As an advanced UX designer, you鈥檒l take on more responsibilities and lead important strategic product decisions in your organization. The resources below can help you develop the right skills to advance in your UX design career.
Grow your UX design expertise
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, Wireframing, UI/UX Research, Responsive Web Design, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, User Research, Information Architecture, Figma (Design Software), Usability Testing, User Story, Web Design, Design Reviews, Usability, Presentations, Design Research, Persona (User Experience), Ideation, User Centered Design, Mockups
Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, User Research, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Persona (User Experience), Wireframing, Design Research, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Interaction Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Human Centered Design, Usability, User Interface (UI) Design, User Centered Design, Figma (Design Software), Design, Mockups
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, Qualitative Research, User Experience Design, User Experience, Usability Testing, User Research, Prototyping, Wireframing, User Centered Design, Survey Creation, Sampling (Statistics), Design Research, Interaction Design, A/B Testing, Usability, Test Case, Design Thinking, Design, Human Computer Interaction, Research Methodologies
Advanced UX designers deepen their expertise by designing for many products, at various stages of development. They ask good questions to reveal research gaps, deliver consistent work, and are experts at collaboration. They might also take on more leadership and management responsibilities.聽
Furthering your career in UX design tends to mean managing junior-level designers, into job titles like 鈥淯X Design Manager鈥� and 鈥淟ead UX Designer.鈥� Others prefer to advance as an individual contributor, from 鈥淪enior UX Designer鈥� to 鈥淪taff鈥� and then 鈥淧rincipal.鈥� While it is not required, you might decide to pursue a graduate degree in human factors or engineering psychology to demonstrate your dedication to professional development.
Advance in your UX design career with these resources:
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![[Featured Image] Several start-up software company employees sitting at their desks after a group session applying design thinking to a challenge with the latest iteration of their application.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/5p6jlekaqlyRpvez7P9xBt/830f0d8356c66aceaf4d307a4661432d/GettyImages-642293223.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] A pair of UX designers looks at a computer while working on their design sprint.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/xlrA3hvawmSxPQvG660cQ/cf00fe142809aa90eb8f23da4fa1a340/GettyImages-1158816111.jpeg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
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![[Featured image] UX designer works at a laptop computer.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/6fwcf9G0Hc3c2t9pnKWdwd/b59cdfb4e355c50786a458bef9e30d35/GettyImages-1092232950.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Small group of people using both a computer and a smartphone app to complete their work.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/6AdMky3yL9NXQcNocknhLV/c3da96aee75a06f74e359fc80de1b98c/GettyImages-2067743058.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A product designer wears a floral blouse and stands in an open office holding a tablet.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/32tDttnPQMUyzzMj93Nups/8d744f5f78e90400ed044d880405827c/iStock-852930228.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A UX designer sketches on a tablet while drinking a cup of coffee.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/5NYrb6Wunw9gBvc2nsD4h0/b319ed0966d7ee9ed8f51355a8c7860b/UX_Designer_salary.png?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A smiling woman in a black shirt and necklace sits at her laptop and works on her UX portfolio in a brightly lit office.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/1vchrSQ853YbMXncBSBwkr/48c1aa08827e27f61792e4bfa6077bca/UX_design_portfolio.png?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
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