How to Get a $150K UX Job in 2025: The Lady Gaga Method

Hi, I'm Karen Woodin-Rodríguez, a UX Career Coach with 5+ years of experience helping designers land dream roles in even the toughest markets.

The UX job market has fundamentally changed, as I've seen with 500+ designers. Do any of these sound familiar?

"I apply and apply and don't get interviews, I don't even hear back. Is there something wrong with me?"

"I have applied to 100+ jobs and gotten a handful of interviews, but no offers. I don't know what I'm doing wrong..."

"I got a referral from a friend, made it to the first round interview, but didn't make it past that. I got no feedback."

"I've been job searching for a year, I've made it to a few final round interviews. They seem to like me, but they always go with someone else. Is it my portfolio? Is it the market? I don't know what to do..." 

As I read these stories, I feel my chest contract. The lingering self-doubt, the growing sense of doom and hopelessness...How much longer will you have to keep applying? How much longer can you sustain this?

There is a better way. 

In 2023, when the market crashed and my clients were struggling, I realized something profound: 

There is no market in which people aren't getting jobs. 

Even in the toughest economies, companies are still hiring extraordinary UX talent. 

The difference? The designers who succeed aren't playing by the old rules. They're using what I call “The Lady Gaga Method” -- a strategic approach to creating your own opportunities, and building unstoppable momentum that completely transforms your job search. 

In this exclusive masterclass, I've put together everything I've learned over the past 5 years to help my clients land offers at Amazon, American Express, Oracle, Accenture, Fidelity Investments and venture-backed startups. You'll discover:

  • The unconventional “standout strategy”

    That helped my junior designer client beat out a Google designer for a competitive role (hint: it involves the “briefcase technique” applied thrice)

  • The exact outreach framework 

    That got my client an interview after 6 months of silence (within 4 weeks of working together), using Lady Gaga's principles for opening doors that seemed permanently closed
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  • Why even talented designers with impressive portfolios keep getting rejected

    And the counterintuitive approach that will make hiring managers fight to bring you on board 
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  • The strategic leverage points and marketing strategy

    That helped my mid-level design client transform her previous experience into a dream role at Williams-Sonoma when dozens of “more qualified” candidates were rejected​​​​​​​

  • Karen Woodin-Rodriguez

    Presenter

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