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This advanced course targets mid-to-senior UX designers and product leaders moving from "doer" to "steward" of AI systems. Built around Jason's own 5Ds process and "Vibe Design" framework, it teaches writing feeling briefs, running formal Trust Audits (Safety, Efficacy, Accountability, Transparency, Agency), and designing AI's role and guardrails rather than just its output. It's explicitly technology-agnostic, aiming to hold up regardless of which specific AI tools shift next quarter, and includes live sessions, async work, and a portfolio-ready prototype.

• Online Course
• English

Product Design Portfolio Lab is an intensive, execution-focused workshop for designers with real professional work experience who need to rebuild their portfolio into an interview magnet. Over 2 weeks, it covers 5 core portfolio principles, a 3-step recruiter journey framework, crafting a standout homepage and case studies, and launching a live, SEO-optimized portfolio site (using Framer or vibe coding), backed by live workshops, personalized feedback from Aliena's team, and peer review.

• Online Course
• English

This course teaches designers and product professionals how to connect UX work to measurable business outcomes using KPI trees, UX scorecards, and established metrics like NPS, CLV, churn, and SUS. It covers design impact strategy, business and UX metrics, prioritization frameworks (gap analysis, impact/effort curves), and real-world case studies across B2C, B2B, and enterprise companies. It includes 12 live sessions, video recordings, templates, hands-on project work applied to your own product, and a certificate of completion.

• Online Course
• English
• 2 programs

The Figma Crash Course is a 4-day live Maven course from Google designer Erin Essex, covering everything from Figma's interface and shortcuts to prototyping, visual design fundamentals, and building reusable design systems. Students complete a final high-fidelity UX flow project, get guided feedback, and learn to collaborate in FigJam. The course wraps with a session on AI in design and project presentations, and includes lifetime access to recordings plus a private, ongoing Figma video library.

• Online Course
• English

Video Production & Editing 101 teaches business owners, entrepreneurs, marketers, and content creators to shoot and edit professional-looking video entirely from their phone, no expensive gear required. Across 4 live sessions, it covers visual storytelling fundamentals, camera setup and framing, location scouting with personalized feedback, core technical skills (sound, lighting, camera settings), and editing basics across common platforms. It's explicitly not aimed at chasing viral trends, focusing instead on authentic content for a business or personal brand.

• Online Course
• English

This course teaches practitioners to move from idea-driven to customer-progress-driven thinking by comparing and applying the three leading JTBD frameworks side by side: Ulwick's Outcome-Driven Innovation, Kalbach's JTBD Canvas 2.0, and Boehme's Wheel of Progress®. It covers seven real-world use cases across growth, product differentiation, experience design, and retention, including hands-on ChatGPT exercises for applying the frameworks. Students leave with a personalized, decision-ready JTBD workflow built around their own use case.

• Online Course
• English
• 2 programs

Elevate with Studio is a hands-on cohort for Wix designers ready to move from basic builds to professional, high-end Wix Studio websites and to raise their prices accordingly. Taught by two agency founders who've grown their own project pricing from $350 to $10,000, it covers web design principles, project setup, and a full phased website build (from Figma design to responsive, animated Wix Studio site). It includes weekly live Friday sessions, 30+ video lessons, and hands-on weekly projects.

• Online Course
• English

This Maven course from moonlearning founder Christine Vallaure takes designers from proper Figma foundations, components, variables, auto layout, and naming, through to agentic AI readiness, demystifying MCP and Claude for non-technical designers in its final week. Students build a complete, responsive website in Figma with reusable components and styles, then build a lightweight AI agent using Claude Cowork that pulls directly from their own course project. Live sessions are optional and recorded, and the course includes a free Figma Education Pro plan for its duration.

• Online Course
• English
• 5 programs

Next-Level Web Design teaches professional web design fundamentals, typography, color, and layout. While walking students through building a fully designed, portfolio-ready landing page (desktop and mobile) in Figma using the same methods as top-tier agencies. It includes behind-the-scenes breakdowns of real, five- and six-figure client projects, weekly live sessions and office hours, and hands-on design exercises like creative briefs, wireframes, and stylescapes. It's aimed at producing tangible portfolio pieces usable for job applications or client work.

• Online Course
• English

This course teaches designers to fix common AI UX failures verbose, unreliable, generic AI responses and confusing "ping-pong" prompt loops through concrete design patterns rather than theory. It covers context engineering, agentic AI guardrails, building trust and confidence in AI outputs, prioritizing impactful AI features, and setting up AI-friendly design systems. It includes 12 live sessions, hundreds of real-life case study examples, hands-on tasks, video recordings, templates, and a certificate of completion.

• Online Course
• English
• 2 programs

This Maven course from product designer Nima Tahami takes students from wireframe to a portfolio-ready app design, covering design systems, components, auto-layout, variables, responsive design, and AI-assisted workflows inside and outside Figma. Over 6 weeks with 6 live Zoom sessions and 126 lessons, students build a complete mobile and web app design, get direct feedback from Nima in their own Figma files, and join a community of fellow designers, plus up to 6 months of Figma Professional features included as part of the course.

• Online Course
• English

This is an application-based, executive-level course specifically for Senior Directors, VPs, SVPs, and CDOs, focused on positioning design as a strategic business driver rather than a service function. It covers connecting design decisions to measurable business outcomes, building C-suite influence and cross-functional alliances, designing scalable operating models, and navigating AI's impact on design leadership roles. It includes 7 live sessions, 2 personalized office hours with Rachel Kobetz, and a free companion resource on executive influence.

• Online Course
• English

CATNA Protocol is built for video editors who want to turn editing skills into a stronger personal brand and client acquisition system. The Skool page includes editing courses, personal branding training, client-getting methods, coaching call recordings, presets, plugins, project files, job posts, viral editing breakdowns, and a private creative community. It appears more like a membership than a one-time course.

• Coaching
• English

This is a comprehensive, multi-instructor course teaching the "Make It Toolkit", a behavioral design framework drawing on hundreds of books and research insights. It spans behavioral biases and motivation science, the Five Laws of Human Behavior, gamification and engagement psychology, attention/acquisition design, and habit-formation and retention systems. It includes both Level 1 and Level 2 (UX specialization) content, with 16 live sessions, hands-on individual and group exercises, real-world case studies, and a certificate of completion.

• Online Course
• English
• 2 programs

Advanced UI Design is an 8-week cohort course from Button School founder Nevan Scott, built for experienced designers rather than beginners. Small groups of 6 to 8 students work through three "vision" frameworks, covering visual polish, underlying structure, and adaptive flow across time and users, then apply them in a portfolio-ready capstone project. The course combines async content, live structured critique sessions, hands-on weekly exercises, and direct challenge from Nevan on design decisions, with roughly 10 hours per week expected.

• Online Course
• English

This Maven course from Baseline Design's Katie Meza is built specifically for brand and marketing designers transitioning from Adobe tools to Figma, rather than complete beginners. Over about a week, students learn Figma's file structure, auto layout, component systems, and speed techniques, then apply them to build and publish a real, reusable brand style guide. It includes on-demand recordings, live office hours, a private community of brand creatives, and a certificate of completion, with optional team pricing and private cohorts available.

• Online Course
• English

MXDAI is built for experienced designers feeling AI shift the ground under their work, those who can generate a UI quickly with tools like Claude or Lovable but struggle to make it on-brand, trustworthy, and strategically defensible. It covers technical AI foundations, framing AI use cases for stakeholder influence, understanding user mental models and trust, system-level AI interaction design, and prototyping working AI without code, culminating in a portfolio-ready capstone project.

• Online Course
• English

This course goes beyond typical "sticky notes and touchpoints" journey mapping, teaching a research-grounded approach that incorporates backward journey mapping (historical context), current and future-state maps, and AI-aware service transformation planning. It covers synthesizing real user research into journey maps, building "3D insights" across three strategic map types, and facilitating maps as interactive stakeholder workshops. It includes 8 live sessions, templates, facilitation tips, portfolio artifacts, and an unusually extensive FAQ section addressing common objections.

• Online Course
• English

This course teaches product and technical leaders to scope, build, pitch, and launch GenAI products using practical frameworks: build vs. buy decisions, MVP scoping, risk and compliance evaluation, and stakeholder buy-in strategies. Through hands-on exercises, pitch simulations, and a real case study (GenAI Document Extraction), it covers the full lifecycle from prototyping through evaluation, improvement, and launch, explicitly positioned as applied strategy and execution rather than a general AI introduction.

• Online Course
• English

The CLO3D System is built around Wilhelm's actual professional workflow, described as showing the real process behind his client projects, not just polished final results. Members get a step-by-step video course, weekly live coaching and Q&A calls, a template and resource vault, CLO3D-specific tutorials, and his personal blueprint for monetizing the skill. It's positioned as an alternative to piecing together scattered, lower-quality free tutorials elsewhere online.

• Membership
• English

Build A Brand Society is framed around developing both personal brand and leadership skills for entrepreneurs, professionals, and aspiring leaders, offering brand-building training, leadership lessons, live coaching with Stormy, content strategy guidance, and mindset development. Notably, this community itself carries a clear disclaimer stating outcomes aren't guaranteed and depend on individual effort, a more cautious framing than some of Stormy's other network marketing-focused messaging elsewhere.

• Membership
• English

Product Photography School is a new, budget-friendly membership teaching beginners how to shoot bright, crisp product photos without expensive gear. It includes beginner courses (noted as still being built out), live classes every Monday with direct Q&A and photo feedback from Ursula, and a private community for peer support. It's explicitly positioned around accessibility, using simple setups and basic cameras or phones rather than professional equipment.

• Membership
• English

The Photo Project is a monthly membership built around getting your phone, cloud, and old hard drives of photos into one safe, organized system. Instead of pre-recorded modules, members get weekly live sessions with Megan, co-working time to actually do the work, and a community of 1,200+ women tackling the same backlog together.

• Membership
• English

Polished is a private Skool community built for business owners who want a sharper, more intentional brand but don't have time to DIY it themselves in tools like Canva. For $27/month, members get a full brand blueprint, curated stock photos and videos, social media templates, launch planning support, custom AI bot builds, AI-generated web design templates, and training on Canva, Claude, and ChatGPT. It's positioned as a low-cost, done-with-you alternative to hiring a full branding agency.

• Membership
• English

CityPro isn't a teaching program, it's a marketplace connecting surfers with local surf videographers and photographers so they can get professional footage of their sessions and use it to self-analyze their technique. Surfers browse portfolios, ratings, and reviews before booking directly through the app, receive pro-level footage, and can review it to track progress over time. It also gives videographers and photographers a way to find consistent bookings and build a surf-focused business.

• Course
• English

3D Printing Skool is built for beginners who want to move from downloading other people's STL files to designing and selling their own. The core offer is a 14-day design challenge meant to take someone from zero CAD experience to a confident designer, backed by a 3D Printing Basics course, a "Slicer Secrets" course for print quality, over 100 ready-to-print STL files with commercial rights, and ongoing support inside a private community.

• Membership
• English

Creative Secrets is Bianca Pintan's membership community for ceramic artists and makers wanting to grow their craft, brand, and creative confidence. It bundles nine courses covering ceramics techniques, colour, content creation, photography, and business, alongside weekly live coaching calls and personal feedback from Bianca. The community promises a 90-day transformation with a money-back guarantee, positioning itself as an all-in-one space for artists ready to deepen their practice.

• Membership
• English

The Editor's Club is built for editors who want both the technical skill and the business side of freelance editing. Members get full Premiere Pro and After Effects courses, direct feedback on their own edits, weekly live Q&A calls with Vlad, and access to his custom tools, presets, and project files from real client work. A large part of the pitch is his client acquisition system, aimed at helping members land their first paid editing clients rather than just improving technically.

• Membership
• English
• 8 programs

Di-Maccio Art Academy is a free Skool community for people who want to learn serious drawing fundamentals instead of trend-driven modern art shortcuts. Members receive access to The Ultimate Beginner’s Drawing Course, monthly group Q&A calls with Gérard, daily art tips, a private artist community, accountability support, and monthly leaderboards with prizes. The focus is traditional technique, beginner growth, and disciplined practice.

• Membership
• English

The "Complete Guide To : AI Animation & Motion Graphics Bootcamp" by The Knowledge Hub offers a comprehensive, practical deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence in motion design. This course is specially tailored for motion designers, digital artists, video editors, and content creators who want to stay ahead of the curve by integrating cutting-edge generative AI tools into their creative pipelines. Throughout the curriculum, learners explore powerful next-generation platforms including Kling AI, Hallo AI, Luma Labs, and Nanobanana workflows. The bootcamp demystifies the process of generating high-quality assets, starting from writing advanced text prompts to rendering highly polished 3D title animations and complex motion sequences. Students will learn the mechanics of translating creative concepts into stunning AI-generated videos, mastering control over style, motion consistency, and temporal coherence. Designed for creators of all levels, this 2.5-hour program bridges the gap between traditional motion graphics and modern AI-driven automation. By the end of this course, students will be equipped with actionable workflows that drastically reduce production times, allowing them to deliver premium-quality animation sequences for social media, commercial projects, or personal portfolios.

• Online Course
• English
• 4 programs

Designed for aspiring motion designers, video editors, and digital content creators, this practical masterclass by Shahriar Hosseini guides you step-by-step through the process of building professional lower thirds and title animations in Adobe After Effects CC. Throughout this project-based course, learners explore essential motion graphic techniques, moving well past basic keyframes into highly advanced concepts like keyframe interpolation, time remapping, and custom text animators. By building customizable templates from scratch, you will learn how to produce clean, modern motion designs that significantly elevate video productions or serve as highly lucrative assets on global digital marketplaces. Whether you want to avoid expensive stock templates by crafting your own unique branded assets or wish to establish a brand-new freelance revenue stream, this course provides all the required project files for immediate, hands-on practice. It is perfect for creators of all experience levels who want to gain confidence in After Effects, master kinetic typography, and streamline their post-production workflow.

• Online Course
• English
• 4 programs

Unlock the secrets of fluid motion graphics with this specialized guide to shape morphing in Adobe After Effects, designed by renowned motion designer Andrew Pach. This course bridges the gap between static design and dynamic, organic animation by focusing deeply on After Effects' shape layers and vector path operations. Ideal for intermediate motion designers and animators looking to expand their visual toolkit, the curriculum guides you through the complex mechanics of morphing one object seamlessly into another. You will start by mastering shape layers, learning how to create, edit, keyframe, and manipulate vector paths directly inside After Effects. Additionally, the course teaches you efficient workflows to transfer assets smoothly between Adobe Illustrator and After Effects, saving you countless hours of repetitive work. Through hands-on exercises, you'll discover how to control path interpolation, establish smooth transitions, and design eye-catching morphing effects that elevate your motion graphics projects to professional standards. By the end of this 2.5-hour journey, you will possess the specialized technical skills needed to produce captivating vector animations that stand out in any digital portfolio.

• Online Course
• English
• 5 programs

In the highly competitive digital product landscape, static design mockups are no longer sufficient to fully convey user experience design intent. This comprehensive course, Adobe After Effects for UI/UX Designers created by motion design specialist Cameron Perry, is engineered specifically to help digital product designers bridge the gap between static layouts and dynamic user experiences. Over the course of this highly focused instructional program, intermediate learners will discover how to import assets seamlessly from modern design tools like Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD into After Effects. You will dive deep into keyframe animation, easing curves, and micro-interactions that make interfaces feel highly intuitive and responsive. Cameron guides you through the process of animating common UI elements, including button states, navigation transitions, dropdown menus, and complex multi-screen onboarding flows. By understanding the core principles of motion graphics as they apply directly to usability, you will not only create beautiful portfolio pieces but also learn how to communicate your motion specifications clearly to front-end developers. Elevate your design career, command higher rates, and bring your interactive digital interfaces to life with professional-grade motion design skills.

• Online Course
• English