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Apprenticeship

Digital user experience (UX) professional (integrated degree)

Level
6
Degree level
Length
4 yrs
typical
Sector
Digital
Pay
Paid
you earn while training

In a nutshell

Investigate, analyse and design the experience that people have with digital products and services.

What you'd do

Plan and conduct user research sessions including interviews and usability tests
Synthesise research findings into personas, journey maps, and insights
Create low and high-fidelity wireframes and interactive prototypes
Present design concepts to product managers, stakeholders, and developers
Iterate designs based on user feedback and testing outcomes
Collaborate with developers to ensure designs are built as intended
Audit existing products for usability and accessibility issues

What you'd learn

User research methods: interviews, surveys, usability testing, and contextual enquiry
Information architecture, user journeys, and wireframing
Interaction design and prototyping using tools such as Figma or Sketch
Accessibility standards and inclusive design principles
Design systems, component libraries, and design handoff to developers
Quantitative UX metrics and analytics for measuring experience quality
Service design thinking and mapping complex service ecosystems
Ready to look for a place?
See live Digital user experience (UX) professional (integrated degree) apprenticeship vacancies on the official government service.
Find vacancies
A Careermash concept Β· apprenticeship standard from our careers engine Β· vacancies via gov.uk.

Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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