Part 2 of How to become a UX designer in 1 year! 1. UX design activities. ◦ Information architecture: Analyzing key tasks and defining user flow accordingly. ◦ Interaction design: Optimizing the interplay between humans and product interfaces. ◦ Visual design: Creating an effective visual hierarchy for the user interface. ◦ Usability: Analyzing how people use your product. ◦ Content strategy: Aligning content with overall product strategy. 2. UX methodologies. Learn how to identify your target audience and conduct user research with the best methods including: ◦ Define target audience. ◦ User research. ◦ Card sorting. ◦ Heuristic evaluation. ◦ Focus groups. ◦ Usability test. ◦ Concept testing. ◦ Guerilla testing. ◦ A/B testing. ◦ Ethnographic research. ◦ Eye movement. ◦ SWOT Analysis. 3. UX process. An iterative method of continuous improvement to evolve your product based on user feedback. It’s important to learn about the process as this is fundamental to product design and any organisation will have their own variation of the UX process. Key characteristics: ◦ Strategy ◦ Research ◦ Analyse ◦ Design ◦ Launch 4. UX tools. A significant amount of your time will be spent prototyping from lo-fi sketches to hi-fi pixel perfect UI, so mastering the tools is essential. FREE tools: ◦ Adobe XD ◦ Invision Studio Pro UX tools: ◦ Framer X ◦ Figma ◦ Axure RP 5. Network like a pro. There are lots of amazing meetup events attended by UX enthusiasts with amazing presenters sharing their industry experience. LEARN + SHARE + NETWORK Here are a selection: ◦ Ladies that UX in most major cities. ◦ UX Crunch in London, Manchester, Berlin, Amsterdam. ◦ IxDA meetups in 200 cities. 6. Portfolio project. Think of a project. This could be something that already exists and you’d like to improve: ◦ Research the product and company. ◦ Define UX Strategy: This will help you to plan. ◦ Practice the UX skills you’ve learnt. ◦ Document everything for your portfolio. With a project or two under your belt, aim to get some professional experience, even if you do it for free.