UI / UX Design Career Track

I looked at a lot of different programs when deciding to switch careers into user experience. What I liked best about Springboard was that they offered UI/UX in a single program, 1:1 mentorship, job guarantee, career coaching, and flexibility in schedule and pricing. Springboard has made my career change as seamless as possible. I am so happy I made this change!

I signed up for the UI/UX Design Career Track and received more than what I hoped for. The course provides a lot of knowledge in a way that is really easy to understand and that motivates you to actually do your work. I could also work at my own pace and if I needed a week or two to relax, Springboard allows for pause weeks which helped me not feel so stressed. My favorite part of Springboard was having my own personal mentor though. She worked in the design field and provided me with a lot of great knowledge and directions to help me improve my skills. I 100% recommend Springboard!

Unlike any educational institution I’ve ever attended, springboard allowed me to finish my course on a timeline that made sense for me. I unfortunately had to take all of my extended breaks due to a variety of different personal issues. Everything from Covid, to wild fire evacuations and a death in the family. There were also good things as well – a new job after losing my previous one to Covid, but this did cut into my ability to study and focus on my school  work after working on a computer all day at work. I was emotionally and technically drained at times. I had to switch mentors in the midst of my program due to these breaks and was definitely feeling like I may not finish the course. Springboard’s advisor and mentor programs kept me chatting with their support teams and kept me motivated to finish for myself and my future. I was able to absorb knowledge on a timeframe that made sense for my learning capabilities. I feel as a springboard really allows its students to take the time they need in order to grasp the knowledge they’re sharing and that’s why I really recommend springboard. In a world with so many ups and downs and unknowns at this point, I always felt comfortable reaching out to spring forward for support. The course itself brings on a lot of reading, but the structure is really well thought out so that you can learn different phases of research and designing at a time that makes sense. Lastly, the mentor meetings on a weekly basis help me stay on track and brew really important for my progression in the course.

I was a visual designer for 10years and was looking for transitioning my career to UX. I googled and I found Springboard has a job guarantee. The course seemed very expensive but after I learned about job guarantees I thought It was worth trying it. I planned to finish the course in 6month. But the course was pretty intense, so it took about 1.5year to finish it. Whenever you need your help with finance or any obstacle the student advisor helps as much they can on your side. Also, they give you experience working with real industry professionals at the end of the course which is really beneficial for transitioning your career. When you finish the program you work with a career coach. They really care for you and help you land a job. I recommend Springboard if you really want to have the best full package of the UX BootCamp experience. 

The UI/UX program at Springboard is a complete offering, giving you the opportunity to learn every detail surrounding UX design and making you apply that knowledge to a variety of projects. From the simple design spruce ups to full-scale capstones, you perform every level of the design process in order to understand every aspect back to front. While there are some lessons that do go on a little long (i.e. lots of articles that simply repeat the same information) or slightly outdated articles, the essence of what you're learning remains the same. Overall, I would recommend this course to anyone who is interested in entering this space.

It was a difficult journey to manage my time on an online, 'open-ended' course (although there still are deadlines), but I learned a lot about how UX and UI Design is applied. Through the projects and group Industry Design Project, I was really able to apply all of the learnings in the course. I will say it would be nice for Springboard to add more emphasis on how to set metrics to measure in our projects early on, and possibly a unit on how to develop products that are not just user-focused, but also take into account how to incorporate business goals while creating a user-centric product.Overall, I am happy I took this course and learned lots through the process - especially because of my mentor. I learned so much because of being connected with someone in the industry who could provide direct feedback on all my works.Springboard's career coaches are quite helpful too, I learned so much about job hunting that I wasn't taught in university. I am eager to apply those techniques in my job search and am optimistic in landing a job in this field now.The Springboard support staff are quite understanding and supporting as well with any issues I ran into. They were quick to respond and help me out.

Be prepared to work, especially if you don't come from a design background like me! The best part of the course was the admin, support teams, as well as the mentors. You get paired up with a student advisor, a mentor, and have 7 career coaches during the course. You also get unlimited mentor calls with other mentors. Furthermore, you get career coach support after completing the course.Pros: -Student advisor, and the support team were understanding of life's ups and down and were willing to help me out when they could- The mentors who shared invaluable support and advice- The career coaches shared some good insights- Getting feedback from hiring managers-Doing mock interviewsCons:- Mentors are not always available in a timely manner- Career strategies mentioned too early in the course when maybe there should be more focus on just getting UX and UI skills up to par

This program was a lot of work, but it has been life-changing!  I feel confident going into my new career. The mentorship program was invaluable. You’ll have a portfolio with several case studies by the end of this program. It prepares you in every way so you’ll be ready for your new career. 

I have never experienced anything like that. The curriculum is very organized, up to date, and constantly improving. But the student support is what makes this program special. The Student advisors are great and are always looking for ways to help you. The Unlimited mentorship is great, I used it a lot at the beginning until I became confident in my skills. The career coaches are all on your side. I have never experienced such support during my career journey. Especially career switch when you are 30 is a tough and scary process, but Springboard made it easy.  I want to thank everyone.

I had an amazing experience with Springboard.  The 1:1 Mentoring as well as Career Coaching was amazing.  Also I have not only a number of projects to put on my resume but a really design project that I completed with a team.  I would absolutely recommend to anyone looking to change careers!

I had a really great experience overall with all aspects of the course! The mentors were all very genuine and helpful when talking about my interests and my goals and keeping my accountable with honest feedback. The community was very friendly and welcoming and I loved meeting the friends throughout the course.I got a really great job offer before even finishing the bootcamp and I would recommend this to anyone looking to change their career! 

My overall experience with Springboard was great. I am transitioning from the scientific research field into the design industry, and I felt the materials presented in the course was sufficient at providing the necessary tools to gain UI/UX design experience. I feel like a student will get the most of out of this course if they push themselves independently. 

I do not even know where to begin with my Springboard experience. I did the UX/UI career track, and I recommend going somewhere else. If I had been able to back out after that 7 day trial period without wreaking financial havoc on myself, I would have. 7 days is not NEARLY enough to see what the course will actually be like. They front-load the curriculum with SB-produced video lessons to reel you in, and after about a month you realise that's not reality.First thing I will address is that if you are neurodivergent I HIGHLY recommend you try another bootcamp. Nearly all the coursework is article after article of the same poorly explained information, almost ZERO video lessons, and the few video tutorials the exist had NO narration. We were expected to just silently watch a video of someone doing something on Figma with zero explanation. For someone who is a very visual learner (in a VISUAL FIELD, for crying out loud), this was torturous. I have ADHD and got great grades in primary school and university (I have two degrees and made Honor roll)-- I could barely finish this course because they built the curriculum so lazily. I used every last drop of the Pauses and Freezes because my brain (especially during a damn pandemic) could not take it.Second thing I will address further dives into the laziness of the curriculum-- the articles they've rounded up for the coursework are very nearly ALL freely available articles that can be found on Medium, Dribbble, or otherwise. Many of the articles were written in poor english and badly translated, and I ended up turning to other designers for explanations or looking things up on youtube or wikipedia. For the ENORMOUS course price of $15,000, I should not have to be looking on freaking youtube for basic explanations.Springboard sets up their course with the Industry Design Project as the crown jewel: my IDP experience was shameful. We were supposed to be matched with a REAL COMPANY to work on a REAL client-facing project that would be the biggest entry in our portfolios. Instead, my group and I were matched with a random dude who had all three of us working on ONE singular screen for a month. We had basically nothing for our portfolios after that and we were livid. We took it to SB and demanded partial refunds which they thankfully took seriously and gave us. The job guarantee is set up to look like it will help you (and for some people it does), but for me it ended up being incredibly predatory. SB is supposed to guarantee that you will find a job within 6 months or you don't have to pay your tuition - instead of honoring that when I reached the 6 month mark, they "offered me" to extend my job guarantee by a month so I could keep seeing my career coach. Bro, 2 things:1) If my SB career coach hasn't been helpful in the last 6 months, they will probably not be helpful in 1 more month. Offer me better, more significant help. Offer me a new career coach, offer me access to a Udemy Figma class so I can brush up my skills, offer me a design prompt so I can put something else in my portfolio, offer me a month free access to ADPList, ANYTHING, just for God's sake: Offer me something *actually* useful to my job search.2) Extending the job guarantee (when my career coach has not helped WHATSOEVER) does nothing but give SPRINGBOARD the opportunity to STILL get their money despite not delivering on their 6 month promise. Predatory.The only good thing that this course had was the mentorship-- I learned far more from my mentors than I did from the course itself, and I'm glad to still have those connections. However I will say that even that was fraught with chaos. I expected to have one mentor who would follow me through to the end of the course that I could then use as a reference when it came time to apply to jobs- instead my first SB Mentor suddenly left for another job after my first 3 months, my second SB Mentor randomly quit for "unforeseen circumstances". My third SB Mentor was wonderful, but he felt kind of stuck for how to help me because he hadn't been around for the first major section of my coursework. So now, I have 3 "mentors" from SB that I barely got to know before they abandoned ship, and therefore have NO references who can speak to my work or experience in the course.I am grateful that I now can pursue a much better career because of the skills I now have after Springboard, but now that I know all their curriculum is available for free on Medium, I could have gotten the same education with 75% less stress, debt, and frustration. I have friends who went to Thinkful and they loved their experience. Check that out first, or ask a lottttt of questions when you speak to SB.

I spent a year in the self-paced UX/UI design course. I choose springboard because they have a comprehensive curriculum, flexible payment plan, real-world project and 1-1 mentor. The curriculum provides great practice opportunities and freedom for me to work on projects I'm excited about. the IDP helped me build good teamwork experience and gain more insight into the UX work for start-ups. The Springboard is very responsive in the entire process. They gave me flexible breaks and helped me with mentor switch according to my need.Pros:Comprehensive curriculum, enough practice to build a diverse portfolio, a real-world project for real work practice, the springboard team is responsive and are flexible with adjustments according to my personal needsCons: The mentors come from diverse backgrounds with different levels of experience for mentorship. Besides working with the mentor, you have to push/work hard and be self-driven for how much you get from the course/mentor. Also, it's hard to build a solid connection with classmates.

Despite holding diplomas in social science and graphic design (and not an undergraduate degree) which made me ineligible for the job guarantee, I have a lot of confidence after applying for completion and looking for my first UX job. Other than the first capstone project, projects were assigned and chosen by students, pushing us to think outside of what we're most comfortable with in designing. I work as a content operations administrator at my current company, and have collaborated with the UX team many times. I think a portion of the curriculum should have involved some form of shadowing, considering that imposter syndrome is much higher without an undergraduate degree in UX. While almost all that was taught was information readily available on the web, having the support of a mentor, career coaches and a student advisor all while learning on my own time while managing my busy lifestyle was helpful. As a last note, I wish I had paid everything up-front, as working full-time forced me to dedicate over a year to the "9-month" curriculum which definitely ate at my wallet. 

Springboard had an amazing UIUX career track program that I was able to find a job even before completing the program. The one to one mentor call is extremely help to navigate me through the program. All the curriculums are designed to prepare you to be job ready and help you transition into the new industry 

I did quite a bit of research of the available options around UX/UI boot camps before I finally decided to go with Springboard and I am so happy with my choice. It's an amazing option for those who want to break into the UX/UI field because of their job guarantee, but I also really appreciated the fact that I could waive the guarantee and still take advantage of the curriculum. Springboard was particularly strong in terms of the depth and richness of it's curriculum and the amazing support available from both your mentor and student advisor.

Springboard’s UI/UX Design curriculum was jam-packed with helpful articles, videos, and exercises to teach me the ins and outs of UI design at my own pace. I was able balance my full-time job in finance with learning what I need to in order to make my transition to the field of UI/UX design. Even more helpful and exciting were the four major projects that I completed over the course of 9 months which put my design skills to work after honing them through tutorials and mini-projects. I was able to go through the full-circle process of creating mock mobile apps and work with a client with a team of fellow Springboard students. This was the perfect way to prepare me for “the real world” as a designer. I came out with 4 great pieces to start building my design portfolio. The most beneficial part of the program was having weekly calls with my mentor (an experienced designer) who I developed a great relationship with. I looked forward to them every week, getting great feedback about my projects plus advice and insight about the industry. Career coach calls throughout the program definitely help you prepare for the job search, even if you have a good resume and LinkedIn from the start like I did. Springboard really solidified that a UI designer is 100% the career that I want to transition to. The job search is always daunting, but I feel confident that I’ll land a job in the near future and finally transition from finance to UI design, getting back into a creative field where I truly enjoy what I do day-to-day. Thank you Springboard!!

The course is effective enough, though some of the material is a touch outdated. It wasn't enough to affect me in a way that made me feel left in the dust, and their was enough practice and supplemental training to make it mostly a non-issue. The real shining pinnacle of this school is the support, which addressed every issue I brought up quickly and sincerely. My student advisor was attentive, my mentor was effective (practical, creative, and knowledgeable), and the support team was - surprise - actually supportive! If you want a bootcamp that both equips you with real skills and is managed by dope, real human beings, this is the place for you. There aren't enough stars I could give to recommend this course, and I am so excited about finding my new career path. I feel more than confident that I can hold my own in the industry :)

The most valuable part of Springboard is the weekly mentoring sessions. I learned the most from my mentor and got individualized feedback. Springboard will also accommodate your mentor requests. I was originally assigned a mentor from Portugal, but I wanted a mentor who was local (Bay Area) and Springboard re-matched me accordingly. The career counselors and other mentors have all given insightful feedback. I always came away from mentoring sessions with actionable steps for improvement. I also appreciate how accommodating Springboard is with timeline. It was difficult for me to balance the boot camp alongside my full time job and other commitments, but I worked with my wonderful student advisor to come up with an extended timeline at no additional cost. Springboard also provided mental health services for qualifying students which was also a great perk. The only negative experience I had with Springboard was that you cannot switch out of your assigned Industry Design Program (IDP) project. I wanted to switch projects to work with an established company with cross-functional teams as my assigned stakeholder was a freelancer, however, Springboard could not make this accommodation. I let them know why their description of the IDP is misleading as you may not be paired with an established company. Overall, I am very pleased with the program and it was well worth the tuition.