Become a UX/UI design master for under $40
If you've seen "UX/UI" on job boards lately and have no idea what that means, here's a quick breakdown. In a nutshell, UX (user experience) and UI (user interface) are design concepts that make a product user-friendly and cohesive in style, respectively, contributing to increased customer satisfaction.
While UX and UI are invaluable across a variety of different design fields, from print to industrial, Fast Co. Design notes that tech companies in particular have been adding tons of new design roles lately — and according to Glassdoor, the national average salary for one of these gigs is $84,687.
If you want to jumpstart your own career in this increasingly lucrative field, or are looking to brush up on your skills, start with the UI & UX Design Bootcamp, a set of six online courses run by industry experts that will teach you how to build products that both look and work great. Here's what's included:
Become a Senior UX Design Strategist ($299 value)
Across three hours of content, you'll learn how to create and run a successful UX project, from conducting user interviews and leading a UX design team to hacking your own productivity.
Rapid Prototyping with Ionic: Build a Data-Driven Mobile App ($200 value)
Build essential coding skills and become fluent in tools like Ionic, AngularJS, and Node.js by learning how to create your very own stock market mobile app from start to finish.
Android Design: Learn UX, UI & Android Marshmallow ($199 value)
After covering the fundamentals of UX design, this class will teach you to apply them toward Android app development using Adobe Photoshop, Android Studio IDE, and Android Material Design, Google's newest visual language.
How to Build Habit-Forming Products ($99 value)
A product is nothing without an active, passionate user base. Learn how to build just that in this class from entrepreneur Nir Eyal, who will get you up to speed on the “Hook Model," social media engagement techniques, and other tactics to optimize a product for user retention.
Mobile User Experience: The Complete Guide to Mobile ($99 value)
This 13-lecture class will place you into your users' shoes to help you gain a firm understanding of the successful mobile UX principles behind some of the world's most popular apps.
'Mobile UI and UX Design' Course ($99 value)
Take a deeper dive into mobile app design with this three-hour class, which covers the basics of UX/UI mobile development, up-and-coming design trends like geolocation, and lots more.
For a limited time, all of these courses are bundled in the UI & UX Design Bootcamp for only $39 — 96% off the original price of $995. Head over to the Mashable Shop to buy it now.
Carlos is a New York-based ecommerce content writer ready to tell you what to buy. He has previously written for Adventure Publishing Group with toy and movie reviews as well as Anime News Network on anime interest articles because liking anime is the least nerdy thing about him. When not reviewing products, he's probably doing sociological analyses on pop culture that no one asked for. He has been told on several occasions that he does a really good Mickey Mouse impression.
