The Right Path To Your
Dream Profitable  Flexible Career In Design

University-level, 1:1 instructor-led UI/UX design, product design, visual design and portfolio coaching programs to launch your profitable design career

Student Success

Our graduates now work at a wide variety of industries and high-impact companies, including Twitter, Pinterest, Microsoft and more.

$100K

Average Starting Salary

$30K

Average Salary Increase

92%

Employed Within 6 Months

Course Report

Instructor-Led Career Programs

We offer instructor-led, university-level curriculum to help aspiring designers launch their dream careers

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End-to-End Career Program with Portfolio Coaching

School of Design

Career Program
Beginner

Want to make a great living doing what you love? Learn how to launch your high-paying UX/UI design career in 6-8 months.

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Accelerator Program for those with Design Skills

Portfolio School

Career Program
Intermediate

Have design knowledge but can’t land a job? Start your high-paying design career with a refined portfolio built to stand out in just 2-3 months.

Flexible On-Demand Learning

We offer flexible on-demand programs to help aspiring and working designers get the knowledge they need at their own pace, affordably

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The "Lite" Version of Our Career Programs

Learn On-Demand

On-Demand
Beginner

Want to learn UI/UX design but just testing out the water? Want to see if our portfolio coaching is truly effective? Our learn on-demand programs are designed for you.

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For Working Designers or Aspiring Designers

Short Courses

Short Courses
Beginner

Need to fill in skill gaps or test the water before joining our career program? Need to learn specific topics as a working designer? Our short courses are perfect for you.

How We Compare

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Our World-Class Instructors

Our team of instructors are great at what they do and teach even better

Kerry McPhearson

Product Designer

Nina Shahriaree​

UI/UX & Visual Designer

Sam Jacobs

UI/UX Designer​

Silvia Script

Senior UI/UX Design Lead

Our Award-Winning Designer Founders

Our founders are award-winning designers with deep instructional and curriculum expertise

Stella Guan

Cofounder and CEO

Stella Guan is co-founder and CEO of Path Unbound. Stella’s design work has been recognized internationally by major design awards, some of which have also invited her to serve as a judge. A passionate design educator, Stella is an Adjunct Professor of Design at several universities and education institutions. She is often invited as a speaker at design conferences.

Sydney Ligouri​

Cofounder and CPO

Sydney Ligouri is co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Path Unbound. She brings over a decade of experience in the design industry and is an accomplished design educator. Sydney began her entrepreneurship journey nearly seven years ago as co-founder of creative mentorship platform RookieUp. She also taught—and later became Head of Design Education—at Shillington NYC, contributing to exceptional student results.

How Path Unbound Stands Out

1

Women Designer - Founded​

Are you aware that less than 1% of design schools are founded by women and less than 3% of design schools are founded by designers? We are proudly diversifying design education and championing under-represented voices.

2

Well-Trained Expert Instructors​

Our instructors are professional, working designers with outstanding portfolios. We expertly-vet and train each one to ensure top-quality instruction for all our courses. Our instructors don’t just do design well, they teach design even better.

3

College-Level​ Extensive Curriculum​

Most bootcamps are limited in their scope, and don’t include comprehensive visual design foundational approaches. We’re teaching you it all—soup to nuts at college level! You will never have to take another course to fill in knowledge gaps.

4

Portfolio-Obsessed​

We provide individualized and rigorous portfolio coaching to make sure each of our graduates come out of the course with outstanding portfolios that immediately “wow” hiring managers and land jobs.

5

Flexible but Structured

Our curriculum is flexi-paced, which means you have the flexibility to learn at your own schedule but with accountability to finish on time so that you can launch your dream design career sooner.

6

Student-Obsessed

We have dedicated student advisory sessions every couple of weeks to ensure every student is on track and can get any problems resolved quickly. We are “student-obsessed” but in a healthy way.

Student Work and Success Stories

Take a look at some of the high-quality designs our students have produced and the stories behind them. By learning design at Path Unbound, you can expect results on this level and beyond.

Nicholas Gentry

Portfolio School

Nicholas Gentry is a digital designer with experience in graphic design, branding design, digital design and UI/UX design. Nick came to us when he was struggling with his portfolio despite his previous experience as a designer. In a matter of weeks, after enrolling in Portfolio Express, he was able to completely revamp his portfolio that became the #1 tool he uses to land better jobs.

Evleen Huang

Portfolio School

Carina Venet

Portfolio School

Sydney Hartman

School of Design

Sydney Hartman enrolled in School of Design and started putting her work together – half way through the program, she was hired full time as a designer before even finishing the program!

Parker Cho

School of Design

Parker is a self-taught designer who invested in our professional career program and transformed her career prospect.

Jared Aulisi

Portfolio School

Kristina B.

Portfolio School