✨ New! UX/UI Design Courses (Product Design)

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Job Outlook:

The World Economic Forum has ranked problem solving, critical thinking and creativity – the fundamental elements of human-centered design - as the top three skills employees will need to thrive in the workplaces of the future (World Economic Forum, 2016).
Design methodology is in high demand: according to Rutgers research using Burning Glass Labour Market Data, between 2016 and 2018 there was a 200% increase in jobs requiring design thinking skills (compared to a 6% increase in all positions).
Human-centered design skills are particularly valuable in a climate of disruption. Design methodology can help solve complex human problems spanning multiple industries, such as the challenges of working at a distance.
Distributed work is on the rise, and has been even prior to COVID-19. Gallup data showed 43% of U.S employees worked remotely in some capacity in 2017, a 4% rise from 2012.
According to a 2020 Gartner survey, 74% of CFOs plan to shift at least 5% of their previously on-site employees to ongoing remote positions, even after COVID-19 has subsided.
Distributed work has many benefits, including a lack of commute and more time. A 2020 Gitlab survey found that 52% of respondents found themselves to be “more productive” when working remotely.
A user-centred UX approach is invaluable in all steps of digital product and service development, from early research, identifying strategic insight, to innovation, interface design, prototyping and testing, as well as managing UX projects.
UX demand for UX specialists is strong and will grow some a hundredfold between 2017 and 2050, as organizations around the world strive towards UX maturity. (Source: Jakob Nielsen, NNGroup)
The skills you will learn here such as Design Thinking, UI Design, UX Prototyping, User Testing, and Quantitative UX Data Analysis, are regularly listed in top job listings every week (Source: LinkedIn).
Career opportunities include UX Researcher, UX Designer, UI Designer, UX Specialist, and UX Project Lead if your background is in project management.
The average salary for a UX Designer or a UX Specialist in the USA is $100,000 a year, for a UI Designer, $84,000. (Source: Indeed).

Courses:

Free Email Lessons

Figma: Learn Design

Georgia Tech on Coursera: Introduction to User Experience Design

Udacity: Product Design by Google

Calarts on Coursera: UI/UX Design Specialization

Future Learn: Digital Skills — User Experience

LearnUX.io

Gymnasium: UX Fundamentals Course

HEC Montreal: MicroMasters Program in UX Design and Evaluation

HEC Montreal: UX Design (included in the MicroMasters Program)

UMD: Designing the User Experience

UBCx: Human-Centered Design for Work at a Distance

Google UX Design Professional Certificate

LinkedIn Learning: Become a User Experience Designer

SkillShare: Online UI/UX Design Classes

Lynda: UX Design Classes

(In Progress) Springboard UX Career Track Syllabus and Course Overview

https://www.skillshare.com/browse/ui-ux-design?via=header

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/paths/become-a-user-experience-designer

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