Future Skills

AI UX Design: design for the AI era.

8 weeks, live, in a cohort of max 15. For working UX, UI, and product designers who want to design AI-powered products, use AI in their workflow, and evaluate AI experiences with confidence.

Designing AI-powered products AI tools in the UX workflow Evaluating AI experiences

Only 15 of 15 places remain for Cohort 1.

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Cohort 1 starts 5 September 2026 — limited places available.

Taught by Ben Sauer — industry practitioners, not academics.

Duration

8 weeks

Deposit

£99 (refundable)

Full price

£1,500

Cohort 1

5 Sep 2026

Cohort size

Max 15

Schedule

Wed 6-8:30pm UK

Why UX Academy

AI skills that
actually ship.

15

Max 15 students

Senior critique on your AI design work every week from a named practitioner — not a forum thread or a Discord channel.

Live

Live every week

Work through AI interaction patterns, trust and control problems, and real evaluation challenges in real time with your cohort on Zoom.

AI

AI end-to-end

Eight weeks of dedicated AI design: models, design patterns, evaluation, and responsible practice.

Real

Capstone project

Take a real AI product brief from problem to portfolio-ready case study. Leave with evidence you ship AI products, not just describe them.

Is this right for you?

Built for designers ready to design AI.

This course is for you if…
  • You have at least 1 year of UX, UI, or product design experience
  • You want to design AI-powered products, not just read about them
  • You are working on (or want to work on) products with AI features
  • You can commit 5 to 6 hours per week for 8 weeks
  • You want live feedback from a practitioner, not pre-recorded video
This course is NOT for you if…
  • You are new to design (try the Beginner UX Design course first)
  • You want to learn how to build or train AI models
  • You want a self-paced, no-commitment video library
  • You are looking for a general AI tool tutorial, not a design course

No design experience yet? Start with Beginner UX Design →

What you will learn

8 weeks. 8 outcomes.

Tap any week to see what you will cover.

Week 1Foundations of AI for Designers

Understand how AI systems work at the level a designer needs: what models can and cannot do, how they fail, and why that changes the design problem.

Mental models for AIAI capability mapping
Week 2AI in the UX Workflow

Use AI to accelerate synthesis, generate and stress-test ideas, and iterate faster — without losing rigour.

AI-assisted synthesisPrompt-driven ideation
Week 3Designing Generative & Conversational Interfaces

The specific patterns for chat, voice, and generative UI: where they work, where they break, and how to handle the unpredictability of model outputs in your designs.

Conversational UI patternsGenerative interface patterns
Week 4Trust, Transparency & User Control

Design for explainability, uncertainty, and meaningful user control. Communicate AI confidence, handle errors gracefully, and keep users in control.

Explainability patternsError-state design
Week 5Prototyping with AI Tools

Build working prototypes faster using AI-assisted coding tools and vibe-coding workflows. Go from concept to testable artefact in a session, not a sprint.

Cursor / v0Rapid AI prototyping
Week 6Evaluating AI Experiences

Define what good looks like for an AI feature and measure it. Apply evaluation frameworks for quality, bias, hallucination risk, and user satisfaction in AI products.

AI evaluation frameworksUser testing for AI
Week 7AI Ethics, Safety & Responsible Design

Run bias audits, fairness checks, and privacy-by-design reviews. Know when — and how — to push back on unsafe product decisions.

Bias & fairness auditingResponsible AI checklists
Week 8Capstone: AI Product Project & Portfolio

Complete a capstone AI product project from brief to validated design. Leave with a case study that shows hiring teams you can ship real AI products.

Capstone projectPortfolio case study

Week 8 is your capstone AI product project on a real brief. See real client projects we have delivered →

Your instructor

Taught by practitioners.

Ben Sauer

Ben Sauer

Author, Speaker, Leader, Advisor

Ben is a former Product Director at Babylon Health, where he led teams of designers, clinicians, data scientists, and engineers on AI-based products worth $100m+. He has trained teams in Voice Design internationally for O’Reilly, including NASA, and advises organisations globally on digital product strategy.

Babylon HealthNASAO'ReillyAI productsVoice design
What comes after

AI skills pay.

£55k to £75k

UX / Product Designer (AI products)

Mid-level

£75k to £100k

Senior Product Designer (AI)

Senior

£100k+

Lead / Principal (AI product design)

Lead

Indicative UK salary ranges based on publicly listed roles. Individual outcomes vary by company, location, and experience. UX designer salaries in the UK →

Where our graduates work

Our graduates now work at great companies.

Our graduates have gone on to roles at companies across tech, finance, healthcare, government, and beyond.

AiimiAirbnbBabylon HealthBarclaysBBH LondonBecaveBluepassCazooCitiCloudCallCodex GlobalEDP Renewables+30 more

Price-match guarantee

Find a comparable live UX course for less?
We’ll match it.

From £1,500 for the foundation, or £3,000 for the full stackable programme (including real start-up work experience) — vs £9,000 at General Assembly. Same live instruction and named instructors. See the full UK comparison.

Live UX coursePrice
UX Academyfrom £1,500
BrainStationNot published
UX Design Institute~€2,995
General Assembly£9,000

London courses, verified June 2026. Price-match applies to comparable live, multi-week, mentored UX courses.

Secure your place

£99

Refundable within 14 days of booking — zero risk to hold your place.

Balance of £1,401 payable by invoice before the course starts. Interest-free payment plans available on request. Total course fee: £1,500.

  • 8 weeks of live instruction on Zoom
  • Designing AI products: generative, conversational, and more
  • AI tools in your workflow: synthesis, ideation, prototyping
  • AI evaluation: quality, bias, and user satisfaction
  • Max 15 students per cohort
  • Direct Slack access to your instructor
  • Certificate in AI UX Design on graduation
  • Interest-free payment plans available

No-risk guarantee

  • £99 deposit is refundable within 14 days of booking
  • Price-match guarantee — find it cheaper at a comparable live school and we will match it
  • Questions? Email us and we will respond within one business day

Cohort 1 starts 5 September 2026 — limited places available.

Need a payment plan? — Get in touch

Refundable within 14 days of booking. 30% scholarship available.

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