Course curriculum

  • 01

    1. Process and strategy

  • 02

    2. Navigating the market

    • 2.1 Navigating the market

    • 2.2 Know your company

    • 2.3 Skills company look for at different growth stages

    • 2.4 Six stages of UX maturity

    • 2.5 Design organizations

    • 2.6 B2C vs B2B

    • 2.7 Section homework

  • 03

    3. Self-reflection

    • 3.1 Design specialities and your personality

    • 3.2 Personality to speciality examples

    • 3.3 Your career level and goals

    • 3.5 Career growth paths

    • 3.5 Homework: Two exercises to practice

  • 04

    4. Targeting: Companies research

    • 4.1 Companies search & research

    • 4.2 Companies research aspects

    • 4.3 Companies research tools

    • 4.4 Companies red flags

    • 4.5 Companies green flags

    • 4.6 Section homework

  • 05

    5. Getting your feet at the door

    • 5.1 My story, market check and secret sauce

    • 5.2 Hidden jobs market

    • 5.3 Tactics for outreach

    • 5.4 How to skip the crowd

    • 5.5 Message structure

    • 5.6 Your Linkedin story

    • 5.7 Section homework

  • 06

    6. Your CV (resume)

    • 6.1 CV structure

    • 6.2 Two types of CV

    • 6.3 CV tips

    • 6.4 Impact formula

    • 6.5 Imagine you're recruiter....

    • 6.6 Section homework

  • 07

    7. Web portfolio

    • 7.1 Portfolio formats and their pros/cons

    • 7.2 Website structure

    • 7.3 Blurb about you

    • 7.4 List of case studies

    • 7.5 First deal breaker: No business experience

    • 7.6 Second deal breaker: NDAs

    • 7.7 About you page

    • 7.8 Eight key mistakes to avoid

    • 7.9 Section homework

  • 08

    8. Web case studies

    • 8.1 Managers & bookstore perspective

    • 8.2 Story arc: Context

    • 8.3 Story arc: Story parts

    • 8.4 Story arc: Story type

    • 8.5 Story arc: Results

    • 8.6 Case study takeaways

    • 8.7 Tips for success

    • 8.8 Web case study design process

    • 8.9 Section homework

  • 09

    9. Job interviews

    • 9.1 HR interview vs design manager interview

    • 9.2 Answering part mindset

    • 9.3 Answering part exercising

    • 9.4 More practice ideas for ’Answering’ part

    • 9.5 Crafting the ‘Asking’ part

    • 9.6 ‘Asking’ questions cheat-list ideas

    • 9.7 Section homework

  • 10

    10. Case study presentation

    • 10.1 Case study presentation

    • 10.2 Presentation structure

    • 10.3 My example

    • 10.4 Tips for your presentation

    • 10.5 Section homework

  • 11

    11. Thinking challenges

    • 11.1 Types of thinking challenges

    • 11.2 Whiteboarding challenge mindset

    • 11.3 Whiteboarding challenge process

    • 11.4 Whiteboarding challenge Figjam templates

    • 11.5 My whiteboarding challenge example

    • 11.6 App critique mindset

    • 11.7 App critique process

    • 11.8 My app critique example

    • 11.9 Take-home challenges

    • 11.10 Take-home challenges process

    • 11.11 Section homework

  • 12

    12. Offer, negotiation, rejections

    • 12.1 Job offers. How to approach.

    • 12.2 Rejections. How to approach.

  • 13

    13. Recap

    • 13.1 Course recap