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Bring Career Design to Your Organization

I deliver keynotes and workshops that empower professionals to navigate inflection points and design intanational and impactful careers.

Why Career Design?

Accomplished professionals—especially those with 15-20+ years of experience—are hitting a wall. They're questioning traditional paths, struggling with burnout and lack of growth, and wondering: "Whose ladder am I climbing? What if I could design something different?"

I help organizations empower their experienced talent with strategic career design frameworks, giving professionals the tools to:

Delivered through keynotes, workshops, and masterclasses—both virtually and in-person.

Hi, I'm Lila.

Career Design Strategist and creator of the Career Design System™.

With over a decade of experience in marketing, brand strategy, and design, I help professionals navigate career transformation by designing intentional paths that align with their vision, expertise, and impact.

I deliver keynotes and workshops at organizations, conferences, and professional development programs where forward-thinking companies invest in their experienced talent's strategic growth and career ownership.

Signature Topics:

Available as keynotes (45-60 min), workshops (2-4 hours), or series.

Whose Ladder Are You Climbing?

A provocative exploration helping accomplished professionals examine whose expectations drive their careers and what they'd design if building from their own vision. Attendees gain clarity on core values and take the first step toward strategic career transformation.
MASterclass, 1 hour, IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL:

Career Design Thinking: Architect Your Next Chapter

Move beyond traditional career planning to strategic design. This session introduces a practical, low-risk methodology for mid-career professionals to design and test new career models that leverage their expertise while fitting their desired lifestyle. Build a sustainable and fulfilling next chapter, rather than leaving transformation to chance.
CHF 950
(EUR 790)

The Authority Anchor: Strategic Positioning for What's Next

This essential session helps experienced professionals secure unwavering professional authority for their next chapter. Leaders will define a clear, market-agnostic Value Proposition and design a personal brand architecture that controls their narrative. Learn to make your unique value unmistakable, strategically positioning you for expansion, pivot, or launch.
MASterclass, 1 hour, IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL:

Building Portfolio Careers: Strategic Design for Mid-Career Professionals

In today's fast-changing market, mid-career professionals with deep expertise are uniquely positioned to build portfolio careers. This forward-looking session gives experienced professionals a framework for building multiple income streams and diversified career options. Learn to strategically transform decades of expertise into resilient portfolio models and future-proof your professional life.
CHF 950
(EUR 790)
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What People Say:

I had the pleasure of welcoming Lila Bartkovic as a guest speaker on my mastermind for mom entrepreneurs, where she shared invaluable insights on crafting a brand that aligns with purpose, creates standout positioning, builds a meaningful presence, and delivers authentic promotion. Lila’s ability to break down the branding process into actionable steps was inspiring. If you’re looking for someone who aligns your values with your brand, Lila is your go-to expert. I highly recommend her for creating a brand that’s impactful and authentic.

Manouchka Elefant

Marketing Coach / BIGi Agency

Lila has packed so much value into her online workshop "From invisible to remarkable" that I attended. She provided several practical steps for building a remarkable personal brand. What stood out to me the most was her unique approach of making us travel in time and visualize our future selves in an extraordinary way. This is something I will definitely be going back to on my own!

Agnieszka Stalder

Founder / Stalder Coaching

I had the opportunity to work with Lila in 2024. What started as a personal branding collaboration ended up being so much more, a real eye-opener and inspiration to challenge myself and my beliefs in ways that make the career path ahead of me so much clearer, and so much more fun! With her approach, her methods and her deep expertise, she was able to provide a true inspiration and guidance. I really recommend any woman wanting to be true to herself and pursue her full potential to reach out to Lila.

Anna Sohlberg

Market Access Leader / Dexcom

Working with Lila to develop my personal brand - from essence to visuals - was eye-opening, fun and personally incredibly enriching. Lila's structured, thoughtful, creative and highly personalised approach helped me do just that – clarify my personal value proposition and goals and translating it into a warm and elegant look to match. Lila is fantastic and she very skillfully helps you bring your personal brand story to the surface and embed it in a creative concept that fits your personality. Highly recommended.

Kristina Dziekan

Commercial Market Access Leader / Onward

Lila is amazing! She is that rare find of a person that is not only ridiculously talented but incredibly committed to producing the best possible product and experience for her clients. The process Lila took me through to develop my branding was filled with “aha moments” and insights into how I want to authentically show up in this world. If you’re lucky enough to have an opportunity to work with Lila, please jump at the chance. She is truly one of a kind!

Natalia Molodecky, PhD

Founder + CEO / PAKPANI®

I was happy to find Lila. She works very thoroughly with you and covers everything one needs to think about when it comes to brand identity. I have learnt so much (about my own intension and about technicalities around brand communication)! I am so happy about how Lila helped me to visualize my intent and purpose with my brand and how nicely she has captured my vibe and tone. I can warmly recommend Lila. She is very creative, structured, thorough, knowledgeable and professional to work with!

Åsa F. Hyberg

Founder / Vivante Health Services AB

Lila's work is wonderful. Her strategic approach and the framework behind her workshops helped me gain much more clarity and confidence about my brand. She has great style and designed a beautiful visual identity system that matches my brand perfectly and also helped me to create a website and I am proud of. Lila was amazing at supporting and coaching me every step of the way with her warm and professional manner. I am very grateful that I found Lila, I can highly recommend her services.

Teresa Kennedy - Jones

Owner, Language Coach / Joylingua

Lila is a passionate professional. She is brave enough to suggest what she believes would work the best, not just follow the standards to please the customer. The workshop approach she created can really help you understand WHY and reach CLARITY. She helps you to express this the best way to be well understood and seen by others. Her sense of beauty also plays a very important role. Going through personal branding discovery with Lila is one of the best and most meaningful experiences on my professional journey.

Aleksandra Maj

Senior Product Manager / Alcon

I had a call with brand strategist Lila Bartkovic and wanted to sing her praises. What I loved about my call with Lila was the clarity I got from it by speaking my vision for my business out loud.
Not only did I leave the call with clarity on my brand identity, but I finally decided on the colour scheme that I will move forward with.
Good brand strategy is essential for the evolution of our business and I can highly recommend Lila’s expertise in this area!

Niamh Dee

Mindset & Business Coach / ND Inspired

We have had a great experience working with Lila, who has helped our organization working on branding, website design, photos and overall how to best present our story and services. Lila has a great ability to uncover and enhance the essential in the story, which she then brings to life through very practical steps. She is also very responsive and professional.

Elina Viitaniemi

Director / ESCA Cancer Support
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