The career path collection
Where to
from here?
Choose a guide for your experience and goals. Explore the topics, then practice with linked exercises and reading.
01 / Career Transition
Change disciplines.
Bring what you already know. Build the skills for a different design discipline.
4 paths to explore- 01
Branding → UX Design
Leverage your visual design skills and learn user research, interaction design, and prototyping
6 modules10-15 hours/week - 02
Marketing → Product Design
Apply your storytelling expertise to product thinking, learning systems design and data-driven decisions
6 modules10-15 hours/week - 03
Graphic Design → UI Design
Translate your visual expertise into digital interfaces with component thinking and responsive design
7 modules10-15 hours/week - 04
Product Design
Learn end-to-end product design from discovery and research to delivery and iteration
6 modules10-15 hours/week
02 / Career Advancement
Take on more responsibility.
Explore the skills, decisions, and responsibilities that come with your next level.
2 paths to explore03 / Specialization
Develop a specialty.
Focus your practice on systems, engineering, research, motion, or brand design.
5 paths to explore- 01
Design Systems Specialist
Build scalable design languages, component libraries, and governance models for large organizations
6 modules10-15 hours/week - 02
Design Engineering
Bridge design and development — build component libraries, design tooling, and design-to-code pipelines
6 modules10-15 hours/week - 03
UX Researcher
Master qualitative and quantitative research methods to drive data-informed design decisions
6 modules10-15 hours/week - 04
Motion & Interaction Design
Create purposeful animation that communicates state, guides attention, and adds continuity to interfaces
6 modules10-15 hours/week - 05
Brand Design
Create cohesive brand identities from strategy through visual systems, guidelines, and digital product expression
6 modules10-15 hours/week
04 / Leadership
Lead a design team.
Move from individual contribution to supporting people, shaping teams, and leading the craft.
1 path to explorePlanned guides 4 planned paths
- Design management fundamentalsPlanned
- Staff / principal IC leadershipPlanned
- Design directorPlanned
- Head of designPlanned