UX Design: Getting Started (A Complete Guide)

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Do you want to GET STARTED with UX design and don't know where to start? These 6 STEPS will help you go from being a complete BEGINNER to a qualified UX DESIGNER (with a job!). Skip all the noise on the internet and start with this video!

In this video, Amr, one of our UX designers, shows you a step-by-step guide and schedule with the most important online courses, the tools to master, the communities to join, the lessons we learned and the books you need to read to become a UX design expert.

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STEPS tools/resources (in order of publication)
0:00 – Introduction

1:23 – Step 1 – Decide if UX design is right 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 – Mastering 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/?stylebaseline

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?countryRedirecttrue

Lessons to speed up the process

17:51 – Lesson 1 – Find a partner for this journey
19:07 – Lesson 2 – Set a DEADLINE
20:28 – Lesson 3 – Take 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 – Designing 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 – Breakdown outro

Thank you for watching!

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