CareerFoundry

In this course, you’ll learn everything you need to gain a solid understanding of key product management skills, processes, and principles. It’s the perfect solution for those brand-new to the subject, and a great way to see whether product management is the right career for you.

You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two product professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the course.

The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level, and how to create, manage, and iterate on products.

Work on a real-world project and learn about the essential deliverables employers and teams need as you manage the product improvement process from scratch.

*The Intro to Product Management Course constitutes the first module of the full Product Management Program. You can choose to continue to the full program on completion of the course.

The Intro to UI Design Course constitutes the first module of the full UI Design Program. You can choose to continue to the full program on completion of the course.

The Intro to UX Design Course constitutes the first module of the full UX Design Program. You can choose to continue to the full program on completion of the course.

In this program you’ll learn all the job skills, tools, and processes you need to become a qualified Product Designer—with a job guarantee to boot. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through CareerFoundry’s dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two Product Design professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the program.

The program is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and CareerFoundry’s curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the job-ready skills you’ll need to break into your new career.

The full journey is split into four parts: Intro to Product Design, Product Design Immersion, your choice of one specialization (User Interface Design for Designers, Frontend Development for Designers, or Voice User Interface Design), and Job Preparation. This setup ensures you start out with the basics, and finish as an expert in Product Design with a professional portfolio with real-world projects to set you apart in the job market. You’ll also have a solid approach to your job search, and the ongoing support of CareerFoundry’s Career Services Team as you apply for jobs and prepare for interviews.

With over 90% of CareerFoundry’s eligible graduates successfully landing jobs within six months of graduation, they’re confident about the quality and effectiveness of their process. Graduate from CareerFoundry’s Product Design Program, follow their job search guidelines, and you’ll land a job in the field within 180 days of graduation—or your money back.

What You’ll Learn

The entire Product Design process, from identifying user needs and mapping user journeys, to prototyping and bringing your designs to life, to testing and refining your designs, and launching a marketable product.
You’ll​ ​explore​ ​explore the most important tasks of a product designer​ ​and​ ​apply​ ​it​ ​to​ ​your​ ​own​ ​product,​ ​from​ ​information​ ​architecture,​ ​user​ ​flows,​ ​and paper​ ​prototypes​ ​to​ ​user​ ​testing,​ meeting ​accessibility guidelines ​and​ ​high-fidelity​ ​wireframes.
How to build an impressive portfolio out of the real-world projects you complete during the program. You’ll also work on publishing your online portfolio and creating a video demo of your work.
How and when to use the industry standard tool of choice, namely Figma, but students can use Adobe XD and Sketch as alternative tools if preferred (as the program is designed to be tool agnostic). You'll also learn ethical best practices for product design and learn how to leverage AI tools and techniques so it supports you professionally, rather than replaces you.
Real-world product design skills such as user research and testing, rapid prototyping, iterative design, interaction design, responsive design, emotional and visual design. You will also explore and apply the theory behind user psychology, accessibility, usability, and emotional design.
One specialization course to help you stand out in the job market. You’ll get the choice of UI design, frontend development, or voice user interface design.
Job preparation skills to refine your resume, LinkedIn profile, mock interviews, networking skills, and application processes.
Tailored coaching from CareerFoundry’s Career Services Team to ensure you stand out at interviews.

Job Guarantee

Land a job as a Product Designer within 180 days of graduating from the program—or your money back.
Enjoy CareerFoundry’s Job Preparation Course to help you refine your resume, LinkedIn profile, mock interviews, networking skills and application processes.
Get tailored coaching from CareerFoundry’s Career Services team to ensure you stand out at interviews.

Admission Requirements

The motivation to transform your career: You should be prepared to set aside at least 15 hours per week to study.
A computer (macOS, Windows, or Linux) and an internet connection.
You do not need any design or tech experience to enroll in the program.
B2 level in written and spoken English.

This setup ensures you start out with the basics, and finish as an expert in product management with a professional portfolio with real-world projects to set you apart in the job market.

To successfully complete this course, you’ll need to be familiar with tools and technologies such as Visual Studio Code (or any other code editor), Google Chrome (or your preferred browser), Git and GitHub, and Heroku. This course can also be selected as a third-module specialization of our Full-Stack Web Development Program. In this course, you'll learn about Python programming and gain a basic to intermediate competency level with the Python-based Django web framework while working on a real-world project.

We’ll pair you with a python professional to support, advise, and give individualized feedback and mentoring from day one. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level.

You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two UI design professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the program.

This setup ensures you start out with the basics, and finish as an expert in UI design with specialized knowledge and a professional portfolio with real-world projects to set you apart in the job market.

This course is for those who already have experience with UX design, or can be selected as a third-module specialization of our UX Design Program. In this course, you'll gain the skills to create beautiful, responsive UI designs. You’ll explore everything from visual design trends and best practices, to image theory, iconography, and interaction design while working on a real-world project.

We’ll pair you with a UI design professional to support, advise, and give individualized feedback and mentoring from day one. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level.

In this program you’ll learn all the job skills, tools, and processes you need to become a qualified UX designer—with a job guarantee to boot. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two UX professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the program.

The program is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house, providing a rigorous, project-based, and adaptive learning experience.

The full journey is split into four parts: Intro to UX Design, UX Immersion, your choice of one specialization (User Interface Design for UX Designers, Frontend Development for Designers, or Voice User Interface Design), and Job Preparation. This setup ensures you start out with the basics, and finish as an expert in UX with specialized knowledge and a professional portfolio to set you apart in the job market. You’ll also have a solid approach to your job search, and the ongoing support of our Career Services Team as you apply for jobs and prepare for interviews.

With over 90% of our eligible graduates successfully landing jobs within six months of graduation, we’re confident about the quality and effectiveness of our process. Graduate from our UX Design Program, follow our job search guidelines, and you’ll land a job in the field within 180 days of graduation—or your money back.

This course is for those who already have experience with UX or UI design, or can be selected as a third-module specialization of our UX or UI Design Programs. In this course, you'll gain the skills to design for voice user interfaces while working on a real-world project. The course focuses on teaching voice design skills and theory that apply to the larger voice ecosystem; in other words, it’s not limited to Amazon Alexa.

We’ll pair you with a voice design professional to support, advise, and give individualized feedback and mentoring from day one. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level.