You can d o real client work (aka freelance) on the side, build your own apps, take part in hackathons, and re-design apps. Design Phase - Sketches - Low-Fidelity Wireframes - High-Fidelity Wireframes - Usability Testing - Prototyping - Further Improvements/ Lessons Learned.Research: - User Interviews - User Stories - User Personas - User Scenarios (Blimey so many ‘Users’!) - Site Map.Short Story with Key Findings: - The challenge - Solution - Outcome.UX/UI folios usually follow this structure: In order to find ANY job in the design industry, you must have a portfolio. Design is a part of people’s daily lives, and doing product design means playing a role in these lives. It entails creativity, problem-solving, and analytical thinking that makes me very passionate about the topic. I started asking myself whether I’d like that corporate day-to-day routine? Would I have enough flexibility to work from home whenever I need to? Are there growth opportunities? Does the lifestyle match my working routine?Īfter talking to multiple people from tech-industry, and taking part in UX/UI Masterclass meet-ups, I was convinced that product design career is the way to go. At some point, I felt like I wasn’t capable of finding new clients and started looking for a full-time job/internship.ĭuring my job search, I started reading stories of how it is to work at all those great companies. As long as you have clients and work to do. I shared my portfolio and a business card with him. While working as a tennis coach during my student life, I had a client that wanted me to do design work for him. At least that’s what I imagined and pushed for. To me, being a designer means that I could work from home whenever I feel like while travelling around the world. I have found my first full-time job in April 2019 (yes, while still studying).įigure out why you want to work as a UX/UI designer. In order to speed up my graduation, I transferred to a University in London for my final year and graduated in July 2019 with a Sports Business degree. Therefore, during my second year, I started learning more about the design industry, and specifically - UX/UI design. While I failed to find a job in the sports industry, I thought that designer life is much more in demand and it’s something I felt passionate about. I always saw myself working in the sports industry, therefore I enrolled in Business Administration & Sports Business courses. I was offered an academic and athletic scholarship in Philadelphia, USA.
Therefore, I decided to focus on what I love, fulfil my long life dream and move to the United States to study & play tennis. After a year of continuous studying, I was burnt out and felt like I was doing something only because being a programmer would mean having an amazing salary in the future. I was ambitious, ready to burn the midnight oil and learn all about programming and data science. Shortly after finishing High School, I enrolled in a Computer Science course.
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