​🎯 For early-career designers | 🧠 Beginner | 🔁 Interactive session | 🕒 90 minutes | 👥 40 seats | 💵 $40 Standard / $20 Uxcel Pro

​Stop staring at a blank canvas. Start UX projects with confidence.

​You get a new UX project. You open Figma. And… nothing. Just a blank canvas and a lot of confusion.

​If you’re just starting out in UX and want a clear, step‑by‑step way to kick off projects without guessing, skipping steps, or jumping straight into mockups, this session is for you.

​Led by Maria Teresa Stella, Senior UX Designer at Allitude and Uxcel instructor, this session walks you through what to do first, what to do next, and why each step matters. You’ll learn how to move with confidence from problem space to solution space, structure your UX work, and set projects up for success from day one.

​You’ll leave with a practical framework and reusable checklist you can apply immediately to your next project, client work, case study or design challenge interview.

​🧠 What You’ll Learn

• ​A clear method for organizing UX work from problem space to solution space, so you always know what to do next and why it matters. 

• ​A reusable UX project checklist you can apply right away to real client work or job interview challenges.

• ​Why spending time in the problem space leads to sharper insights, stronger concepts, and solutions that do more than just look good on a screen.

​🕘 Agenda

• ​Welcome & why this matters:

  • ​Quick introductions and workshop goals

  • ​Why jumping into Figma too early is holding you back

  • ​What really goes wrong when the problem space is skipped

• ​Design the right thing VS design the thing right:

  • ​A simple method for moving from problem to solution—without cutting corners

  • ​How to analyze requirements and identify hidden assumptions

• ​Setting up your project for success:

  • ​Stakeholder mapping: who can make or break your project (and why it matters)

  • ​Choosing the right UX methods with a research matrix walkthrough

  • ​Tools for mapping flows: user journeys, user story mapping, and service blueprints

• ​Organizing your design work:

  • ​PM tools that actually help UX designers (Kanban, standups, lightweight planning)

  • ​Your reusable UX project kickoff checklist

• ​Key takeaways & live Q&A:

  • ​How to apply this approach to your next project

  • ​Downloadable resources: checklist and templates

  • ​Open Q&A for your specific projects or challenges

​⚙️ Format

​Interactive workshop.

​You’ll participate in discussions and collaborative exercises. The instructor will guide the group through activities designed to apply the concepts in real scenarios.

​👤 Who Should Attend

​Experience level: Beginner

​Early‑career designers who are just getting started and don’t want to figure everything out alone.

​If you’re working on your first UX project, or getting ready for design challenge interviews, you’ll get a simple, repeatable way to start instead of losing time staring at an empty Figma file.

​🎙️ Meet your Instructor

​Maria Teresa Stella is a Senior UX Designer in the fintech sector with 6+ years of experience in B2B and enterprise UX. She has a background in Psychology and a Master’s in Human–Computer Interaction.

​Maria Teresa is a mentor, conference speaker, and a passionate advocate for helping aspiring and junior designers grow with confidence.

​At Uxcel, she’s the instructor behind the Mentorship Mastery course, where she teaches designers how to accelerate their careers through effective mentorship and development practices.

​🛠️ Tools

• ​Miro

• ​Zoom

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​📌 Notes

• ​All workshops include access to a full recording.

• ​Tickets are non-refundable once the session has started.

• ​​Use the same email you use for your Uxcel account when buying a Uxcel Pro ticket.