Could you tell me how to become an UI/UX designer? I'm studying in grade 11 but I still don't know what to do after I graduated from high school. I read about UI/UX designs on the internet and it sounds quite interesting to me (Actually you're the source of my motivation :>) I would like to know more about this job like which university major I should choose and what I need to prepare for this job. Lots of thanks to you
Hello! I studied Information Design but you can study anything like multimedia, user experience design, digital design, informatics, pure graphic design or programming and still get a job as a UI/UX designer if you have the right skills.UI/UX design is quite a broad field and can include or overlap the following:
1. UI design (or GUI design) (user interface, as in designing screens or elements [icons, buttons, typefaces, color styles etc] for apps, websites, any other digital interfaces like Apple watches, bank ATMs etc)
2. User research and user experience design (not the same thing but I don’t want to type too much lol) - understanding what kind of people use your product and how to best design for them. Designing smooth and understandable experiences for users of certain programs/apps/websites/services. For instance, Arabic speakers read from right to left so placement of text and menus would be different for them than left to right readers. OR, designing a phone for older people who have visual impairments - either increasing text size, having a screen reader, adding more contrast, having better accessibility settings etc)
3. Interaction design - designing digital interactions like what happens when a screen loads (skeleton loading for instance), animations, what buttons look like when they are tapped or hovered, how pages transition from one to another, what happens when you open or close a menu etc. This is generally not in isolation and is a part of both UI/UX design and programming.
4. Programming - the actual coding part to make the static UI design come alive and work
If you are more interested in the programming aspect of it, you can study something like computer science, programming, coding etc. I don’t know much about those courses unfortunately. If you are more interested in the visual aspects, you can do information design, graphic design, digital design or anything along those lines. Each university has a different name for the course. I suggest you check the course outlines and see if there’s anything about interaction design, user experience design, web design or graphic design in it and you should be set. I also know some designers who never even studied design and just did an internship and learnt on the spot.
➡️Resources for UI/UX designers masterpostIn addition to the above, there are tons of resources on YouTube where you can self-study to be a UI/UX designer. There are also courses online in interaction design from the Interaction Design Foundation. Google Material design and Apple Design have lots of resources for native design (designing in the Material Design style for Android apps or designing for iOS apps for instance). You can read articles on Medium as well - that’s a treasure trove for UI/UX designers and UX research! Also familiarize yourself with basic design principles like color theory, difference between designing for screen and print etc and be sure to check out Nielsen Norman Institute for great industry standard resources for all things UX. There’s also tons of inspiration on Dribbble and Behance.
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