RED Academy

I took the part-time Digital Marketing Foundation course from January - April 2019.

Right off the bat, I was very impressed with how organized the course was in terms of the curriculum schedule and access to the course content. RED has a very innovative model of a primary teacher assisted by a rotating cast of TAs who all work in the field of digital marketing. It was a very effective model, and the TAs are well-utilized in the classroom delivery and the supervision of the group project. I was very happy with my group project team and the client we were assigned. The expectations for the project were very clearly laid out and tied directly to the course curriculum. 

Overall, it was always a pleasure to attend class, even after a long work day. This is because I was very impressed ...

I didn't really know what to expect when going to take the Digital Marketing Professional course at RED. How are they going to teach me anything in 3 months? Now that it's done, I'd say I learned more in 3 months than 4 years at University.

The value for me went beyond the learning. It reminded me of being back in grade-school because you are surrounded with the same group of colleagues full time.. except now you're adults. You're more reasonable, less shy, less awkward, etc. I found it super easy to make friends and I know that a lot of the people that I met will be friends indefinitely, including the staff and teachers.

My teachers, Chris and Rowan, were both fantastic. They both brought us a very different style of teaching, different style of humor, different marketing work ...

I have a lot of feelings about RED, most good, some bad. I joined the developer stream of RED after feeling like my life lacked a lot of direction -- professionally I was very lost and unhappy with my day job. A developer friend mentioned how many of their coworkers were RED alumni, and that I should maybe take a look at the course. I talked to Matt on the phone, then met him in person, and he was very informative and sweet. Great guy. I signed up for the full-stack dev course right away, hoping that it would send me down a fun and exciting new career path.

In many ways, it did. I learned a lot and am now employed as a developer, and I love my job. I love coding. The first half of the full-stack course, the Web Development one, was the highlight of my time at RED. Jim, one of the ins...

I came onto this course wishing to change careers form and IT infrastructure analyst to something which allowed me to be more creative but still be involved the the tech arena. I found all the lecturers, who came from professional backgrounds themselves, to be very knowledgable and helpful when it came to seeking further information or delving deeper into specific topics. This definitely added value to the courses already informative syllabus. The course can seem intense but it does help you prepare for the pace at which some projects can work. But I've found reaching out to the lecturers post course for advice and guidance to be of great help especially when wanting to discuss things I learned during the course. The staff at Red academy area an incredibly supportive, pleasurable...

Overall I’m very happy with my RED experience. I changed my career completely to go into UX Design and RED made this a great transition for me and equipped me well for my first UX role.

Pros:
Great onboarding experience where myself and my classmates were taught the RED method which really helped throughout the course.
The tutors are industry experts and can give great insight into what to expect in the world of work. They are very accommodating and were willing to put extra hours in for the students.
There was a good balance of real client projects and theory work.
Good career support and preparation for applying for jobs - I think this is hard to get exactly right for everyone, but I thought RED’s approach on helping with CV writing and guidance with creating portfolios was go...

I came to RED Academy without any knowledge of code, and I can now create complex websites. My experience for this course was great, and I'm now doing the App Dev program, to be Full Stack Developer. The course is hard, you need to be very implicate in it, but the instructors are good and provide you the support you need and you have a great work-environment.

I found RED Academy through SwitchUp, communication from the point I made my application was superb, I met Michelle at WeWork within a few days and everything was sorted quickly. Considering I had applied the week before the bootcamp started, the speed of the process was impressive.

The first couple of days were ice breaking exercises which got me accustomed to everybody, everybody was open coming from all backgrounds & all walks of life. After that we went straight into the Web Development course, where the instructors were very good, encouraged you to work through the problem yourself rather than giving you the answer directly and were willing to stay late to support us when we needed it. The instructors also pushed back deadlines if we needed to and went over things again if we di...

I was very satisfied with the amount of knowledge, tips and supports that I get from the team in RED Academy. This course is excellent for newbies in WebDev and good as well for more experienced people. If you are ready to dig dipper, pushing through any problems to find solutions, self-motivated you will succeed! They really do give you every tools that you need to succeed. You have to want it! You have to work for your own career. Noone will give you that for free. But... The RED Academy is inside WeWork building - that's the perfect place to get connections, to meet people from industry, to research what and where. That works for me because even before the end of cohort I already had a couple of a job offers.
And you are always welcome to come back - to talk, share, gave or get supp...

Firstly I would like to start by saying the overall experience with RED Academy, London was good.

I was an enthusiastic career upskiller with a long career in corporate pivoting my skills into UX Design.

I want to be specific with my feedback and breakdown by specific points to help you decide and rate overall customer experience. Good and bad.

The location:
Great to do the course at We Work with such a great concept of co-habiting work space. Making it a pleasant and friendly community-driven environment.

The school:
RED Academy London has access to a few rooms. Most of the time the organization of the space was fine but at times required better organization. At time this was lacking and could have been improved through better curriculum planning, coordination and comm...

I made the IT switch after a long career in Engineering by trying out Web Development then UX. I was initially skeptical about the UX program, not just the program at RED but at the whole concept of designing for Users. But after working on a Wordpress project with a UX design team, I began to understand the concept of User Centered design better and better. I started off by enrolling in a P/T UX course @ RED in Toronto, then after the great experience, I decided to invest in the F/T course in London, UK.

At RED - London, there was an initial teaching scheduling conflict as the main instructor had to leave and to be replaced. This caused a temporary learning gap, which was solved with the intervention of the School Manager, which I do praise his communication skills + diplomacy.

T...

I came onto the course with some skepticism. I was looking to retrain and was worried I would be able to learn enough in 12 weeks to change careers. I have to say I was more than impressed with the course and with Red as a whole. From my first conversation with Michelle who put my fears at ease to the first day where the Red method was explained. I was constantly reassured and made to feel supported by everyone.

Working with real clients was a positive and rewarding learning experience. It felt like going to work rather than being on a course which I hope puts me in good stead when looking for a job in the real world.

Tutors were all supportive and approachable with a wealth of knowledge from a wide range of real-world experience. This in itself helped me to see beyond the course ...

I have recently graduated in the UX Designer Professional program, in London. I have really enjoyed the course, the instructors are great and the the program is very comprehensive. RED is pretty much like a big family and it happened more than once that we had extra sessions given by instructors from other courses (UI, for example) because they saw we were really keen on learning more. They are always willing to help. The fact that I worked on 3 real client projects means that I have a good start for my portfolio, because I have done the project, then the case study and I had feedback on my work. Now I can just make the tweaks and publish them. The real projects made me learn a lot, not only how to apply certain tools but also on how to manage client's expectations in the UX field. I r...

I enjoyed my time at RED Academy Toronto. It's a great friendly environment and well knowledgable staff. While I was in the part-time course, it was the perfect setup to see if I wanted to pursue UX Design, as I find my career is in a bit of transition. I attended many free workshops and meet ups prior to enrolling into the part time course. The admissions team of D&V were able to answer my questions and if not, were able to get me in touch with the instructors and past alumni to answer them.

With the UX part time course I was able to learn the framework and process of user experience. Keep in mind this is a super condensed workload of say the full time program. Where in the full time program you're able to produce 3 portfolio case studies, part time you'll produce 1. It can be dau...

I was in the first cohort for the UX Designer Professional course that Red Academy ran in London and it was absolutely amazing! From the moment I met the guys at a panel discussion event they did before the course started, I knew this was the type of place I wanted to get trained at and gain experience. The entire team is extremely supportive and the course itself is very practical. It is definitely intensive but you get so much out of it in so little time. I would definitely recommend!

Studied Front-End Web Development. This course was very intensive, a lot to take in, but very satisfying as you progress. I learnt more than I could have imagined in 12 weeks. Tutors are fantastic, will encourage you to work through a problem by yourself which is the best way to learn, but are always there when you hit a brick wall.

What a great way to learn so much in such a short period of time. The hands on experience was awesome, the programme structure was great, always asking for on-the-go feedback. As a UX designer in industry now, I think the UX programme would have benefited from joining just a few of the UI sessions, especially as we have to work together a lot, so having a deeper understanding of what they do and what their goals are would be great. A lot of industry also split UX into 'UX design' or 'product design' and 'UX research', if you want to go into UX product design you need to know some UI as well as some animation tools. Perhaps you can give students the option to attend some of these classes as optional, if they want to go into that direction.

I completed the full time UX designer course in London. It gave me an excellent all round thorough training in UX. Having gone to lots of industry events since graduating I’ve realised how far ahead the course has put me. I’d highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get a job in UX!

I recently attended RED Academy's UX Designer full-time program in Vancouver, BC in January of 2018.

Pros:
- Great learning atmosphere
- Plenty of coffee, tea, hot chocolate for those late nights
- Down to Earth teachers who you can really relate to
- Very tight knit community
- Fast paced (We usually work in 3-week sprints)
- Immediate application of theory, sometimes within the same day

Cons:
- Limited career support resources (although everyone is more than happy to share their existing networks)
- Would like more feedback as a student
- Would like more time dedicated to going over technical programs
- Feedback can sometimes be a little too vague, would appreciate adhering to a standard at first, and then breaking that standard.

Overall:
RED Academy is a place wh...

The space, people, and projects were great! I became fully immersed in the digital marketing world and haven't looked back since.

I went to school for marketing a few years ago and completed a degree. In my 5 years of university, I never learned half of what RED has taught me in the short 3 months of the Digital Marketing program. If you are looking to expand your training to include tech, looking to completely switch career paths, or just looking to learn something for you, this program is great. Highly recommend!