Startup Design Accelerator

UX Woman•Philadelphia, PA

5d•Remote

About The Position

Every year, we sponsor 2 remote design accelerator apprentices from anywhere in the world to join us for 7 months, either in the fall or spring seasons or online. Our design apprentices work through the end-to-end digital design and research process for a startup idea of their choice. Apprentices take our program for free and receive 1:1 mentorship throughout the 7-month program. We are committed to helping women, immigrants, POC, and LGBTQ folks break into tech and build an idea they are passionate about!

Requirements

Interested in entrepreneurship, building a digital app, AI app, or digital startup idea
Willing to commit 5-10 hours of work per week to complete program deliverables
Willing to attend 2-3 hour weekend lectures to learn the end-to-end design process OR willing to complete online video course modules
Open to feedback from mentors and demonstrates a willingness to revise design work

Responsibilities

Build digital products and services 0-1
Lead end-to-end design process for a startup idea or topic of your choice
Lead product scoping and feature scoping, as well as entire project management
Identify target market for product and position product for launch success
Incorporate AI tools into your UX design process
Design AI features and products by considering AI specific design parameters and heuristics
Understand how AI works and advocate for ethical AI design that builds trust without over-reliance with users
Develop a business model for the product or service and demonstrate how the product/service will scale as the business model scales
Lead discovery research by managing user recruitment, creating research plans, writing interview guides, leading 8-16 discovery interviews, and synthesizing interview insights
Deliver a compelling UX design and business pitch for your startup idea, showcasing both qualitative and quantitative data to justify the problem space and the solution
Tell a compelling story about users by showcasing user types, personas, stakeholder maps, journey maps, process maps, service blueprints, ideation matrixes, sketches, wireframes, UX workflows, prototypes and other visual deliverables
Lead user testing of wireframes and prototypes to improve product/service usability and constantly iterate on your startup idea
Design a unique design system for your solution from scratch, creating components, a style guide, and branding for your solution
Analyze direct and indirect competitors to clearly articulate your solution’s differentiators and why your solution is innovative and more likely to succeed over competing options
Consult with startups to create a scope of work and fulfill UX research, UX design, product design and service design work based on your scope of work.