Designers trained by designers

Designers trained by designers, now more than ever.

More than a community, we support your growth, we value your past knowledge and we shape your future with the help of mentors and the right programs for your UX career.

No application. No fee. Just an intro in #introductions.

Feedback beats followers.

Most design "communities" are an audience: you post, you wait, you get likes. Ours works like a studio — share a rough flow at 10am, get it kindly torn apart by noon, ship version two better. That loop is why we're called IterateUX.

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#design-critique

Post work in progress, get specific feedback from peers and senior designers. Rough drafts welcome — that's the point.

#portfolio-review

Real talk about the market, openings shared by members, and expert eyes on your portfolio before you hit "apply."

#ai-ux-design-challenge

The home channel for our flagship challenge: prompts, team chatter, and direct access to mentors.

#events

First access to whiteboard challenges, speaker sessions, and program sign-ups. Seats are limited and go fast.

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Our journey so far

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Flagship Program

Design the future of AI-powered experiences.

An 8-week, mentor-guided challenge where you work in a team on realistic AI product scenarios — human-AI interaction, trust, explainability, ethical design — and finish with a portfolio-ready UX + AI case study.

8 weeksRemoteTeam-based Mentor-guided10–12 hrs/week$200 USD No AI experience required
Week 1

Kickoff, Foundations & Problem Alignment

Form your team and anchor your project in a meaningful problem space.

Defined problem statementTeam working agreementInitial project hypotheses
Week 2

Research & AI Risk Mapping

Understand user needs and the ethical boundaries of your AI solution.

Research insights summaryUser pain point mapAI trust & safety guidelines
Week 3

AI Opportunity & Framing

Identify exactly where AI adds value to the user journey.

AI Opportunity MapBehavior-focused personasHigh-level solution direction
Week 4

Concept & Interaction Flow

Translate your strategy into a tangible end-to-end user experience.

User scenario diagramsEnd-to-end interaction flowsLow-fidelity wireframes
Week 5

Mid-Fi Design & AI Communication Patterns

Translate your flows into mid-fidelity screens and define how your product communicates AI behavior, trust, and confidence to users.

Mid-fi prototypeAI communication patternsTrust & transparency guidelines
Week 6

Usability Testing & Iteration

Test your mid-fi prototype with real users, synthesize feedback, and iterate before moving to high fidelity.

Usability test planTesting insights summaryIterated flows
Week 7

High-Fidelity Design & Edge Cases

Polish your solution into a high-fidelity, believable AI product — covering edge cases and failure states in detail.

High-fidelity prototypeEdge case & failure state designsVisual design polish
Week 8

Storytelling & Final Showcase

Package your process into a professional case study and present to the community.

Portfolio-ready case studyProfessional presentation deckCertificate of completion

A hiring manager's eyes on your portfolio — before the interview.

The Portfolio Review Sprint is a free, 2-week program of structured 1:1 reviews run by expert mentors with 4+ years in UX and product design.

  • Week 1: a real hiring-style review of 1–2 case studies — storytelling, UX decision-making, business impact, visual hierarchy.
  • Then you iterate on the feedback.
  • Week 2: a final 1:1 to validate improvements and get interview-ready guidance.
Apply for the next sprint
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5–6 hrs
total commitment, over two weeks

Bring a portfolio with 3+ case studies. You'll be matched with a mentor whose experience aligns with your target roles — so the feedback is relevant, specific, and free.

Show up. Level up. Repeat.

Free, live sessions on Discord and Zoom — weekly and monthly. Pick a format, bring questions, leave with something you can use.

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Speaker Sessions

UX leaders and working designers on hiring, research, AI in design, and what actually happens inside product teams. Q&A isn't an afterthought — it's half the session.

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Whiteboard Challenges

Form a team, get a prompt, solve it live — monthly. Join as a participant when you're ready, or observe your first one. Cameras optional.

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Community Showcases

Watch challenge teams present finished case studies and see how mentors give feedback — before you build your own.

Don't take our word for it.

From designers who finished the challenge.

It will take you through the whole design process in 6 weeks and give you some practical experience without promising you the world. You might make some valuable friends and contacts.

Alan Biggs
Product Designer / UX Strategist

The challenge provided a fantastic opportunity to meet new people and collaborate with a team of motivated designers dedicated to problem-solving.

Lana DeGuzman
UX Designer

Three steps, two minutes.

That's the whole onboarding.

1

Click the invite

discord.gg/iterateux — free, no application.

2

Say hi in #introductions

Where you are in your design journey is enough.

3

Pick one thing & show up

An event, the challenge waitlist, or a portfolio sprint. The first iteration is the hardest — this one takes a click.

First version, feedback, second version.
Start yours here.

IterateUX is a non-profit run by designers, for designers. The events, the critiques, the mentors, the portfolio reviews — free. The only other cost is showing up.