Digital User Experience Degree Apprentice Review

A digital user experience degree apprentice. Day-to-day work depends on the rotation (which included user research, content design, product design and service design). I usually attend stand-up meetings, participate in workshops related to the rotation, work on design projects in my squad and have a study day.

Yes. In personal development, I am able to practice my presentation skills at the end of my rotations projects, and communication skills on the job, in networking and work events. I also engage in collaboration in projects and squad work. Technical skills I have learnt include: product design (being able touse the Figma software), writing content, facilitating and notetaking for user research and service design.

I enjoy it to a great extent- I am able to develop my technical and soft skills and can expand my comfort zone at my pace. The culture at my workplace is very accommodating aswell.

It is well organised- at work we have a rotation structure and in uni we work in sprints.

I get weekly 1:1 meetings with my manager to talk about my progress and am able to easily ask them for help. My manager also provides feedback on my uni work.

My training provider gives a lot of avenues for support in uni work- such as the tutors, study skills team, library team etc

Learning the theory allows me to practice it at work and understand the different aspects of the design process in depth

I attend networking events at work and univeristy.

Yes

The course is very engaging and the work culture is accommodating.

Make sure you do your research on the company, and be enthusiastic