Summary: Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to articles, videos, and a free report for advice to grow in your user experience career.
By Mayya Azarova on November 21, 2021
Topics: Study Guides
UX practitioners come from different backgrounds, yet there are specific skills and responsibilities deemed as crucial in the industry today. Here’s a compilation of NN/g’s most useful articles and videos about growing in your UX career. We also share a free report based on research studies carried out with 722 UX professionals around the world. Within each section, the resources are in recommended reading order.
UX Careers: An Overview
This compilation is a collection of resources geared toward existing UX practitioners and those considering a career transition into UX. It’s meant to help you with career-related questions such as which path to choose within UX or what to include in a research or design portfolio.
As people come to UX at very different stages of their lives and from different roles, the resources are divided by career levels (entry-level and mid-level or senior) so you can jump straight to the content that applies to you. The first section below is dedicated to the general UX-career advice and ways to present your work when applying for user-experience positions.
UX Career: Useful for Everyone
In this section resources cover the following topics:
- UX lessons learned and general advice for UX professionals
- UX portfolios: design vs. research
- UX job descriptions and salary trends
| Number | Link | Format | Description |
| 1 | How to Start a New Career in UX (Jakob Nielsen) | Video | How to steer your current position onto a UX path or join an established UX team |
| 2 | Becoming a Usability Professional | Article | Essential skills for usability professional and actionable advice on how to get started in UX |
| 6 | Transitioning from UI to UX | Video | Skills needed to go beyond simply creating interfaces and truly address user’s needs |
| 7 | Can People with Established Careers in Another Field Become UX Professionals? | Video | Transitioning into UX from another field |
| 3 | Most Important Skill Required for UX Professionals | Video | Why empathy, the ability to understand the perspective and motivations of other people, is important in UX |
| 4 | What Has Made You a Better UX Professional? | Video | Reflections from UX professionals on what they have done to become better at this profession |
| 5 | What a UX Career Looks Like Today | Article | A summary of NN/g’s research on UX careers: skills, activities, and backgrounds |
| 6 | User Experience Careers | Report | A free 90-page, research-based report that explores in detail what a UX career looks like today and how to get a job in the field |
| 7 | Describing UX to Family and Friends | Video | How to explain to people what a UX profession is about |
| 8 | Portfolios for UX Researchers: Top 10 Recommendations | Article | How to choose what work to include in a UX-research portfolio, summarize your research findings, and clearly showcase your skills |
| 9 | UX Portfolios: What Hiring Managers Look For | Video | The hiring expectations for designers vs. researchers and junior vs. senior positions |
| 10 | 5 Steps to Creating a UX-Design Portfolio | Article | How to create a compelling UX-design portfolio that appropriately captures your skills and achievements |
| 11 | UX Portfolios: Preparing for Interviews | Video | The role of your UX portfolio and how to showcase your work within a portfolio |
| 12 | UX Portfolios | Video | |
| 13 | Creating a UX Design Portfolio Case Study | Video | How to create a case study for your portfolio and what aspects of your work you should emphasize |
| 14 | The State of UX Job Descriptions | Video | Breakdown of the UX job descriptions and roles |
| 15 | The UX Unicorn Myth | Video | Why it’s not a good idea to expect a UX specialist to be an expert at all aspects of a UX job |
| 16 | Salary Trends for UX Professionals | Article | An overview of a 20-year period of UX salaries |
UX Career: Entry Level
If you are early in your career, use the following resources to learn how to:
- Build necessary skills based on advice from seasoned practitioners
- Make the most out of your internship
- Find mentors and create a plan to advance your UX career
| Number | Link | Format | Description |
| 1 | UX Lessons I Wished I Learned Early | Video | Why you should balance the demands of UX with your organization’s business goals and count every single small step in the right direction as a victory, instead of aiming for UX perfection |
| 2 | UX Lessons I Wish I Learned in School | Article | |
| 3 | User Experience Career Advice: How to Learn UX and Get a Job | Article | A summary of our data on how UX professionals view their careers and their recommendations for getting started in the field |
| 4 | How to Grow a UX Career and Advance Your User-Experience Expertise | Video | Jakob Nielsen’s advice on how to advance through various career stages |
| 5 | How Did You Get Into UX? | Video | Unique journeys into UX shared by attendees at NN/g’s UX conference |
| 6 | First Online UX Internship | Video | A UX intern’s advice on how to succeed in an all-remote UX team |
| 7 | UX Intern: Looking Back 3 Years After the Internship | Video | How the internship experience relates to the current job and what to look for in a UX internship |
| 8 | Finding UX Mentors | Video | Definition of a mentor and how to find one |
UX Career: Mid-Level and Senior Level
If you are a more senior user-experience professional or are transitioning from a mid-level or senior role in an adjacent field, use the following resources to learn how to:
- Think about management vs. specialization in your career growth
- Become an effective UX leader and foster UX maturity at your organization
- Have a conversation about the future of UX as a field
| Number | Link | Format | Description |
| 1 | A 100-Year View of User Experience | Article | What growth to expect in the UX profession by 2050 |
| 2 | UX 2050 (Jakob Nielsen keynote) | Video | |
| 3 | Poor Management = Mediocre UX Design | Article | A survey of UX professionals regarding the challenges encountered by UX at their organization |
| 4 | Management vs. Specialization as UX Career Growth | Video | Jakob Nielsen’s advice on how to decide between choosing further skill specialization or management role |
| 5 | How Can UX Professionals Balance a Range of Skills as They Build Their Careers | Video | How to balance breadth and depth of skills within UX |
| 6 | What Makes an Effective UX Leader? | Video | Practitioners’ perspectives on the role of soft skills for UX leadership leaders |
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