How to Pick the Right Design Career?
- Do colors, fonts, and illustrations basically the visual part of design fascinates you? If “YES”, then you should become a Visual Designer – UI Designer or Communication designer
- Do you like to know how concepts work, how research is carried out, and how ideas are drawn, if this is something that drives your attention then you should become a User Experience Designer.
- If you like a mix of both where you can solve a problem and make screens look pleasing along with usability then you should become a Product Designer.
- If you like to design white papers, posters, and stickers, you should become a Graphics Designer.
We hope these questions and answers to each track would help you know what would be the right fit for you.
How to Become a UI/UX Designer: A Complete Roadmap
Never been to a design school, but want to become a UI/UX designer? Worry not! It’s not that hard.
Many successful and amazing UI/UX designers are self-taught which means they also never went to a design school and don’t have a design degree. It is pretty common in the design field as it only requires one to have skills and passion to solve complex problems through designing digital experiences. On the other hand, some designers opt to enroll in a UI/UX design course or boot camp program and even have a design degree. Both ways lead to a successful design job.
There are many ways to learn UI/UX design, and there isn’t a right or wrong way to do so. It all boils down to understanding effective design principles and honing them through practice.
Here in this article, we’ll look at a complete roadmap for finding a job as a UI/UX designer.