How to become a UX designer in 1 year!
How to become a UX designer in 1 year!
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Courtesy of @uxlinks
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UX is a skilled and multi-disciplined area. It’s worth spending some time to understand what it is and the variety of roles.
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You will find that you gravitate towards an area that compliments your current skills or perhaps an area that you find interesting.
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Great UX traits:
Passion for how things work.
Empathy for users’ frustrations.
Curiosity to keep learning.
Micro and macro thinking. Look at the detail and the bigger picture.
Great communication to present and sell your designs to stakeholders.
Flexibility/adaptability. Tech projects are constantly changing.
Being humble. UX is a team effort.
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Online resources:
There are so many amazing online resources for UX. Depending on how you like to learn, you may prefer video or audio or even written material.
Whichever you choose, be consistent.
Devote time each day to learning.
UX blogs:
Medium
UX Planet
Smashing Magazine
Nielsen Norman Group
Interaction Design Foundation
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UX courses:
Udemy: UX & Web Design, Joe Natoli
Hyper Island
Design Lab
Interaction Design Foundation
uxforfreelancers.com
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Instagram UX accounts:
ui__ux
brand0ngr0ce
uxbites
morejanda
ui_gradient
anfisign
usabilitygal
uxgoodies
ux.tip
uxlinks
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YouTube UX inspiration:
Luke Wroblewski
TheFutur
NNgroup
UX Mastery
AJ & Smart
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Twitter UX profiles:
uxlinks
lukew
uxmastery
smashingmag
uxplanet
Prototypr
NNgroup
UXBooth
uxmag
101babich
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UX Podcasts:
UXpodcast.com
Wireframe
Design Details
The Hacking UI Podcast
Google Design Podcast
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Find a mentor:
Mentorships are a great way to:
a) accompany your learning and
b) help guide you in the right direction. Mentors can bring a wealth of knowledge and advise on tools and processes.
Try the UXPA.
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UX books:
Don’t Make Me Think
Business Model Generation
Lean UX
UX Design For Mobile
101 Design Methods
A Project Guide To UX Design
Bonus — 4 tools that may be useful in your designer way:
Crello — the simplest online image editor. A simple but powerful tool to create awesome designs for any social media format — posts, covers, graphics, and posters using the best software on the web. It’s easy! A lot of animated designs.
Webflow — all-in-one web design tool that allows users to design, build, and launch responsive websites visually.
Funnelytics — an incredible tool that helps you build the best marketing funnel mapping.
Flowkit — allows designers to create frighteningly fast user flows within Sketch and Figma.
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