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.
UX practitioners come from a variety of backgrounds and bring numerous specialties, yet there are specific skills and responsibilities deemed crucial in the industry today. Here’s a compilation of NN/g’s most useful articles and videos about growing your UX career. We also share a free report based on research studies carried out with 722 UX professionals worldwide. Within each section, the resources are in recommended reading order.
UX Careers: An Overview
This compilation of resources is 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 ( breaking-in , entry-level , and mid-level or senior ), so you can jump to the content that applies to you. The first section below is dedicated to general UX-career advice and ways to present your work when applying for user-experience positions.