Education to UX Design Career Changer

1 hour, 32 minutes ago
Internship
Entry Level
Design and User Experience
Ideate Innovation Labs

Ideate Innovation Labs

Ideate Innovation Labs offers specialized training courses in UI/UX design aimed at empowering individuals, particularly women, to develop the skills necessary for successful careers in the tech industry, with a focus on achieving high-paying positions...

Education Services

Description

  • Complete end-to-end UX design and UX research work for a startup idea of your choice.
  • Lead product and feature scoping and support overall project management.
  • Identify the target market and position the product for launch success.
  • Develop a business model and think through how the product or service can scale.
  • Plan and conduct discovery research, including recruitment, interview guides, and 8-16 interviews.
  • Synthesize research insights and use qualitative and quantitative data to justify the problem and solution.
  • Create UX deliverables such as personas, stakeholder maps, journey maps, process maps, service blueprints, sketches, wireframes, prototypes, and UX workflows.
  • Lead user testing of wireframes and prototypes and iterate based on feedback.
  • Design a basic design system from scratch, including components, style guide, and branding.
  • Consult with startups and deliver UX research, UX design, product design, or service design work based on a defined scope of work.

Requirements

  • Open to new grads and UX career changers.
  • Interested in creative tech career paths in UX research, UX design, product design, or service design.
  • Able to commit 5-10 hours of work per week.
  • Able to attend 2-3 hour weekend lectures or complete online video course modules.
  • Open to feedback from UX mentors and willing to revise design work.
  • Willing to complete the application process with a resume submission.
  • No UX resume or portfolio is required to apply.
  • Available for a 7-month remote apprenticeship program.
  • Able to apply on a rolling basis and participate in a brief interview process if selected.

Benefits

  • Free 7-month apprenticeship program.
  • 1:1 mentorship throughout the program.
  • Remote participation from anywhere in the world.
  • Support with UX career transition and coaching toward landing a UX role.
  • Access to UX tips and challenges via email during the application process.
  • Opportunity to build a portfolio-ready startup project and real end-to-end UX experience.
  • Potential pathway to higher-paying UX, product design, UX research, or service design roles after completion.

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