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Apprenticeship

Creative digital design professional (integrated degree)

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

In a nutshell

Providing digital design solutions to internal and external clients, across a range of sectors and contexts.

What you'd do

Conduct user research through interviews, surveys, and usability testing
Create user personas, journey maps, and wireframes for digital projects
Design high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes for client review
Collaborate with developers to ensure accurate translation of designs to code
Produce and maintain design systems and component libraries
Present design rationale to clients and stakeholders and incorporate feedback

What you'd learn

Design thinking and human-centred design process from research to delivery
User experience (UX) principles, information architecture, and usability testing
Visual design - typography, colour, layout, and digital brand communication
Prototyping and wireframing tools such as Figma or Adobe XD
Motion design and interactive design for digital products
Front-end development awareness and how design translates to code
Ready to look for a place?
See live Creative digital design professional (integrated degree) apprenticeship vacancies on the official government service.
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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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