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Regular course price: US $1600
Combining self-paced learning with personal feedback from experts
As you work through the self-paced course, you'll receive personal feedback from our expert grading team.
It's the best of both worlds.
Cara Lam,
Content Designer,
Instagram
Jenny Cowan,
Lead UX Writer,
Later
Jarrod Armour,
Content Designer, Meta
Olivea McCollins,
Content Designer,
Microsoft
Sammie Spector
Sr. Content Designer,
Vogue
Kevin Bui,
Sr. Content Designer,
Atlassian
Everything you need to succeed
With lessons written by experts, challenging practice assignments, and a portfolio-worthy Figma final project, the Fundamentals of UX Writing is the perfect way to ensure your skills are solid—and certified.
A thorough explanation of UX writing
Our Advisory Group of outstanding content design leaders reviewed and vetted the scope of subjects in our courses. Hiring managers know our Certified UX Writers are equipped to join a design or product team and get the job done.
Voice and tone development
Learn how to make the right choices to support your company's unique audience. Align with brand voice, develop styles, and articulate the "why" behind your content decisions.
Right content, right time
UX writing demands empathy and a deep understanding of user goals and needs. Develop your user-centered writing muscles to deliver what your audience requires in the moment.
Best practices: localization & accessibility
Just need the basic rules on how to write for translation and localization? We cover those and more. Learn to write content that meets many accessibility best practices—or take our skills courses and become a pro.
Guidance for UI components, microcopy
Learn how to write for common components like lists, dialogs, alerts, error messages, onboarding, and forms. Analyze your UI to assess the need for microcopy, tooltips, and other info paths.
Get the inside scoop on team roles
Companies come in all flavors and sizes, but team dynamics and roles are largely predictable. Understand how to represent content design to other internal teams, how to defend your work, and how to deliver outputs like audits, copy docs, and light content test results.
A capstone final project in Figma
We're a verified education provider with Figma. You'll leave our course with hands-on experience using Figma to design app content, collaborate with designers on wireframes, and make decisions across task flows to meet your users' needs.
Our students get hired & promoted
"I don't think I could have the job I have now without having taken the course. For me, that's the biggest testament."
"I was a truck driver with writing skills. Now I work for Amazon as a full-time Content Designer. It's fantastic."
Nicholas Harris
Amazon Content Designer & UXCC Certified Writer
Save up to 25% for teams
"Our product team made a content update using the ideas from the UX Writing Fundamentals course.
We've since seen a 20% increase in conversions."
Sam DeReign
Lead UX Content Strategist
Course Hero
Course authors
The UX Content Collective was the first company to offer training in UX writing and content design. All of our founders and instructors are senior user experience designers with excellent reputations.
Why choose UX Content Collective?
We are the global leader in UX writing and UX content design training for thousands of individual students and hundreds of teams. Our courses were created by content designers, for content designers. Our founders offer over 60 years of combined experience at Google, Intuit, and Amazon.
| Feature | UX Content Collective | Content Design London | School of Visual Concepts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded by content designers | YES | Yes | No |
| Certification vetted by experts | YES | Yes | Yes |
| Expert instructors | YES | Yes | Yes |
| Figma instruction | YES | No | Yes |
| Self-paced, flexible learning | YES | No | No |
| Community support | YES | No | Yes |
| Capstone portfolio projects | YES | No | Yes |
| Fortune 500 teams trained | YES | No | No |
| Equity scholarships | YES | No | No |
| Advanced courses offered | YES, 8 courses | Yes, 1 course | Yes, 10 courses |
| Total cost with certification | $1600 | £2395+VAT | $7685 |
| Time to complete | 2-6 months | 3 months | 11 months |
Frequently asked questions
Time estimates fall around 20-40 hours of study and practice work for this course depending on your speed. There are 7 units in the UX Writing Fundamentals course. Each unit is broken down into a series of 4-6 lessons with practice quizzes and reviews along the way. To be certified, you must receive a passing score on a challenging UX Writing final project and a final exam.
This course is designed to fit around your schedule; lessons are available on-demand at any time. There is no live instruction, so you’re free to study whenever you have time.
By the end of the course, you’ll have designed your first UX Writing samples to include in your writing portfolio.
You do need to have some knowledge of user experience design and methods.
- Fluent English writing proficiency
- Some familiarity with UX terms and methods
- Self-motivated and able to learn by reading and writing
- A Google account for sharing with instructors
- A quiet space and a love for great communication
- A computer with an updated Chrome browser
- A broadband internet connection
This course is currently offered only in English. For students to be certified, the ability to write and read in fluent English is required. If English is not your primary language, please take this free test before signing up for the course to assess your English-proficiency level. If your score is at C1 or above, you’re ready to take the course. If you score below C1, it’s unlikely that we’ll be able to certify you. Thanks for your understanding.
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