User Experience (UX) Career Roadmap: Jobs and Levels Guide
Explore the job-leveling matrix for User Experience. Understand the roles and skills needed to advance from beginner to leader.
May 20, 2024
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Explore Coursera’s resources tailored for UX designers at every stage of their careers. You can find a variety of tutorials, career guides, how-tos, and more, all designed to enhance your skills and support your professional growth for your UX career.
Popular UX Courses
Skills you'll gain: User Experience, User Experience Design, User Research, Audit, Human Computer Interaction, Planning, Product Design, Product Development, Visual Design, Web Design, Web Development Tools
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Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
Skills you'll gain: User Experience, User Experience Design, User Research, Product Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Graphic Design, Strategy, User Experience, User Experience Design, Visual Design, Web Design
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Industry skills: These skills are essential to UX practices and enable designers to visualize and iterate on ideas, allowing for early identification of potential usability issues and enhancements:
User-centric skills: Proficiency in these areas allows designers to create intuitive, aesthetically pleasing interfaces while grounding design decisions in empirical user-based research. Such skills include:
Collaboration: These skills enable UX designers to facilitate clear communication, foster teamwork, and align project goals, resulting in a more successful and cohesive user experience. Key skills to learn: