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UI/UX Designer

Design apps and websites that are easy, accessible, and pleasant to use.

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About this career

UI/UX designers (also called product designers or digital interface designers) figure out how an app or website should work and look before a line of production code is written. They interview users, sketch user flows, build wireframes and clickable prototypes in tools like Figma, and test ideas with real people to find out what's confusing. Knowing some HTML and CSS helps you design things developers can actually build. A great fit if you're creative, notice when something is frustrating to use, and enjoy solving problems for other people.

Skills you'll build

UX Fundamentals

Principles of designing screens people can actually use — accessibility, hierarchy, feedback.

HTML

The markup language that defines the structure of every web page.

CSS

The styling language that controls how web pages look — colors, layout, animations.

JavaScript

The programming language of the web. Runs in browsers and on servers (via Node.js).

Problem Solving

Breaking big, vague problems into small concrete steps. The most transferable skill in tech.

Free resources to get started

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