UX Woman
Founder Design Accelerator
About this role
About the Program: Every year, we sponsor 2 remote design accelerator 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 design and research process for a startup idea of their choice that will help them attract hiring managers in that topic space or industry. Apprentices take our program for free and receive 1:1 mentorship throughout the 7-month program. We are committed to helping women, immigrants, POC, and LGBTQ folks build and launch their startup or business idea. Apprenticeship Requirements: This apprenticeship program is open to new grads and UX career changers alike! Here are some apprenticeship requirements to keep in mind before applying:
- Interested launching a digital app, AI app, or digital business/startup
- Willing to commit 5-10 hours of work per week to complete program deliverables
- Willing to attend 2-3 hour weekend lectures to learn the end-to-end design process OR willing to complete online video course modules
- Open to feedback from mentors and demonstrates a willingness to revise design work Apprenticeship Program Learnings:
- Build digital products and services 0-1
- Lead end-to-end design process for a startup idea or topic of your choice
- Lead product scoping and feature scoping, as well as entire project management
- Identify target market for product and position product for launch success
- Incorporate AI tools into your UX design process
- Design AI features and products by considering AI specific design parameters and heuristics
- Understand how AI works and advocate for ethical AI design that builds trust without over-reliance with users
- Develop a business model for the product or service and demonstrate how the product/service will scale as the business model scales
- Lead discovery research by managing user recruitment, creating research plans, writing interview guides, leading 8-16 discovery interviews, and synthesizing interview insights
- 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