Level Up

Good designers learn.
Great designers unlearn.

Advanced UX Design course — level up track

For practising UX/UI designers with 3+ years experience who feel like they are repeating themselves. 6 weeks to move from execution to influence.

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Taught by Jonathan Hill & Nora Goerne — industry practitioners, not academics.

Duration

6 weeks

Deposit

£99 (refundable)

Full price

£1,500

Cohort 1

5 Sep 2026

Cohort size

Max 15

Schedule

Wed 6-8:30pm UK

The shift this course makes

Executes on briefs
Shapes what gets built
Works alone on screens
Collaborates across functions
Defends design instincts
Justifies with evidence
Waits to be asked
Initiates design direction
Delivers to spec
Challenges the spec

With 3 years of UX design experience, the course was a great way of consolidating knowledge and putting theory into practice. Much more industry-oriented than university — we worked on a project from start to finish, building every part to create a strong portfolio piece.

Sabrina MorellatoUX/UI DesignerSenior UX Designer
Is this right for you?

For designers who have hit a ceiling.

This course is for you if…
  • You have 3+ years of UX experience and want to operate at a senior level
  • You struggle to get stakeholder buy-in for design decisions
  • You want to move beyond executing briefs to shaping what gets built
  • You want to lead design crits, not just participate in them
  • You feel like you are repeating the same work without getting better
This course is NOT for you if…
  • You have fewer than 3 years of hands-on UX experience
  • You want a beginner-level introduction to UX design
  • You want self-paced with no fixed schedule

New to UX? Start with Beginner →
3+ years? Try UX Strategy →

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.

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Module breakdown, weekly schedule, and what experience level is required.

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The craft you will develop

Design that holds up to scrutiny.

Senior designers annotate their decisions. This course teaches you to document reasoning at the same level of rigour as the design itself.

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What you will learn

6 weeks. 6 shifts.

Tap any week to see what you will cover. Want it as a PDF? Get the brochure.

Week 1Stakeholder Communication

Frame design decisions in business terms and present to stakeholders who did not ask for your opinion. You work on a real client project from day one.

Stakeholder mgmt
Week 2Systems Thinking

Map component relationships and design for scale, not just the screen in front of you.

Systems mapping
Week 3Advanced Research Methods

Run diary studies, contextual inquiry, and triangulated synthesis to surface non-obvious insights, then distil them with structured synthesis exercises.

Diary studiesContextual inquiry
Week 4Design Ops & Critique

Lead design critiques, establish review rituals, and scale quality across a team. Learn to validate ideas with usability versus concept testing.

Design critsValidation
Week 5Fast Prototyping

Test risky assumptions in hours with high-fidelity Figma prototypes before committing to build. Use How-Might-We statements and advanced ideation to frame the problem.

FigmaHMW
Week 6Real Client Project

Bring every skill together on a live brief, present to the client, and produce a case study that demonstrates senior thinking.

Client projectPortfolio
Your instructor

Direct access. Every session.

Jonathan Hill

Jonathan Hill

Corporate UX Lead

Jonathan is Corporate UX Design Lead, leading his organisation’s design strategy. He specialises in influencing project teams to make user-centred decisions that serve both business and user goals. Previously a UX Researcher at the University of Vienna Applied Sciences, he is especially interested in the value of design and the scaling of design systems.

University of ViennaDesign systemsCorporate UX strategy
Nora Goerne

Nora Goerne

Inclusive CX Design Consultant & Trainer

Nora is a Senior UX professional with a background in Learning Experience Design and Cultural Studies. Inclusivity has become her guiding principle for human-centred experiences. A polyglot and advocate for accessible design, she currently works as an Inclusive CX Design Consultant & Trainer at Eleven Ways.

EdTechLearning Experience DesignUX ResearchAccessibility
Stratis Valachis

Stratis Valachis

Senior Manager - Product Design & Research (Head of function)

Stratis holds a leadership position in Product Design at Gousto, overseeing design across Menu, Acquisition, and Retention. He plays a pivotal role in shaping design strategy, ensuring quality, and maintaining commercial effectiveness. Prior experience includes Vogue and Aviva.

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Enrico Furfaro

Enrico Furfaro

Co-Founder, Growth Design

Enrico is a Product Designer focused on Interaction Design, User Research, and Strategy. With 7+ years designing digital products, he has collaborated with Apple, komoot, Sony Mobile, Yamaha, BMW, and Maersk. His work has been shortlisted for awards, published in academic journals, and presented at conferences across Europe.

ApplekomootSony MobileBMWMaersk
Jiri Jerabek

Jiri Jerabek

Product Design Director

Jiri has 12 years designing digital products with a focus on strategic design leadership. His history includes large-scale product work at Intuit, radical innovation at BBC R&D, and end-user products for the Telegraph, National Rail Enquiries, Freesat, Canon, and American Express.

IntuitBBC R&DNational RailAmerican Express
Graduate outcomes

Designers who levelled up.

The course has been absolutely fantastic. The teachers have been brilliant and very attentive. Definitely recommend for obtaining real life experience and developing a grounding in UX.
Samantha Burden

Samantha Burden

Product Designer (UX/UI), Bluepass

Market Research & Product Development SpecialistProduct Designer (UX/UI)

First role: 4 months after graduating

Before joining the Intermediate course, my user research toolkit was limited. Drafting explicit hypotheses, structuring effective ideation exercises, and synthesising findings are my key takeaways. Access to teachers who are also practitioners gave me the confidence anyone investing in a product design career needs.
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Vitor Kneipp

UX Strategist, Independent consultant

Product ManagerUX Strategist

22% conversion uplift on first client project

Vita Štefane

Vita Štefane

UX Designer

Marketing DesignerUX Designer

The salary jump

Mid-level UX: £40k–£65k

Senior UX: £65k–£90k

The gap between mid-level and senior is not more years of the same work. It is stakeholder influence, systems thinking, and the ability to lead design decisions rather than respond to them.

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.

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Secure your place

£99 fully refundable

Deposit to secure your place. Full course fee £1,500.

  • 6 weeks of live instruction
  • Real client project included
  • Max 15 students
  • Direct Slack access to your instructor
  • Certificate on graduation

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

Cohort 1 — 5 September 2026 · 15 places max

With 3 years of UX design experience, the course was a great way of consolidating knowledge and putting theory into practice. Much more industry-oriented than university — we worked on a project from start to finish, building every part to create a strong portfolio piece.

Sabrina Morellato - UX/UI Designer to Senior UX Designer

£99 fully refundable before the course starts — no questions asked.

Price-match guarantee on comparable live courses.

Questions? Email us. · 30% scholarship available.

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