Are you tired of feeling stagnant in your UX career, unsure of how to improve your skills?
Continuous improvement is essential to achieving success in UX Design, but without a clear direction or starting point, it’s extremely challenging to make progress.
After years of trial and error in my UX Design career, I’ve found the top 5 most actionable and realistic UX practices that will help you on this journey.
By using these practices as your North Star ⭐, you can boost your skills, knowledge, and achieve your UX career goals faster.
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Practice 1: Learn the UX Design basics and fundamentals
The foundation of UX design lies in understanding the basics and fundamentals.
Without this basic knowledge, you can’t build or create designs that work for users.
Here are the 3 most crucial Design fundamentals to get familiarised with:
Principles of visual hierarchy, colour theory, typography, and layout design.
User research methods such as surveys, interviews, and usability testing to understand user needs and behaviour.
If there’s too much information and knowledge for you to consume, I’d suggest you focus on learning from a few credible sources first.
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Avoid over-consuming and under-applying
Check out my UX Playbook for a step-to-step, all-in-one Design process guideline.
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Practice 2: Go Beyond UX Design
Although design knowledge is essential to learn, what makes you successful as a UX Designer is your solid understanding and implementation of other disciplines in your design, including:
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