UX/UI Designer
Understand people. Design what they need. Prove it works.
UX/UI Designers make products people can find their way around and enjoy using. They talk to users, map how they think, sketch and prototype, test with real people and hand over every detail the engineers need.
It's a career for people who are curious about how others think, love making things clear and simple, and want to see their work in people's hands.
Why become a UX/UI Designer?
A role that combines empathy, craft and evidence — and decides how the product feels to everyone who uses it.
Shape how it feels
Every screen, flow and word you design is what customers actually experience.
Be the voice of the user
Bring real people's stories into the room, and work closely with product, engineering and data to act on them.
Test, learn, improve
Put rough ideas in front of users early, learn what works, and keep making the product better.
Build a career that travels
Designers are needed wherever there's a website, an app or a service: in tech, retail, finance, health, government and beyond.
A career with real opportunities.
UX/UI Designers work in product teams of every size, from start-ups to global companies and public services.
Typical UK UX/UI Designer salary (median)
Typical US mid-level UX/UI Designer salary range
Salary varies by experience, location and company. Indicative figures based on published UK and US salary benchmarks (salarydata.co.uk, Glassdoor), 2026.
Think UX/UI Design could be for you?
Don't just read about the role. Experience it.
DoR lets you step into a realistic UX/UI Designer role and discover what the job actually feels like — from interviewing customers and running usability tests to prototyping, handing off to engineers and defending your decisions with evidence.
Choose how deeply you want to experience the role
Start with a free introduction. Then take on the complete Business Quarter: own the outcome and work from problem to impact, exactly what turns employers' heads.
What you'll need
Everything the UX/UI Designer Business Quarter uses is free. Here's what to have ready.
- A laptop or desktop computer with Chrome, Edge or Safari. You can read along on a phone or tablet, but the work itself needs a proper screen and keyboard.
- A free Figma account (which includes FigJam), where you'll do most of your design work, and a free Jira account.
- A free Claude or ChatGPT account, for a few tasks where you use AI and then check its work.
- A microphone (the one built into most laptops is fine) for a few short spoken answers, like a stand-up update or an interview story.
- Time on your terms: a full business quarter of work, done at your own pace. It fits around a job, so pick it up in the evenings or at weekends, and your progress is always saved.
Start free. Stay for the quarter.
The free taster shows you what the job is. The Business Quarter proves you can do it: you own the outcome and work from problem to impact.
Free Taster
Join the team and see if the role is for you.
- Arrive at the company and get your bearings
- Open your first inbox
- Meet your manager and product team
- Get a first look at the product you'll be working on
Business Quarter
Starts with your first full working day + full access to everything.
Own the outcome and work from problem to impact, exactly what turns employers' heads.
what you'll do
- Start with your first full working day in the team
- Take on a quarterly challenge from leadership
- Work as part of a product team alongside design and engineering
- Talk to customers regularly and uncover the real problems
- Map opportunities, test your assumptions and shape the solution
- Handle shifting priorities, stakeholder pushback and trade-offs
- Present your results to leadership
what you'll leave with
- A professional and modern product portfolio
- A certified reference
- A certificate of completion
- A 20-minute 1:1 mentoring session
One-off payment. Start with the free taster first if you like.
Built by experienced leaders - on the most effective practices - used by today's leading product teams.
Discover. Then own the outcome.
| Free Taster | Business Quarter | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Discover the role. | Own the outcome, from problem to impact. |
| Onboarding — company, product, team | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open your first inbox | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your first full working day in the team | — | ✓ |
| Meetings and customer conversations | — | ✓ |
| Prioritisation and real decisions | — | ✓ |
| A complete quarterly business challenge | — | ✓ |
| Portfolio evidence | — | ✓ |
| Certified reference | — | ✓ |
| 20-minute 1:1 mentoring session | — | ✓ |
| Price | Free | £199.99 |
Not sure if UX/UI Design is for you?
Start with the Free Taster.
Meet the business, explore the product and team, step into the designer's seat and try your first activities — completely free.
Try the Free TasterAlready know you want to experience the role?
Take on the complete Business Quarter. It starts with your first full working day, then you own the outcome and work from problem to impact.
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