How to Become a UI/UX Designer in 2023?

 UI UX Design is becoming more and more popular, Many people are trying to get into this field but they really don't know how?

Here we will know the process of becoming a UI UX designer and help you land your first job. 

First, let's analyze why UI UX Design has become so popular well the way we live work, and socialize nowadays has shifted completely in the past decade thanks to technological advancements. 

Websites and Apps we can achieve our day-to-day goals easier than ever before but in order to build a great product, whether it's a mobile device website or an app companies need to deliver a great user experience with an awesome user interface to the end user. 

That's when UI UX design comes into play. checking out the average salary of a UX designer in the US and Europe, you can see that on average a UX designer in the united states earns 80 thousand dollars and in Europe 55 000 annually. 

Compare it to the graphic design positions in the US and Europe and you will see the gap is huge. that's why we see more and more graphic designers switching to the UI UX design field, but how can you get into this field of design? 

Well, Just like any other profession in order to become a UI UX designer first you need to learn the fundamentals and design principles you need to understand how to pick colors, what contrast is, how to work with typography, etc 

This step is very important because if you don't build a strong foundation first you will struggle throughout your design journey you should also decide on what type of work you are interested in, whether it's UI or UX design because you don't want to be a jack of all trades and master of none.

At this stage, I suggest you take a beginner course of your choice to learn the ins and outs of UI UX design. You've learned the design principles it's time to learn a design tool you can use Figma adobe xd sketch etc but my recommendation is Figma. 

It's a free versatile tool allowing you to design prototypes and even collaborate with other designers in real time. One of the questions I've been asked so many times is whether should we learn all these design software and the answer is no.

As a beginner, you just need to master one design software and learn all its features and tools so once you master one tool stick to it the next step is to start designing and this is the best part because finally, you can apply everything you've learned to a project but wait.

If you're just starting out you're not going to have any clients and if you don't have any clients then you are not going to have any projects to work on. So how should you practice then well there are a couple of things you can do first you can start with a daily design challenge the idea is to build the habit of designing every single day.

There are many websites you can use for this purpose and one of the most popular ones is Daily UI. It will send you a daily UI design challenge to solve the second thing you can do is redesign existing websites and apps. This way you can learn what works and what doesn't how to improve an existing design and find your weaknesses and strengths. 

One thing I'd like you to do is publish your daily design on social media and seek feedback. believe me, there are many people out there that even could benefit from your daily posts because you might be ahead of them in this design journey now that you've practiced what you've learned it's time to create your portfolio. 

First, let me define a portfolio, A portfolio is basically a well-curated presentation allowing you to showcase your best projects design processes case studies and so much more a potential employer or client will review your portfolio to understand your design approach and see if you're a good fit for their company. then It will be big a chance for you.

In the last, If you're not a beginner you should always keep learning there is no other way to improve your design skills.