UX Design: How To Get Started (A Full Guide - 2020)

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.

Do you have other tips to become a UX Designer? Which steps did you take to start your career? Which resources are you using to achieve your goals?All the steps and links can be found below!

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👟STEPS + 🛠 Tools / Resources (In order of appearance)

1️⃣ Step 1 - Decide whether UX Design is for you

Career Foundry UX Email Course
https://careerfoundry.com/en/short-courses/become-a-ux-designer/
2️⃣ 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/
3️⃣ Step 3 - Master a Design Tool

Figma
https://www.figma.com/

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

Figma Tutorial
https://youtu.be/3q3FV65ZrUs
4️⃣ 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
5️⃣ Step 5 - Join a Community

Designer Hangout
https://www.designerhangout.co/
6️⃣ 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

Lesson 1 - Find a partner for this journey
Lesson 2 - Set a DEADLINE for yourself
Lesson 3 - Block out your time to learn and practice
Lesson 4 - Publish your work
Lesson 5 - Don’t avoid feedback
Books mentioned:

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

📙 Design Of Everyday Things - Don Norman:
https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded-ebook/dp/B00E257T6C

📘 Sprint - Jake Knapp:
https://www.thesprintbook.com/
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