Become a User Experience Designer

A modern user experience designer understands modern design concepts. They also have the research and analysis skills to design effective, compelling digital experiences across different mobile platforms, the web, and the Internet of things. This path will help you build the foundation for a solid career in UX design.

• Learn and apply the principles of user centered design.
• Create wireframes and graphics with industry standard tools like Illustrator and Sketch.
• Build a UX portfolio that includes interactive prototypes, user personas, and more.

• Course 1: Planning a Career in User Experience
• Looking for a job in UX? Learn about the many disciplines of user experience, and figure out how to plan a career that matches your strengths and passions.
• Course 2: UX Design: 1 Overview
• Learn about the set of user-centered design techniques that are covered in the UX Design Techniques series.
• Course 3: UX Design: 2 Analyzing User Data
• Learn how to gather user data and transform that data into actionable project ideas for more user-centric UX designs.
• Course 4: UX Design: 3 Creating Personas
• Make your development process more user-centered with personas. Learn about the importance of user personas, how to create them, and how to use them in your UX research and design.
• Course 5: UX Foundations: Prototyping
• Learn the basics of prototyping. Discover how to build prototypes that allow you to test and validate your UX designs.
• Course 6: UX Foundations: Multidevice Design
• Discover how to design a user experience that's consistent and reliable from device to device: from phones and tablets to wearable tech.
• Course 7: UX Design: 4 Ideation
• Learn to incorporate ideation techniques in your design workflow. Leverage the input from your team to create the best possible product and to ensure a good user experience.
• Course 8: UX Design: 5 Creating Scenarios and Storyboards
• Identify design gaps and the exact features you need to build to make your users happy. Learn how to write scenarios and create storyboards in this installment of the series.
• Course 9: UX Design: 6 Paper Prototyping
• Learn how to get fast, inexpensive, and early validation of your design ideas using simple materials—pen and paper.
• Course 10: Sketch for UX Design
• Learn how to build compelling user experiences with Sketch, the popular UX design tool. Find out how to create wireframes, interactive prototypes, and more.
• Course 11: Photoshop for UX Design
• Learn how to quickly create cohesive UI and UX designs. Discover how to set up a project, create a static wireframe, export a design, and even create a pixel-perfect mockup.
• Course 12: Illustrator for UX Design
• Discover how to use Illustrator for web and app design. Learn how to make wireframes and design layouts using artboards, shapes, layers, guides, text symbols, masks, and styles.
• Course 13: UX Design: 7 Implementation Planning
• Head into development with a clear understanding of what you need to build. Learn how user-centered design (UCD) artifacts can help you create a precise implementation plan.