UX Design: How To Get Started (A Full Guide)
Channel: AJ&Smart
Date: 2020-06-23

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Do you want to GET STARTED in UX Design and don’t know where to begin? These 6 STEPS will help you go from a complete BEGINNER to a trained up UX DESIGNER (with a job!). Cut through all the noise online and GET STARTED with this video!

In this video, one of our UX designers, Amr, shares a step-by-step guide and timeline, with the key online courses to take, the tools to master, the communities to join, the lessons we’ve learned, and the books you have to read in order to become a UX Design expert.  

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👟STEPS + 🛠 Tools / Resources (In order of appearance)
0:00 - Intro

1:23 - Step 1 - Decide whether UX Design is for you 

Career Foundry UX Email Course
https://careerfoundry.com/en/short-courses/become-a-ux-designer/

2:40 - Step 2 - Take a course to learn the principles 

Coursera - Georgia Tech - Introduction to User Experience Design
https://www.coursera.org/learn/user-experience-design

Accenture - Future Learn - Digital Skills: User Experience
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/digital-skills-user-experience

Career Foundry UX Design Program
https://careerfoundry.com/en/courses/become-a-ux-designer/


5:18 -  Step 3 - Master a Design Tool 

Figma
https://www.figma.com/

Adobe XD
https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/xd.html

Figma Tutorial 1
https://youtu.be/3q3FV65ZrUs

Figma Tutorial 2
https://youtu.be/FTFaQWZBqQ8

6:28 - Step 4 - Practice 

Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/

Google’s Material Design:
https://material.io/resources/icons/?style=baseline


9:44 - Step 5 - Join a Community 

Designer Hangout
https://www.designerhangout.co/


10:59 - Step 6 - Learn what you need to know to get the job 

Glassdoor - UX Jobs:
https://www.glassdoor.com/Job/ux-designer-jobs-SRCH_KO0,11.htm?countryRedirect=true

🎓 Lessons to speed up the process

17:51 - Lesson 1 - Find a partner for this journey
19:07 - Lesson 2 - Set a DEADLINE  for yourself
20:28 - Lesson 3 - Block out your time to learn and practice
21:26 - Lesson 4 - Publish your work
22:13 - Lesson 5 - Don’t avoid feedback


📕Books mentioned:

23:24 - Book 1 - Don’t Make Me Think - Steve Krug:
https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515

23:48 - Book 2 - Design Of Everyday Things - Don Norman:
https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded-ebook/dp/B00E257T6C

24:12 - Book 3 - Sprint - Jake Knapp:
https://www.thesprintbook.com/

25:00 - Conclusion
25:59 - Bloopers + outro


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