
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.
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Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, Wireframing, UI/UX Research, Responsive Web Design, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, User Research, Information Architecture, Figma (Design Software), Usability Testing, User Story, Web Design, Design Reviews, Usability, Presentations, Design Research, Persona (User Experience), Ideation, User Centered Design, Mockups
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Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, User Research, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Persona (User Experience), Wireframing, Design Research, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Interaction Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Human Centered Design, Usability, User Interface (UI) Design, User Centered Design, Figma (Design Software), Design, Mockups
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, Design Thinking, User Research, User Experience Design, User Centered Design, Usability, Persona (User Experience), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Prototyping, Wireframing, Sprint Planning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
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: