NYCxDESIGN is guided by core values of community, creativity, inclusivity, diversity, and sustainable design for the greater good. Beyond our annual Festival, our year-round programming provides a platform for NYC’s diverse design talent, from students and emerging designers to seasoned professionals. Each program fosters connection, education, and inspiration, empowering the next generation to use design as a powerful tool for positive impact and addressing the world’s most pressing needs.
What will you learn?
This 6-week intensive learning program will help you to more efficiently navigate between managing and leading content, people, and processes across a variety of subject areas. The Bootcamp will cover these 5 modules –
1. Design Leadership
2. Design Management
3.Design Strategy
4. Design Value
5. Design for Humanity
Who is this program for?
The Bootcamp is for all design professionals: whether working in-house/corporate, in an agency, or as a freelancer, and whether managing Industrial, Product, Graphics, Packaging, Brand, UI/UX, or even Innovation roles. This program is about understanding how to lead and manage Design (big D) and apply it to your unique company/market/situation.
This program is best suited for professionals looking to advance their careers: whether you’re a junior or senior designer looking to step up to a management role, a design manager who wants to be more efficient and effective in your role and/or get a promotion to the next level, or a director seeking to better lead your team and business to the next level.
Academic Students may consider to enroll, however a “real world” context is needed to participate in the program.
How will you learn?
This Bootcamp will be highly informative, inspiring, and interactive to help you in stepping up in your career and contributing to your business’ triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit. You will have access to your own personalized learning platform, called “LiveBook,” to access program content and interact with your peers.
All masterclass sessions will run online Thursdays from 3:00-7:00 pm PST / 6:00-10:00 pm EST and all workshops will run on Mondays from 3:00-6:00 pm PST / 6:00-9:00 pm EST. The Bootcamp will be conducted virtually using Zoom, Miro, and you will have access to your own personal “LiveBook” , a proprietary multimedia learning platform to share content and collaborate. (with the exception of one Tuesday session on May 27th to avoid Memorial Day)
May 5th: Introduction
May 8th: Design Management – Masterclass
May 12th: Design Management – Workshop
May 15th: Design Leadership – Masterclass
May 19th: Design Leadership -Workshop
May 22nd: Design for Humanity – Masterclass
May 27th: Design for Humanity – Workshop (exception for Memorial Day)
May 29th: Design Strategy – Masterclass
June 2nd: Design Strategy – Workshop
June 5th: Design Value – Masterclass
June 9th: Design Value – Workshop
June 12th: Wrap Up
How much is the investment?
General Admission: $2,995
IDSA Members: $2,395 (20% discount)*
Must be a current member at time of program start. Not a member yet? Register to take advantage of the program discount, enjoy all of the benefits of being a member https://www.idsa.org/JOIN#benefits and still save on the overall program fees.
If you would like us to invoice you/your company, no problem, just contact us and we will get in touch…
To learn more about the Design Leadership Boot Camp visit:
To learn more about PARK Academy (formerly Grow) visit https://park.bz/academy
Space is limited! This program is limited to only 20 participants. Small class sizes encourage an intimate learning environment for participants to learn from and share with one another.
The registration closes on May 2nd 2025
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