Education & Certifications
Continuous growth across UX, design systems, and front-end development
My learning path combines intensive, specialized programs with ongoing professional development.
I focus on knowledge that translates directly into better products, clearer decisions, and stronger project outcomes.
Professional Development & Certifications
UX Research, Interaction Design & Product Thinking
Structured training covering the full UX lifecycle — from research and ideation through prototyping, validation, and implementation planning:
- NN/g UX Management Specialty — Nielsen Norman Group
- Being a UX Leader: Essential Skills for Any UX Practitioner — Rachel Krause
- UX Roadmaps — Sarah Gibbons
- Managing User Experience Strategy — Christian Rohrer
- UX Deliverables — Page Laubheimer
- Facilitating UX Workshops — Kate Kaplan
- Designing the User Experience — University of Maryland (edX)
- Learning Path: Improve Your UX Design Skills, courses included:
- Sketching for UX Designers; UX Deep Dive: Analyzing Data; UX Foundations: Storytelling; UX Deep Dive: Usability Testing; UX Foundations: Generational Design; Empathy in UX Design; Surveys and Questionnaires for UX Projects
- Learning Path: Improve Your UX Prototyping Skills, courses included:
- Adobe XD Essential Training: Prototype; Lo-Fi to Hi-Fi: Prototyping in Figma; ProtoPie for UX Design; Principle for UX Design
- UX Foundations: Research — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Research Methods: Interviewing — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Foundations: Usability Testing — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Foundations: Interaction Design — LinkedIn Learning
- Interaction Design for the Web — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Foundations: Prototyping — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Design: Analyzing User Data — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Design: Creating Personas — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Design: Ideation — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Design: Creating Scenarios and Storyboards — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Design: Paper Prototyping — LinkedIn Learning
- UX Design: Implementation Planning — LinkedIn Learning
- Empathy in UX Design — LinkedIn Learning
- Design Thinking: Understanding the Process — LinkedIn Learning
Design Systems, Interface Design & Prototyping
Training focused on scalable UI systems and production-ready interaction design workflows:
- Developing a Design System with Adobe XD — LinkedIn Learning
- Adobe XD: Building a Responsive Component Library — LinkedIn Learning
- Sketch for UX Design — LinkedIn Learning
- Sketch: Mobile Design Workflows — LinkedIn Learning
- InVision for UX Design — LinkedIn Learning
- Framer for UX Design — LinkedIn Learning
- Hands-On Mobile Prototyping for UX Designers — LinkedIn Learning
- Zeplin for UX Design — LinkedIn Learning
- Balsamiq Mockups for UX Design — LinkedIn Learning
Accessibility & Inclusive Design
Foundation in WCAG principles and accessibility-aware interface design:
- Introduction to Web Accessibility (WAI0.1x) — W3Cx / edX, Verified Certificate
Front-End, Implementation Awareness & Design Engineering
Bridging UX design with implementation constraints and developer collaboration:
- HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for Web Developers — Johns Hopkins University (Coursera)
- Learning Linux Command Line — LinkedIn Learning
- React for Web Designers — LinkedIn Learning
- Improve Your React Skills — LinkedIn Learning
- Explore React.js Development — LinkedIn Learning
- Angular: Building Large Applications — LinkedIn Learning
- Angular: Ecosystems — LinkedIn Learning
- Learn AngularJS 1.X — Codecademy
Cloud, Systems Thinking & Technical Architecture Foundations
Supporting work on complex digital platforms and enterprise-scale environments:
- AWS Essential Training for Developers — LinkedIn Learning
- Amazon Web Services for Architects Essential Training — LinkedIn Learning
- System Design in Cloud — LinkedIn Learning
- Understanding the Value of Cloud-Native Architecture — LinkedIn Learning
- Cloud Architecture: Design Decisions — LinkedIn Learning
- Learning Cloud Computing: Core Concepts — LinkedIn Learning
low-Code / Rapid Prototyping & Design Delivery
- Webflow 101 — Webflow University
- Web Animations with After Effects & Lottie — Webflow University
NN/g’s Certified
UX Management Specialty
An advanced, specialty program delivered by the Nielsen Norman Group — one of the most respected UX authorities worldwide.
The certification includes deep-dive courses covering: UX strategy, user research, information architecture, prototyping, team processes, and the practical application of UX principles inside complex organizations.
NN/g instructors and authors have published some of the most influential, widely-cited works in the UX field.
Courses in the specialty:
Being a UX Leader: Essential Skill for An UX Practitioner
UX Roadmaps
Managing User Experience Strategy
UX Deliverables
Facilitating UX Workshops
Online Education
Over the years I’ve completed over a hundred of courses across UX design, UI design, Angular, JavaScript, design systems, research, and product thinking.
Tools evolve — but the foundations I learned continue to shape how I design today: with structure, clarity, and a strong understanding of both user behaviour and system logic.
Learning Paths
Advance Your Skills in UX Design
Completed 1/12/2020
Overview
Today’s UX work blends design with strategic thinking. This path sharpened my technical and visual skills, while reinforcing user-centred practices across devices and platforms.
Courses:
Sketch for UX Design
By Shauna Bybee; Completed 1/12/2020
InVision for UX Design
By Shauna Bybee; Completed 1/12/2020
Creating a Design System with Adobe XD
By Shauna Bybee; Completed 1/12/2020
Illustrator for UX Design
By Brian Wood; Completed 1/12/2020
Building and Maintaining Your UX Design Portfolio
By Diane Cronenwett; Completed 1/12/2020
Sketch: Mobile Design Workflows
By Diane Cronenwett; Completed 1/12/2020
Become an Interaction Designer
Completed 11/01/2020
Overview
Interaction design is about how things feel when used. This path explored transitions, behaviours, and user flow in web and mobile environments.
Courses:
Interaction Design for the Web
By Chris Nodder; Completed 3/10/2019
UX Foundations: Interaction Design
By David Hogue; Completed 1/11/2020
UX Foundations: Research
By Amanda Stockwell; Completed 31/10/2020
UX Foundations: Usability Testing
By Chris Nodder; Completed 1/11/2020
Improve Your UX Design Skills
Completed 01/10/2020
Overview
A practical series that helped deepen foundational UX knowledge — especially around prototyping, usability, and research.
Courses:
UX Foundations: Prototyping
By Diane Cronenwett; Completed 25/2/2019
UX Foundations: Interaction Design
By David Hogue; Completed 11/1/2020
UX Foundations: Research
By Amanda Stockwell; Completed 31/10/2020
UX Foundations: Usability Testing
By Chris Nodder; Completed 11/1/2020
Become a User Experience Designer
Completed 11/01/2020
Overview
This in-depth path covered the full UX cycle — from research and wireframes to storytelling and implementation. It laid the groundwork for everything I build today.
Courses:
Planning a Career in UX
By Cory Lebson; Completed 20/02/2019
UX Design: 1 Overview
By Chris Nodder; Completed 23/02/2019
UX Design: 2 Analyzing User Data
By Chris Nodder; Completed 25/02/2019
UX Design: 3 Creating Personas
By Chris Nodder; Completed 25/02/2019
UX Design: 4 Ideation
By Chris Nodder; Completed 26/02/2019
UX Design: 5 Creating Scenarios and Storyboards
By Chris Nodder; Completed 25/02/2019
UX Design: 6 Paper Prototyping
By Chris Nodder; Completed 26/02/2019
UX Design: 7 Implementation Planning
By Chris Nodder; Completed 26/02/2019
Sketching for UX Designers
By Matt Corrall
UX Foundations: Interaction Design
By David Hogue; Completed 01/11/2020
Additional Platforms & Self-Directed Learning
I regularly expand my skills through courses and resources available on:
Codecademy · SoloLearn · Awwwards Academy · Google Digital Garage · Alison · edX
These were primarily focused on:
design systems, front-end performance, animation, typography, interaction design, and emerging UX practices.
Learning as an Ongoing Practice
Digital design evolves rapidly.
For me, continued learning isn’t an add-on — it’s part of the work. I routinely deepen my knowledge in areas that blend design, strategy and engineering.
This section will be updated with additional courses and certifications as I continue expanding my expertise.
