Course "Interface Designer" - course 136,000 rubles. from Yandex Workshop, training 9 months, date December 7, 2023.

Hello! My name is Lena. I have been in design for more than 4 years, I started my career working as a freelancer, as well as in small agencies and studios. In parallel with my main job, I share my knowledge and work with students in the educational field.

Product designer course program

The course lasts 9 months, you will need to devote 15 hours a week to your studies. Training takes place in two-week sprints, just like in a real product team.

Introductory course1 week

Introduction to Product Design: Introductory Course

The free first sprint is an opportunity to get a glimpse into the work of a product designer. During the course, you will decide whether the profession is right for you, get acquainted with the stages of the life cycle of a digital product, and understand the connection between design and business objectives. At the end, you will have your first independent project, for which you will be able to receive feedback from a practicing designer.

1 module18 weeks

Digital Product Design Fundamentals

You will learn what product and iterative approaches are. Learn design fundamentals: composition, typography, color theory, text layout, and grid principles. You will understand how to create user scenarios and conduct your first in-depth interviews. Continue working in Figma: learn how to work with a UI kit, create clickable prototypes and transfer them to development. Become familiar with HTML and CSS at a basic level and learn how to read documentation. You will learn how to argue and present design solutions to the product team and business representatives.
5 projects in portfolio

Module 212 weeks

Design in the full product development cycle

In this module, you will go through the full cycle of product development: you will formulate and test product hypotheses, conduct qualitative research and improve CJM based on their results. You will learn to prioritize tasks in accordance with the collected data, as well as improve the usability of branched clickable prototypes assembled yourself. Your level of Figma proficiency will increase to a confident level: you will have full-fledged work with design systems. You will continue to present your design solutions and argue for them.
2 projects in portfolio

Module 34 weeks

Graduation project

Diploma - product design within an ecosystem. In this project you will reflect the entire product development cycle - this is exactly the kind of case that employers are looking for. At the first stage, you will consider existing trends in the ecosystem, the company’s product vision, overall marketing strategy, UI kit and current design solutions. Then choose a product within the ecosystem, research its business model, key metrics, target audience and parts of CJM. You will conduct qualitative research of the target audience and usability testing of competitive projects. You will develop product hypotheses, create portraits and CJM, create animated prototypes, test and improve them. Present the results of your work, as well as a roadmap for further development of the product within the ecosystem.

1 project in portfolio