How to become a UX designer with no experience in 2024

A mentor’s step by step guide to get a UX design job with no experience

Elina Zhang
Flowhack

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What is UX design? How to learn UX design? Can I become a UX designer without a degree or work experience? What are the best UI/UX courses or Bootcamps? What tools shall I learn? How to build a UX case study and portfolio from scratch? The best ways to apply for jobs and get interviews?

(This article is also published on Flowhack resources.)

As the founder of Flowhack and a senior UX designer who’s mentored 100+ students and helped many land a job, I’ve been asked these questions a lot, therefore I put together here a step by step guide to fast track your transition into a UX designer.

What is UX design?

User experience design or UX design is about helping users achieve goals and delivering delightful experiences to them.
UX designer requires a solid understanding of psychology, collaboration, user research, information architecture, interaction design, wireframing & prototyping, as well as visual communication to identify and solve users’ problems.

Credit: Thomas-pluralvonglas

Should I get into UX design?

  1. If you are interested in creativity, technology…

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Elina Zhang
Flowhack

Founder of flowhack.co and Co-Loving Hub | Senior UI/UX design mentor | Transformation coach