UX Design for Career Switchers
2 Weeks
·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.
UX Design for Career Switchers
2 Weeks
·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.
03
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.
UX Design for Career Switchers
Meet your instructor
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
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