UX Designer career path

Become a UX Designer from scratch with our interactive, guided career path. Explore all stages of UX design process, and learn how to build user-centered products.

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Professional Certification

Become a UX Design professional with our interactive, self-paced career path and break into a booming industry.

Uxcel's UX Designer career path is an affordable and interactive alternative to online UX bootcamps, offering self-paced learning and a reputable professional certification upon completion.

$85,000/yr
Avg. Base Salary in USA
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  • Build UX designer skill set
  • Assess & showcase your skills
  • Practice & receive feedback
  • Earn professional credentials
  • Launch your UX designer career

Syllabus

12 units  ·  9 courses  ·  8 projects  ·  11 assessments  ·  Professional certification
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Unit 1
Learn fundamentals of UX design
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UX Design Foundations
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4.7  ·  Course  ·  6 hours  ·  25 lessons
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Design Terminology
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4.7  ·  Course  ·  3 hours  ·  11 lessons
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Wireframing
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4.7  ·  Course  ·  3 hours  ·  13 lessons
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Unit 2
Apply your skills to practice
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Wireframe
Project  ·  Interaction Design
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Task Board Wireframing
Project  ·  Interaction Design
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Unit 3
Assess fundamental UX designer skills
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Wireframe
Assessment  ·  25 questions
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Unit 4
Learn core UX designer skills
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UX Research
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4.6  ·  Course  ·  6 hours  ·  23 lessons
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Service Design
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4.6  ·  Course  · 4 hours  ·  15 lessons
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Design Workshop Facilitation
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4.5  ·  Course  · 4 hours  ·  15 lessons
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Design Accessibility
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4.8  ·  Course  ·  4 hours  ·  16 lessons
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Unit 5
Apply your skills to practice
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Form Accessibility
Project  ·  Visual Design
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Permission Request Wireflow
Project  ·  Content Strategy
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UX Research Survey
Project  ·  Research
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User Persona
Project  ·  Research
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Unit 6
Assess core UX designer skills
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Usability Testing
Assessment  ·  25 questions
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Accessibility
Assessment  ·  25 questions
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Research
Assessment  ·  40  questions
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Unit 7
Assess core UX designer skills
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Common Design Pattern
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4.8  ·  Course  ·  5 hours  · 18 lessons
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UX Writing
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4.6  ·  Course  ·  4 hours  ·  16 lessons
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Unit 8
Assess core UX designer skills
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CTA Writing
Project  ·  Content Strategy
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Redesign a Dark Pattern
Project  ·  Interaction Design
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Unit 9
Assess advanced UX designer skills
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Design Patterns
Assessment  ·  25 questions
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UX Writing
Assessment  ·  25 questions
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Content Strategy
Assessment  ·  40 questions
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Unit 10
Design tools
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Figma
Assessment  ·  25 questions
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Sketch
Assessment  ·  25 questions
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Maze
Assessment  ·  25 questions
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Unit 11
Re-evaluate your skill level & prepare for the exam
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Verified Designer
Assessment  ·  40 questions
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Exam
UX designer certification exam
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UX Designer
Professional Certification  ·  2 hours  ·  80 questions

Interactive, hands-on learning for any role & level

Effortlessly build your UX design skills from the ground up with our visually engaging and interactive lessons whether you transitioning from another role, or starting of your UX career from scratch.

Everything for a successful UX design career launch

Build a holistic skill set

Learn all the skills required to succeed as a UX design professional.

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Build a stellar portfolio

Apply your skills to practice & prepare a portfolio that will stand out to future employers.

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Earn professional certification

Show future employers, HRs, and managers your certified proficiency in the UX design field.

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Carefully crafted with the guidance from the industry experts

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Krisztina Szerovay
Senior UX Designer at MKB Fintechlab
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Lorenzo Doremi
UX Designer at Freelancer
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Eric Reichbaum
UX Writing Team Leader at Fiverr
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Dane
Wesolko
Lead Product Designer at Cision
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Leon
Barnard
Education Team Lead at Balsamiq
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Dóra Éva Farkas
Sr Design Researcher
at Booking.com
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Gene Kamenez
Founder at Uxcel
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Amanda 
Lin
Content Designer 
at Meta

The Uxcel method to your career success

Self-starters thrive when they learn at their own pace. Uxcel's dynamic online, interactive, hands-on method empowers you from the beginning without burning a huge hole in your pocket.

Step 1

Start immediately

No application. No pre-requisites. No “gatekeeping” fluff in order to charge you a fortune.

Start right away at the most affordable price ever.
Step 2

Complete at your own pace

Set your own pace that will fit your busy schedule.

Learners usually spend about 3 months to complete the path when learning for 2 hours/day.
Step 3

Pass the online exam

Once ready, prepare & take the UX Designer Certification exam.

Receive reputable professional credentials upon passing the exam.
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With Uxcel, I've gained so much confidence talking with clients.

Blake Feldman
Product Designer · 15+ years in design
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Uxcel helped me level up from a junior to a senior designer

Chieri Wada
UX/UI Designer · 8+ years in design
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Uxcel really helped me during my career change.

Ryan Blackwell
UX Designer & Writer · 5+ years in design
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Uxcel is in my browser favorites, I use it for a ton of stuff.

Matt Salik
UX designer · 20+ years in design
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Love the certifications, love the price. Thumbs up Uxcel.

Phil Campbell
Information Architect · 1 year in design
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I want to congratulate the Uxcel team for creating such amazing courses. Learning with real cases and in a playful way suits perfectly for me.
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Randall Aguirre
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Product Designer @ Designful
LinkedIn for UX! Uxcel is an all-in-one service/app/product for User Experience Professionals and also starters.Training to testing and even certificating the knowledge. All in one place. Also the profile pages for users are an easy way to showcase UX focused CVs.There is more! Companies are searching for their new UXers within Uxcel, so it is not wrong if I call it the LinkedIn for UX.Great service.
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Altuğ Gürkaynak
Trustpilot
UX/UI Designer
This is one of the most fun I've had regarding education and learning. It's not only very well designed but also getting better every minute, providing amazing info in little bites, making it easier to understand, remmember and incorporate to your everyday designer life.
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Eliana Campos Del Valle
Producthunt
UX Chapter Lead
The best online learning platform.

I was amazed when I used this platform for the first time. The traditional e-learning platforms are tedious and boring with too much redundant information.

This platform is fun, direct to the point, and full of benefits that I couldn't mention all of them.
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Abdullah Ghatasheh
Trustpilot
Senior UX/UI Designer
Uxcel really is the Duolingo of UX/UI! It makes it very easy to learn by chunks on a daily basis, so interactive and fun! And the content it's extremely helpful, I've learned tons already!Very well invested money and time.
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Diana Mancía
Trustpilot
Product Designer at Ravn
I have been using Uxcel for over a year now and it is one of the best ways of learning design! I just love it! We learn in a fun and smooth way.
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Paula Vianna Kietzer
Producthunt
Product Designer @ Civey
So enthusiastic to share with you my latest achievements on Uxcel app so far! ❤️

Actually it's the best way to have fun studying and practicing GUI and UX 🔥
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Peter A'del
Linkedin
Sr. Product Designer at Vodafone
Hands on, most comprehensive source for ux/ui design! Uxcel is a comprehensive and user-friendly resource for learning UI/UX design. It excels in breaking down complex topics and providing clear and robust explanations. This makes it an ideal resource for beginners in the field, who may find free readings on the internet overwhelming.
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Elyar Pourakbar
Trustpilot
UI designer
Love Uxcel! Such a fun platform to hone your design skills while having fun!
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Arturo Rago
Linkedin
Design / Learning / Storytelling @Canva
Uxcel is a great study platform, a lot of fun and it's still possible to test your knowledge in different categories.
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Jonathan Andrade
Linkedin
Senior UX UI Designer | FullStack Labs
Wonderful UX learning platform! The courses are very well structured. Information is well explained and condense, you don't need to spend a lot of time trying to understand a topic. Good job!
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Isaach González Elizarrarás
Trustpilot
Lead Product Designer
It actually made learning UX design easy. I find number of valuable and practical tips that can help designers to learn crucial aspects in the most addictive way. Great job Uxcel team.
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Nitish Khagwal
Producthunt
Product Designer at Paytm
For anyone interested in UI/UX design, Uxcel has a very enjoyable interface with bite size chunks of useful information. If you like learning on the go, it also works great on mobile devices.
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Peter Harmazinski
Linkedin
Lead Analyst at Cigna/Evernorth
Loving Uxcel right now. This is exactly what I was looking for to sharpen my skills. Wanted something that was like a quiz but like a game too, making it more fun to learn. Besides that, the UI is beautiful as well.
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Gahrrett Middleton
Trustpilot
Product designer

Career investment that pays for itself 38x over

Median annual salary increase
$5,426
Higher promotion rate*
32.9%
Reported positive career impact
85%

* 13.56% of Uxcel members reported receiving a promotion, while 10.2% being an industry average, according to Radford Workforce Trend Reports. See full Uxcel Impact Report

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Become a certified UX design professional today

The UX designer career path is available to all of our Pro members. Get your membership today, and kickstart your UX design career.

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