Switch to a fulfilling Product Design career with

King’s UX & UI Product Design Career Accelerator

6 Months, part-time and 100% online

Live support and 1:1 career coaching

15-20 hours per week of study time

Start date: 10 February 2025

"I wanted something that I had faith in, provided techniques I could use in my job, and provided such a solid foundation that I know I can stay in (the industry) forever."

Holly

Career Accelerator Alumna
Promoted to Senior Ecommerce UX & UI Designer

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Build a portfolio with
hands-on projects

Work on real-world projects that will help you build a robust portfolio that you can use to showcase your skills to potential employers.

Get clarity and confidence
from personal support

Benefit from CV reviews, interview prep, career planning and more. Our team of experienced career coaches will help you transition smoothly into a UX/UI design field.

Earn a certificate from a
prestigious university

Elevate your CV and open doors to new opportunities with a certificate from King’s College London – a globally respected institution.

Design superior products and experiences with industry-aligned training and support

This programme is meticulously designed with input from leading industry experts to ensure you develop the most relevant and up-to-date skills.

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Course 1

Understanding users

Course 2

Designing for user needs

Course 3

User-centred optimisation

Course 4

Employer Project

Integrated AI training

Explore the latest advancements in AI and their impact on product design in weekly live sessions. You’ll cover relevant AI-focused topics such as AI for productivity, user research, UI design and the product development process.

Course 1: Understanding users

Explore the importance of Product Design in organisational strategy, frame problem statements through product discovery, conduct effective user research, and create data-driven user journey maps. In addition to these foundational technical skills, acquire a number of human skills that are at the core of UX and product design, including empathy, active listening, collaboration, and observation. Learn communication skills and present findings to stakeholders.

Course 2: Designing for user needs

Create wireframes and prototypes using tools like Figma, exploring the iterative process and design principles that shape their creation. Learn how product designers collaborate within Agile teams to discover, visualise, test, and refine ideas, weaving them into user-centred designs.

Course 3: User-centred optimisation

Create high-fidelity UI designs and prototypes in Figma – backed by usability testing, accessibility standards and visual design skills – that wow users. Learn further product design optimisation techniques leveraging data and user feedback, prepare proper design-to-development handoffs and build a high-impact product design portfolio.

Course 4: Employer Project

As a key component of your learning journey, the Employer Project brings together all the skills you've gained from the first three project-based courses. This project is designed in collaboration with our industry partners to give you first-hand experience in addressing real-world product design challenges using the knowledge and skills you've learned.

During these six weeks, every deliverable, every decision you make, mirrors the professional environment, accelerating your practical skills and portfolio development.

You’ll present your work in industry-aligned formats with feedback from employer partners and industry experts in an experience comparable to being on the job.

View detailed course outlines in the programme brochure.

Tools you’ll be exposed to

Figma is used throughout the programme, but you’ll be encouraged to apply universal design principles to a range of industry tools.

“This course isn’t teaching book smartness, it’s guiding you through the theory, logic, challenges and implementation of UX. It’s a springboard for a great career focused on user centricity and outcomes.”

Kate Parker

Director of Product Design & Research
Industry Expert in this Career Accelerator

Meet some members of our Support Team:

Success Manager

Kat Baker
Success Team Manager
Coach

Clare Bartlett
Career Coach Manager
Coach

Maiyo Febi
Career Coach
Success Manager

Joy du Plessis
Student Success Manager
Success Manager

Kazi Jonas
Student Success Manager
Success Manager

Abi Harris
Lead Success Manager
Coach

Elizabeth Houghton
Career Coach
Success Manager

Luke Calver
Lead Success Manager
Coach

Fred Bakker
Career Coach
Coach

Jess Annison
Career Coach

Build a standout portfolio that helps you land the role

Differentiation is more important than ever. Fill the gap for high-quality designers that hiring managers can’t find in the applications they receive from bootcamps and other sources.

Grab the attention of hiring managers

Display UX and UI design skills that hiring managers value – more than just “creating pretty things”.

Prove the quality of your experience

Work on a series of practical projects to build a rigorous portfolio featuring strong clients.

Practice on-the-job so you can land the job

Build relevant experience in a final, 6-week Employer Project set by a real-world company.

of learners achieve their desired career goal within 6 months of completing their Career Accelerator.¹

“The Employer Project is a real life application of design practices – it’s the learner’s chance to do some real work and to get their hands dirty...it will be precisely something employers are looking for."

Dennis Lenard

CEO of Creative Navy

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to help you, not out to replace you

UX is a human-centric field that relies just as much on emotional intelligence as it does on tech, data and analytics. AI tools can’t fully replace human product designers.

Embrace AI for product design

Stay ahead of evolving trends with live AI training in weekly sessions with facilitators – exploring the key areas of AI impact in UX, UI and product design.

Develop a top-priority skill

No matter the product you’re building, an intuitive user experience matters. That’s why it’s one of the top skill priorities for businesses.²

Be more than your tech

Learn to design (and think) with focus and intention, as only a human can. The right approach for the problem will always find a superior solution.

Feel supported, always

Adapting at pace isn’t easy. Your support team of coaches, success managers and tutors ensures you feel equally challenged and motivated.

“The one thing (AI) isn’t really able to provide is that human empathy and interaction, which is quite crucial for UX because you’re thinking about how your user is going to feel or how you want their actual overall experience to be when using a product, app or website. I’m quite confident in saying that I don’t think AI is going to take over anytime soon.”

Aman Birdi

Career Accelerator Alumna
Architecture to UX Design

Earn a certificate that means something

This is not an open-enrolment, low-commitment course that just ticks off a list of required skills. It’s a Career Accelerator.

You’ll learn design thinking, not just how to use design tools. You’ll dive into the nature of UX problems, not just attempt to solve them blindly.
You’ll learn more than nuts and bolts – you’ll learn how to put it all together.

And that’s why you’ll be awarded an official certificate from a top 10 ranked university in the UK: King’s College London.⁴

Proof of deeper learning

Programmes need to meet certain standards to result in a King’s certificate.

Respected by hiring managers

Get noticed in the job market with a certificate from a recognisable institution.

Stands out for longer

Add the King’s brand to your CV to extend your relevance far into the future.

“You need everything that you can on your side. You need people behind you to lift you up and say “this person can do what they say they can do” – that coming from King’s College London is my foot in the door.”

Wayne McLean

Career Accelerator Alumnus

Successfully transition into flexible and impactful UX/UI roles with our comprehensive support

Take your next step with confidence, thanks to the support, guidance and advocacy of a professional success team. At the start of the programme, you’ll get your own Career Coach and Success Manager. Through 1:1 sessions, you’ll work to define your career goals, develop a strategy to achieve them and boost your professional profile so that you stand out as a sought-after product design professional.

Aman Birdi

“I was able to land something within four months of starting the course. And I’m now working at a separate healthcare company in their marketing department but as a UX designer.”

Architecture Grad to UX Designer

Siobhán Stevenson

“With the progress I’ve made in my career over the last six months, in terms of the added responsibility and the ability to actually work properly in this industry, I think it’s going to pay for itself.”

Software Engineer to UX Designer

Wayne McLean

“If I stopped right now (after the first course of the programme), I think I would’ve gotten full value for money.”

Enhanced Graphic Design experience with UX

“My Career Coach was brilliant. For me, I needed to focus on soft skills, like how to stand up and present with confidence. Impostor Syndrome was a big thing for me, particularly at the very start of my career, because I was never really sure whether I was doing the right thing. I didn’t have the confidence to explain myself properly. Working with my coach helped me build up those skills in a way I couldn’t have imagined. It was very much tailored to me.”

Siobhán Stevenson

Career Accelerator Alumna

Justin Hrabec

Subject Lead, King’s UX & UI Product Design Career Accelerator

Kevin Auyeung

Senior Product Designer, Toyota Connected Europe

Dennis Lenard

CEO, Creative Navy

Kate Parker

Director of Product Design & Research, LiveScore Group

Anna Fantham

Senior UX Designer, Cancer Research UK (ex-ASOS)

Judit Mora

Product Design Expert and Course Facilitator

Product Design Expert and Course Facilitator

How we’ve accelerated careers

The success of our learners proves that Career Accelerators work. They’ve switched industries, been promoted to leadership positions and built long-lasting careers.

Aman Birdi

From Architecture
to UX Design

Hired at:

Siobhán Stevenson

From Software Engineer
to UX Design

Hired at:

Harry Setrem

From Graphic Design
to UX Design

Hired at:

Wayne McLean

Enhanced design experience
with UX skills

Hired at:

Self-employed

Holly Elms

From Midweight UX Designer
to Senior Ecommerce UX & UI Designer

Promoted at:

Aman Birdi

From Architecture
to UX Design

Hired at:

Siobhán Stevenson

From Software Engineer
to UX Design

Hired at:

Harry Setrem

From Graphic Design
to UX Design

Hired at:

Wayne McLean

Enhanced design experience
with UX skills

Holly Elms

From Midweight UX Designer
to Senior Ecommerce UX & UI Designer

Promoted at:

Aman Birdi

From Architecture
to UX Design

Hired at:

Siobhán Stevenson

From Software Engineer
to UX Design

Hired at:

Harry Setrem

From Graphic Design
to UX Design

Hired at:

Wayne McLean

Enhanced design experience
with UX skills

Holly Elms

From Midweight UX Designer
to Senior Ecommerce UX & UI Designer

Promoted at:

Aman Birdi

From Architecture
to UX Design

Hired at:

Siobhán Stevenson

From Software Engineer
to UX Design

Hired at:

Harry Setrem

From Graphic Design
to UX Design

Hired at:

Wayne McLean

Enhanced design experience
with UX skills

Hired at:

Self-employed

Holly Elms

From Midweight UX Designer
to Senior Ecommerce UX & UI Designer

Promoted at:

The next intake starts on 21 October 2024

Switch to a fulfilling Product Design career with

King’s UX & UI Product Design Career Accelerator

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Featuring content, live sessions and real-world projects from industry leaders*

NEXT INTAKE: 10 February 2025

King's UX & UI Product DesignCareer Accelerator

NEXT INTAKE: 10 February 2025

King's UX & UI Product DesignCareer Accelerator

Design superior products and experiences with industry-aligned training and support

Course 1

Course 2

Course 3

Course 4

Course 1: Understanding users

Course 2: Designing for user needs

Course 3: User-centred optimisation

Course 4: Employer Project

Tools you’ll be exposed to

Kate Parker

Meet some members of our Support Team:

Build a standout portfolio that helps you land the role

Grab the attention of hiring managers

Prove the quality of your experience

Practice on-the-job so you can land the job

of learners achieve their desired career goal within 6 months of completing their Career Accelerator.1

Dennis Lenard

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to help you, not out to replace you

Embrace AI for product design

Develop a top-priority skill

Be more than your tech

Feel supported, always

Aman Birdi

believe the skills they’ve gained during their Career Accelerator will future-proof their career.3

Earn a certificate that means something

Proof of deeper learning

Respected by hiring managers

Stands out for longer

Wayne McLean

Successfully transition into flexible and impactful UX/UI roles with our comprehensive support

Aman Birdi

Siobhán Stevenson

Wayne McLean

Siobhán Stevenson

The experts behind your curriculum

King’s College London

Dr Mark Hedges

Professor Joanna Zylinska

Take a glimpse into the experts and content you’ll be exposed to

Industry experts

Justin Hrabec

Kevin Auyeung

Dennis Lenard

Kate Parker

Anna Fantham

Judit Mora

Justin Hrabec

Kevin Auyeung

Dennis Lenard

Kate Parker

Anna Fantham

Judit Mora

Justin Hrabec

Kevin Auyeung

Dennis Lenard

Kate Parker

Anna Fantham

Judit Mora

Justin Hrabec

Kevin Auyeung

Dennis Lenard

Kate Parker

Anna Fantham

Judit Mora

Justin Hrabec

Kevin Auyeung

Dennis Lenard

Kate Parker

Anna Fantham

King's UX & UI Product Design
Career Accelerator

King's UX & UI Product Design
Career Accelerator

of learners achieve their desired career goal within 6 months of completing their Career Accelerator.¹

believe the skills they’ve gained during their Career Accelerator will future-proof their career.³