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Computing, technology and digital
User researchers collect, analyse and test data to design websites, software and applications based on user needs.
You can do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in:
You'll usually need 1 or 2 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a foundation degree or higher national diploma. You'll need 2 to 3 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a degree.
Volunteering
You can volunteer at user research sessions to get some experience. This will be useful, especially if you do not have a degree. You can also get involved in the online user experience (UX) community and find a mentor to help you.
You can apply directly to user research or digital design companies, or go through a specialist agency. To apply, you'll need experience in:
You could apply for a place on a user research or marketing company's graduate training scheme if you have a degree, for example in digital marketing or product design. It will be useful if you have experience of working in agile project development. It will also help if you have a portfolio to show examples of your work to employers.
You'll need:
On a daily basis you could:
With experience you could move into a management role and supervise a team of user researchers. You could also work on larger, more complicated projects as a head of user experience or research. You could become a business analyst, or product or service designer.
Pre-press operators work in the printing industry, getting artwork from a client and supplying the printing plates used on a press.
Indexers build up lists of searchable terms for things like books, magazines, reports, websites and photographic collections.
Web designers use their creative and technical skills to design new websites and redesign existing ones.
Computer games testers play computer games to check they work, and find and record problems or ‘bugs’.
Systems analysts look at a company's IT infrastructure and work out where to make improvements.
Social media managers communicate with organisations’ customers and clients through social media channels.
As a graduate, your three-year development programme will be made up of up to six placement rotations. Our aim is to equip you with the range of skills and experience you need for your successful career. We understand that everyones career and ambitions are different, so every graduates journey is unique.
The wealth of data which is generated by TfLs systems from Oyster card taps to train carriage temperatures should be intrinsically interesting to a Data Scientist, whose job it is to discover underlying patterns and present valuable information to our customers and internal teams. Your approach to analyses will be constantly developing to keep up with the latest machine learning and big data techniques, however you will be expected to build on solid statistical foundations and mathematical skills.
You will be working for Places for London, a dedicated commercial property company set up by TfL to manage its commercial estate and property development. It plays a key role in shaping London.
There is a possibility to move to accelerated apprenticeship after this boodcamp
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