. Interview prep too, including live critique rounds and just practicing how you talk about your work out loud. On the craft side, Figma stuff like auto layout, components, and design systems. And the career questions, like what to do when you're sending applications out and hearing nothing back and can't tell why.

Expertise