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UX Rescue
Connects volunteer UX designers with non-profits and community initiatives.
UX Rescue is a global volunteer network matching digital designers and researchers with non-profit organizations in need of design assistance. It provides practitioners with real-world, collaborative projects for their portfolios while helping social initiatives build websites, apps, and brands. Participating organizations explicitly agree to let volunteers publish the project details in their case studies.
What it's for
- Build real-world UX design case studies for a professional portfolio
- Find volunteer digital designers and user researchers for non-profit projects
- Gain collaborative cross-functional experience with developers and product managers
Features
- Airtable-based volunteer registration and matching process
- Dedicated Slack community with project announcements in the #upcoming_projects channel
- Coverage across web/app design, user research, and branding strategy
- Portfolio permission pre-cleared by all participating organizations
- Roles open beyond UX, including content strategists, PMs, and developers
Pricing
Free for volunteers and organizations; supported via donations
Details
- Type
- Website
- Category
- Design
- Topic
- Volunteer Platforms
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- Web
- For
- UX/UI designers seeking portfolio experience, and non-profits needing design help
- Alternative to
- Catchafire, Taproot Plus, Develop for Good
- Tags
- ux design, ui design, volunteering, portfolio, case studies, community
Why it was saved
- @ux_deniza: Enables designers to practice on real, impactful volunteer projects and gain collaborative case study experience.
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