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Boston UX Community

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by Jennifer Smith
Boston UX Community

The UX community in Boston supports a number of organizations and a wide range of opportunities for learning user experience or continuing your professional development if you already work in the field. In and around Boston you will find an active and educational community ranging from informal gatherings to more structured events hosted by the Boston chapter of the User Experience Professionals' Association, and even an annual UX conference.

UXPA Boston

UXPA Boston is the User Experience Professionals Association’s Boston chapter. Membership is free and includes many benefits, such as notifications of upcoming UX classes, and user experience job openings. Members get the chance to collaborate with others in the industry thanks to ongoing networking opportunities and seminars. The parent of the Boston chapter, the UXPA, also provides access to educational discounts, and an annual conference that occurs in a different city each year.

Boston UX Conference

The annual Boston UX conference is hosted and planned by the UXPA. Attracting over 1,000 individuals who work in various UX fields, this one-day even provides opportunities to attend a wide-range of sessions covering many topics relevant for user experience designers.

UX Boston Meetup Group

Founded in 2010 and now including more than 1,700 members, the UX Boston Meetup group regularly hosts informal UX seminars in the Boston area.

Boston UX Classes and Workshops

You can participate in any of the monthly user experience classes in Boston held at American Graphics Institute, or for more in-depth UX training, consider the UX certificate program.

Joining the UX Community in Boston

With all the UX events in Boston, whether you are interested in networking with others in user experience professions, or you need to advance your skills through courses and workshops, engaging with the UX community in Boston is a great place to start 

About the author

 is a user experience designer, educator and author based in Boston. She has worked in the field of user experience design for more than 15 years. She has designed websites, ecommerce sites, apps, and embedded systems. Jennifer designs solutions for mobile, desktop, and iOT devices. Jennifer holds a Master of Science (MS) degree in Human Factors in Information Design, a Bachelors degree with a concentration in Commercial Art. When not teaching at American Graphics Institute, Jennifer Smith is an adjunct professor at Boston University.

Jennifer delivers UX training and UX consulting for large Fortune 100 companies, small start-ups, and independent software vendors.She has served as a Designer in Residence at Microsoft, assisting third-party app developers to improve their design solutions and create successful user experiences. She has been hired by Adobe and Microsoft to deliver training workshops to their staff, and has traveled to Asia, Europe, India, the Middle East, and across the U.S. to deliver courses and assist on UX design projects. She has extensive knowledge of modern UX Design, and worked closely with major tech companies to create educational material and deliver UX workshops to key partners globally. Jennifer works with a wide range of prototyping tools including XD, Sketch, Balsamiq, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Blend for Visual Studio. She also works extensively in the fields of presentation design and visual design.

Jennifer is also an expert on Photoshop, digital image editing, and photo manipulation. Having written 10 books on Photoshop, and having consulted and provided training to major media companies and businesses around the globe.

Jennifer is the author of more than 20 books on design tools and processes, including Adobe Creative Cloud for Dummies, Adobe Creative Cloud Digital Classroom, and Photoshop Digital Classroom. She has been awarded a Microsoft MVP three times for her work with user experience design in creating apps for touch, desktop, and mobile devices. Jennifer holds the CPUX-F certification from the User Experience Qualification Board and assists others in attaining this designation in leading a UX certification course at American Graphics Institute.