UX Design for Career Switchers

4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Learn the soft and hard skills you need to transition into a career in UX design. No previous design experience is required to get started.

Course overview

Gain the skills and confidence you need to kickstart a career in UX.

Learn and practice the UX frameworks you need to solve customers' problems and level up your UX design career.

Who is this course for

01

You’re looking to learn and practice UX design before considering a career change.

02

You're an early-stage UX designer looking to prepare for design interviews.

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You’re a mid-level UX designer who is sick of watching YouTube videos without real-life practical applications.

What you’ll get out of this course

Start building out your design portfolio

Build an impressive portfolio from Day 1 out of the real-world projects you complete.

Develop the right design mindset to solve complex problems

Learn how to strategically manage and plan the whole design process, and start approaching projects with a UX designer's mindset.

Practice with real-world UX design challenges

Learn and practice the skills, tools and UX processes you need to solve customers' problems and design products people love.

Go from novice to confident and aspiring UX Designer

Learn how to conduct user testing, UX research, wireframing, rapid prototyping, and many more.

Connect and collaborate with other aspiring UX designers

The best products are built by a team; learn how to collaborate with other designers through group assignments and presentations.

Meet your instructor

John Iseghohi

John Iseghohi

Senior UX Designer

Hey, I'm John! 👋

For over 10 years, I have worked as a UX/Product designer, solving user and business problems specifically for consumer-facing digital products.


Currently a senior UX designer at Amazon, leading design for a new product initiative, I collaborate with some of the best designers and engineers in the world to design and build incredible products.


Before Amazon, I worked at Booking.com in Amsterdam on the connected trip experience project; at Etisalat [Nigeria], I led the design and development of a self-service product; at Konga.com I worked with a team of designers and marketing experts to design and launch great marketing campaigns, and at eTranzact, where I started my career, I worked on similar design projects.


I'm a certified User Experience Specialist with AKENDI UK, Certified Design Sprint Facilitator and Workshopper with AJ&Smart.


When I'm not designing or thinking about products, I'm discovering new cycling pathways or sharing memes with friends via Instagram DMs😊.

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Course syllabus

01

Understand & Research

Learn about different UX techniques required to understand the problems you're trying to solve as a designer. In this module, you will learn and practice the following techniques:

  • Conducting User Interviews
  • Designing Journey Maps
  • Conducting Competitive Analysis
  • Designing Empathy Maps

02

Ideate & Design

Dive into ideation, where you get to brainstorm ways to solve the identified user or business problems using the following techniques:

  • User flow
  • Information Architecture
  • Wireframing
  • Digital Prototyping

03

Analyze & Test

Analyzing and testing the different components of a good UX is very important to design a good experience. In this module, you will get to learn and practice the following techniques:

  • Usability Testing
  • Card Sorting
  • Surveys
  • Dairy Study

04

Implement [UI + UX]

Practice how to specify the user experience through design patterns, UX guidelines, content strategy, and a crash course in Figma and Framer.

  • Design System
  • User Interface Design
  • Content Strategy

Course schedule

4-6 hours per week

  • Live workshops [Wednesday & Friday]

    6-7 pm BST

    Live workshops via zoom for Q&As.

    It will be a mix of lectures, activities and project presentations.

  • Weekly projects

    2 hours per week

    Dedicated time for you to complete your assignments and lead qualitative research.


    Example: Conduct three real user interviews with potential customers of a new app.

  • Self-paced lessons

    1 hour per week

    Video lessons and a library of resources to help you complete each project.

  • Daily office hours

    10-15 mins daily per student

    Daily check-in on your progress to answer any questions you might have.

Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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