 What's up guys, in this video I'm going to give you five steps for beginners to become a UX designer while we're waiting for let's go. What's up guys, let's jump straight in. So the first thing you need to do if you want to start your journey to become a UX designer is get set up with the right tools. So my main job as a UX designer is to deliver to development teams a plan to design websites. And that plan is normally a prototype and that prototype could be high fidelity, which looks like a real website or low fidelity, which is basically a sketch or a wireframe. For low fidelity prototypes, you can use whatever you want. You can draw on a piece of paper. But for high fidelity prototypes, I use a program called Figma. So the three main programs that they use in the industry is Figma, which I use, which is free for Windows and Mac. There's Sketch, which is only on Mac only, which I think is like $99 and there's Adobe XD. Adobe XD, you get with the CC license, which is for Windows and Mac. So all three of them good. I've used all of them in my time. The best one, I believe for beginners and the easiest one to use is Figma. So head on over there. Just Google Figma design tool, get started. It's super easy. There's no point even talking about the other ones. So you try Figma. You can design prototypes in it. You can design full websites. So that's the number one tool that you need. Everyone can get it. Let's get on to the next one. Okay, so the next thing that you need to do is once you've got set up with the tool that we use, you then need to understand the basics of UX. So I'm going to link a video up here, which I've made, which is 30 minutes. And it's going to, you need to understand what UX is, what UI is, what the process is when you work at a big company to design websites. So all of that is there after this video. I'm going to link it at the end as well. Watch the video, understand the basics, and that's where you need to go next. Then once you understand all of the basics, you can move on to step three, which is getting a portfolio set up. So there's a, when you apply for a job as a designer, you apply with your resume and your portfolio. So a normal job, you just have your resume, which is your work history, but you also need a portfolio, which is examples of work that you've done. So there's plenty of free builders online. So one of my favorite ones is Adobe portfolio. That's something that you get with the CC Cloud. And it's basically a ready made website where you can go in and you can put your work. And even if you've got no work to show, you need to create a portfolio. So you can add to it over time instead of building it at the end as like a last thing before you get a job. So there's other places where you can host your portfolio. There's Squarespace, which is also a good website builder. Or you can, if you know, hastyman on CSS, you can design a website from scratch. I think it's easiest for beginners just to go and get a ready made template. But go and have a look. There's loads of portfolio builders out there checking out Adobe portfolio. Get that set up straight away and then we can move on to the next step, which is filling it with example projects. So if you've never had a job before or you've never done any freelance work, you need to put projects into your portfolio so you can get that first job. And that means doing example projects. So over on my website, AnthonyComboy.com, I've got 17 projects, which you get your started, but you can just make up your own project if you want, like if you want to redesign a goal as a website or something. But you need a brief to say what you're going to do and all this stuff you can put in your portfolio. So you can talk about the brief that you've got. Then you can design a website and then you upload it into your portfolio. And what your goal is is to get really, really good, we call them case studies. So you've got design, your website in Figma based on the brief. Then in your portfolio, you do something called a case study, which is where you talk about little bits that you've done and put it all together. This then leads on to step five, which is the last one, which is then you need to get a job. So LinkedIn is the best place for this. LinkedIn has loads of jobs in your local area, but big companies hire people called recruiters and recruiters essentially go out and find talent for the big companies. So you can hook up with loads of recruiters online. You can just type in UX recruiter or you can contact people who actually work in companies that you want to work for and LinkedIn. So if you haven't got a LinkedIn profile, set it up now. Then on your LinkedIn profile, make connections with recruiters and people who work in big companies. And maybe just ask people if they can have a chat for five minutes. That's how you get links into the industry. Recruiters are where you find jobs, places like Indeed and stuff also have job postings. But LinkedIn, the recruiters normally go there before you even get posted on the job boards. So they five steps. The next step then, if you want to learn the basics, is to check out the next video. It's half an hour. It's going to walk you through everything that you need to know. A lot more detail in this five minute video. I hope you've enjoyed that. Smash the like if you have. What's next video? And until next time, keep designing.