The Best Career Advice I’ve Received as a Junior UX Designer

These essential tips have helped me level up my skillset and career as a new designer

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Get familiar with guidelines

With an increasing number of people switching into a UX career, many designers today have non-traditional education backgrounds. Often new designers self-learn UX design in an abstract way through copying UIs from Dribbble or Behance. Without learning the basics of UX or interaction design, they may pick up on poor practices that don’t follow platform standards or expected behaviours.

It’s very important to understand the fundamentals of design, especially when designing for specific platforms, such as iOS or Android. I often refer to some of the most popular design systems, such as Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines or Google’s Material Design, when I am unsure of an interaction. As you become more familiar with design systems, you will start to learn what makes sense and what components to use in your designs.

Being familiar with design systems and guidelines will reflect in the usability of your product. (Sources: Human Interface Guidelines, Material Design)

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