Class Starts
May 1
Take this class fully online
Time
8 Week Commitment
10-15h / week for 8 weeks
Final Product
3 Case Studies
Produce 3 portfolio-ready projects by the end of class
Your Instructors
Hey! We’re Joel & Melody -- 2 senior UX designers based in San Francisco. We have over 15+ years of combined experience working with major tech companies like Twitter, Palantir, Brex and more.
In this 8-week course, you’ll learn everything we wish we knew when we were first breaking into UX design and what we’re looking for when hiring entry-level designers.
Program Overview
- Overview: Unit 6 (3:35)
- Bridging the Gap: The Sprint Process IRL (24:17)
- Working with Stakeholders: Product, Engineering, Business (13:45)
- Design and Code: A High-Level Overview (7:46)
- Understanding and Navigating Design Systems (4:39)
- Demo: Understanding and Navigating Design Systems_1 (3:59)
- Assignment #5 (2 Weeks) (1:04)
- Feedback Form
- Guidelines for Case Study Feedback (10:51)
- Q&A with Brian Wong, Senior Product Designer @Uber (68:38)
- Design @Google, Kristine Le + Steven Chen (60:28)
- Fireside Chat: Breaking Into Design, Alex Morrow @Seismic + Bradley Arca @ServiceNow (64:49)
- Design Collaboration Through Product Management: Matthew Zehnder @BetterOmics (46:34)
- Feedback Form
Reviews
"Thank you both for your hard work to help make this possible. Every week's lesson was meticulously put together with us in mind and both of your efforts was not over looked. I definitely feel more competent and capable of confidently producing quality product design work in a short amount of time. I'm already implementing what you've taught me at the company I work with now and they see the benefits of design and wish to push it forward as an integral part of their company process structure. They even gave me a raise and promotion to UX Engineer during this process. *yay* Thanks for empowering me to make more of a difference and find more meaning in my everyday work life. You both are awesome. TY :D"
- Dorothy K.
"I learned so much and met amazing fellows during this 8 weeks portfolio challenge. It is a really well-established and solid design process class. I would highly recommend it! If you are trying to leverage your portfolio to a more professional level or prepare for next round job hunting, this is definitely a valuable experience to learn and improve yourself."
- Jing Q.
"I am thoroughly enjoying the course. Every interaction and assignment in this course feels like it is working towards a specific end of becoming an aware designer."
- Fall 2020 Participant