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Berkeley Global
This exit seminar for the Professional Program in User Experience (UX) Design helps you develop a UX design portfolio to present to future employers and clients in the UX field. Your portfolio must reflect your personal branding style and strengths and address your limitations and knowledge gaps. Your work is assessed with an eye toward improving, as well as editing and synthesizing design content with your existing body of work and uncovering the benefits of storytelling. The main goal of the class is to polish all of the pieces that are included in your final portfolio website and prepare you for your ensuing job search. You perform research to find where you fit into today's design marketplace and design your own self-branding materials (résumé, business cards, cover letter, reference sheet, logo design and many more).
Guest speakers, alumni and industry professionals share their stories, experiences and advice. We pair you one-on-one with UX designers and researchers to provide you with feedback about your portfolio. By the end of the semester, you will have a comprehensive portfolio website with high-quality projects.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Edit projects that were originated in other classes, by creating new pieces related to those initial ideas and concepts or also reduce the amount of content if needed
- Design new projects if there is a lack of project quality and quantity
- Organize artwork as online portfolio
- Participate during project critiques
- Provide feedback and collaborate with other students for overall group improvement
- Learn new outlets to display portfolio pieces online
- Analyze, prioritize and sequence project tasks
- Generate a résumé that reflects your most marketable skills and qualities
- Recognize and adhere to copyright laws governing the use of emerging technology
- Produce a self-branding package–logo, résumé, cover letter and business card
- Communicate effectively with prospective employers and industry professionals
- Generate a cover letter that helps the individual obtain job interviews
- Discuss the relative effectiveness of various media for different communication purposes
- Use the Internet to conduct career-related research
- Evaluate personal and professional skills and interests relative to their application in possible career paths and projects
What You Learn
- Branding oneself
- Organizing content
- Editing and synthesizing design content
- Benefits of storytelling in UX design
- Learn how to make job searches that are useful
- Network with others
- Put together a portfolio website that showcases great work
- Interact with professional designers during class
- Learn how to provide and receive critique from others Improve presentation skills
- Expand and improve project outcomes
How You Learn
We are online! All of the design classes are conducted online and include video classes, mentor-led learning and peer-to-peer support through our student online platform, Canvas.
- Lectures
- Reading assignments
- Quizzes at instructor’s discretion
- Small-group activities
- Homework assignments
- Capstone project
Is This Course Right for You?
At the conclusion of this course, you will have developed a signature style through critical editing of your portfolio. You will be selectively critical in assessing your own work and establish a direction independently for the design field. Our experienced instructors provide practical information, leverage their UX design portfolio skills and monitor your development along with peer-to-peer support on our student online platform.
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