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C3 · Pathway C — Growth & Design

UX/UI Design

Design digital products people love. Research users, create wireframes, and build design systems. Future squad role: Design Lead.

C3Open — Cohort 1

This specialization is open for Cohort 1. Apply to the pathway, then choose this track during onboarding after you’re accepted.

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Future squad role

Design Lead

Engineering squad · UX/UI & design systems

Team seat: Design Lead seat (UX/UI & design systems)

Own research, UX/UI, and design systems — the Design Lead seat on the venture.

In the venture, you will

  • Lead user research, wireframes, and visual systems
  • Fill the Design Lead team seat (this track’s primary job)
  • Make the product usable for Nigerian and African users
  • Hand off clear specs so engineers ship the right UI

Team placement is based on evidence and venture need — this is the job this track prepares you for, not an automatic title. Several specializations may compete for the same team seat; each keeps its own craft identity.

In a Phase B squad

Growth, community & design

In Phase B, Growth & Design specializations split into Marketing Lead, Community Growth Lead, and Performance Marketing Lead for the Growth seat, while UX/UI is the Design Lead job on the Engineering pod. Team placement picks one Growth Lead and one Design Lead — tracks prepare different crafts, not the same role.

Typical seats: Growth Lead · Design Lead

Inside this track

  • Deep craft work in UX/UI Design across a six-month Phase A rhythm.
  • Shared UTP Core and Venture Thread for every builder — specialization is your edge, not your only curriculum.
  • Weekly projects, feedback, and portfolio evidence that inform Phase B team placement.
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