<h3>About the Program:</h3><div>Every year, we sponsor 2 remote UX apprentices from anywhere in the world to join us for 7 months, either in the fall or spring seasons or online. Our UX apprentices work through the end-to-end UX design and UX research process for a startup idea of their choice that will help them attract hiring managers in that topic space or industry.</div><div>Apprentices take our program for free and receive 1:1 mentorship throughout the 7-month program. Alumni UX apprentices go on to make between $85,000 -$130,000 in UX design, product design, UX research, or service design roles after they complete the program.</div><div>We are committed to helping women, immigrants, POC, and LGBTQ folks break into tech and land 6-figure UX jobs. We help you land 6-figure UX jobs or coach you till you get it.</div><h3>Apprenticeship Requirements:</h3><div>This apprenticeship program is open to new grads and UX career changers alike! Here are some apprenticeship requirements to keep in mind before applying:</div><div>Interested in creative tech career paths in UX research, UX design, product design or service design</div><div>Willing to commit 5-10 hours of work per week to complete program deliverables</div><div>Willing to attend 2-3 hour weekend lectures to learn the end-to-end design process OR willing to complete online video course modules</div><div>Open to feedback from UX mentors and demonstrates a willingness to revise design work</div><h3>Apprenticeship Program Learnings:</h3><div>Build digital products and services 0-1</div><div>Lead end-to-end design process for a startup idea or topic of your choice</div><div>Lead product scoping and feature scoping, as well as entire project management</div><div>Identify target market for product and position product for launch success</div><div>Develop a business model for the product or service and demonstrate how the product/service will scale as the business model scales</div><div>Lead discovery research by managing user recruitment, creating research plans, writing interview guides, leading 8-16 discovery interviews, and synthesizing interview insights</div><div>Deliver a compelling UX design and business pitch for your startup idea, showcasing both qualitative and quantitative data to justify the problem space and the solution</div><div>Tell a compelling story about users by showcasing user types, personas, stakeholder maps, journey maps, process maps, service blueprints, ideation matrixes, sketches, wireframes, UX workflows, prototypes and other visual deliverables</div><div>Lead user testing of wireframes and prototypes to improve product/service usability and constantly iterate on your startup idea</div><div>Design a unique design system for your solution from scratch, creating components, a style guide, and branding for your solution</div><div>Analyze direct and indirect competitors to clearly articulate your solution’s differentiators and why your solution is innovative and more likely