Designing a Structured Mentorship Experience on LinkedIn
A product discovery case study where I researched mentorship challenges on LinkedIn, identified trust and matching gaps, and designed a structured mentorship experience with verified mentors, scheduling, progress tracking, and feedback loops.
PRODUCT Context
LinkedIn (Concept Feature)
(TIMELINE)
3 weeks
(challenges)
Building trust between strangers in a professional context
Helping users find mentors aligned with goals, not popularity
Reducing friction in initiating and maintaining mentorship
Designing structure without over-formalizing relationships
Balancing mentor availability with mentee expectations
Ensuring the feature fits naturally into LinkedIn’s ecosystem
(SOLUTION)
I designed a structured mentorship experience within LinkedIn that focuses on trust, relevance, and continuity. The solution introduces verified mentor profiles, guided discovery, in-app scheduling, session tracking, and feedback loops to help users build meaningful, long-term mentorship relationships rather than one-off conversations.
Key Solution Elements
Mentor discovery with clear expertise signals
Verified profiles and testimonials
In-app scheduling and session management
Feedback and progress tracking
Seamless integration with LinkedIn’s existing UI patterns
(result)
8.6 / 10
Usability Score After Iterations
20+ survey users
Discovery Sample Size
20+
Users Researched
