Student work

Real clients. Real briefs. Real portfolios.

While other courses send students to design the same fictional coffee-shop app, UX Academy cohorts work on genuine briefs for real companies — then present their work directly to those clients. The result is a portfolio piece you can actually talk through in an interview.

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Documented briefs

Real client case studies.

Seven projects with full documented briefs, deliverables, and the real UX challenge each student team solved.

Wellbeing & confidence coaching

HopStair

for HopStair Limited

A nudge-based mobile app helping people build authentic, lasting confidence through daily prompts, peer support and, in time, a coaching marketplace.

The brief

Design the end-to-end MVP: consolidate ideas spread across multiple Figma files, fill the gaps in the user flow, and test a sticky onboarding-to-dashboard journey built to maximise retention. The team worked directly with the CEO and a human-computer-interaction academic.

Deliverables

End-to-end Figma designOnboarding & assessment flowDashboard + sub-screensUser-tested prototype
Recruitment & talent marketplace

Welfound

for Welfound

A referral-driven, AI-powered talent marketplace where professionals refer people in their network to highly relevant UK jobs.

The brief

Redesign the company-user flow for screening shortlisted applicants and managing applicant communication, making it intuitive and simple enough to drive adoption against the grain of traditional recruitment.

Deliverables

User-flow reviewApplicant screening UICommunication management UIPrototype
PropTech & rental

Avasa

for Avasa

A transparent, end-to-end platform for finding a UK rental home, supported by local rental experts ("Sherpas") and lifestyle-based property search.

The brief

Design a web-app experience that increases free-consultation bookings and plan upgrades for busy professionals relocating to the UK, where the average home search takes 23 days.

Deliverables

User research & personasLifestyle-based search flowBooking conversion flowPrototype
Health & beauty clinics

Mayfair Aesthetics

for Mayfair Aesthetics

A London chain of four clinics offering laser hair removal and skin treatments, competing on quality and award-winning service.

The brief

Increase the conversion rate of website visitors into free laser-hair-removal patch-test bookings - the first step in acquiring a customer - using daily booking data to measure the impact.

Deliverables

Conversion auditBooking-flow redesignPrototypeTest recommendations
Careers, diversity & inclusion

Loop Not Luck

for Loop Not Luck

A diversity careers platform connecting underrepresented entry-level talent across the UK with employers, using a pioneering intersectional approach.

The brief

Refine the candidate UX and build out the early-stage company user flow - posting roles, buying credits and reviewing matched candidates - to improve engagement and retention.

Deliverables

Candidate journey refinementCompany user flowRole-matching feedPrototype
E-commerce & health food

Oh Lily!

for Oh Lily!

A healthy-snack brand bridging tasty food and wellbeing through Ayurveda, selling direct to consumers on Shopify.

The brief

Rethink the website and its calls to action so visitors convert faster - growing newsletter sign-ups and sales while reducing the number of clicks between a landing page and checkout.

Deliverables

Hypothesis statementsUser-insight reportPrototypes
Consumer app & user-generated content

piko

for jilij GmbH

A mobile app for finding and sharing condensed, step-by-step "mini-tutorials" that can be consumed in seconds - a faster alternative to how-to videos.

The brief

Improve the content-creation workflow so semi-professional creators find it easy, comfortable and fun to make tutorials - the behaviour the whole product depends on.

Deliverables

Documented user insightsUser journeysPrototypesDesign-process presentation
From the cohort archive

And many more real briefs.

These are additional real companies UX Academy students have designed for across previous cohorts. Every single one was a live brief — not a simulated exercise.

Academator

Real client brief

AURA

Real client brief

Blindlee

Real client brief

Charrli

Real client brief

Co-plan

Real client brief

Chris James

EXabler

Real client brief

Fledglink

Real client brief

Alessandra D'Innella

Garden Buddy

Real client brief

Emily

GONG

Real client brief

Hexis

Real client brief

Known2me

Real client brief

LEM Verify

Real client brief

LIKEME

Real client brief

Music Services

Real client brief

Louise

QJAM

Real client brief

StreetPin

Real client brief

Trading Skills

Real client brief

Tim

YourLanguageApp

Real client brief

Zenbike

Real client brief
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