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AI-Powered UI/UX Design Mastery · Live online

Master UI/UX by building case studies on live projects.

For designers who know basic Figma. Learn the craft the way real studios work — with AI speeding up every step.

9 weeks

live training

1 month

studio internship

portfolio case studies

seats per cohort

Led by Udhayashakar D, Founder, GoProtoz Design Studio

Upskilling Teams Globally

What you walk out with

You don’t need another certificate. You need case studies that get shortlisted.

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Portfolio case studies

One UX, one UI, in different domains — written for recruiters.

1 month

Studio internship

Live GoProtoz client projects (As a 3rd Project) to talk about in every interview.

Days Design Challenge

90 days of real design briefs after the cohort, so you keep shipping and growing your portfolio.

1:1

Portfolio review

Portfolio, resume, LinkedIn and a mock interview with a senior designer.

Published design system

100+ prompt library

Graded certificate with a performance band

Your mentors

Mentored by leaders from top companies.

Learn directly from designers building real products and AI systems at GoProtoz, Amazon, AngelOne and Mercedes-Benz.

Udhay Shankar
Creative Design Head
Rahul Kusuma
Research Head
Santosh Lamani
Design Lead
Smrithi
Lead Product Designer

1:1 mentor access

Weekly live critique

Guest reviews at every Demo Day

How it works

13 weeks. Two projects. One internship.

Weeks 1–4

Project 1 · UX

Research → IA → wireframes → hi-fi prototype

→ Demo Day 1

Weeks 5–9

Project 2 · UI

Design system → testing → accessibility → every platform

→ Demo Day 2 + graduation

Month 3

Internship

Live studio projects → 1:1 portfolio review

→ Ready to apply

M1 · M2

Discover

M3 · M4

Define

Design

Interact

Demo Day 1

M7 · M8

Handoff · Test

AI-native

M10 · M11

Inclusive · Platforms

M12 · M13

Growth · Present

M14

Launch

Demo Day 2

Onboard

Join studio

Live work

Projects

Reviews

Iterate

1:1 review

Portfolio

Ready to apply

Can I fit this around my job?

≈ 6.5 hrs live a week. Everything recorded.

[Session days & times to confirm]

90 min

Story + concept

Live AI demo by a senior designer

3.5 hrs

Studio

Build your project with mentors

90 min

Critique

Group critique + written feedback

Your AI toolkit · 25+ tools

AI at every stage. Not a bolt-on week.

You use the right AI tool at the right step, from Day 1 — and learn when to switch it off.

The core design stack

Figma

FigJam

Figma Make

Figma Sites

Framer

Jitter

Photopea

Zeplin

Context

Week 1 · AI Design OS

Claude

ChatGPT

Gemini

Notion AI

Research

Week 2 · Evidence

Perplexity

Dovetail AI

Otter.ai

Whimsical

Execute

Weeks 3–4 · Flows & UI

Figma Make

Stitch

Banani

Figr AI

Prototype & Code

Weeks 3–6 · Build

Lovable

Cursor

Claude Code

Systems & Agents

Weeks 5–6 · Orchestrate

Figma MCP

Tokens Studio

n8n

Zapier

Evaluate

Week 7 · Trust & quality

Maze

Stark

Clarity

Statsig

The curriculum

14 modules. 6 stages. 9 weeks.

Every module opens with a story from an Indian product team — then you build. Tap a module to see what you ship.

Optional · Before Week 1

New to Figma? Start with the bridge course.

A short on-ramp, not a closed door.

Learn Figma basics

Frames, auto-layout, components and a simple type system.

→

Make a few screens

Recreate 2–3 app screens you use every day.

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Get the green light

Our advisor tells you honestly when you’re ready.

Talk to the adviser →

Weeks 1–4 · Project 1

UX Design + AI

Weeks 5–9 · Project 2

UI & AI Product

Get every lesson, tool and deliverable

Full 14-module curriculum as a PDF, straight to your inbox.

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Before you decide

Half the time. Twice the proof.

GoProtoz Academy

Typical 18-week UI/UX course

AI in every module, from Day 1

One AI week near the end

Two case studies in different domains

One concept project

AI-native product design (M9)

Not covered

Data & growth design (M12)

Not covered

1-month internship on live projects

Rarely included

9 weeks + 1-month internship

18 weeks

After Week 9 · Course + Internship plan

1-month internship at the GoProtoz design studio.

GoProtoz designers working together in the studio

Knowing design and working as a designer are different things. For one month, you join our team on live client projects — with real reviews and real deadlines.

Real work experience, not a practice brief.

Your month, week by week

Week 1

Join the studio

Get onboarded onto a live client project: briefs, stand-ups, reviews and client feedback.

You leave with How a design studio really runs

Week 2

Work on live projects

Design real screens, flows or system components alongside working designers.

You leave with Shipped work on a real product

Week 3

Review and iterate

Present in a studio review, take senior feedback and ship a revision on deadline.

You leave with Proof you can take feedback and deliver

Week 4

1:1 portfolio review

A senior designer reviews both case studies, your resume and LinkedIn — plus a mock interview.

You leave with A portfolio that’s ready to send

PowerUp Academy community

Grow together. Get career-ready.

PowerUp Academy’s design community is where the cohort keeps working after class ends. The live sessions are the core — this is everything around them.

PowerUp Academy students working together at a design workshop

Weekly workshops

Hands-on sessions that put each week’s AI workflow to work on a real problem.

The PowerUp Academy community together at the studio

Community learning

Work through design challenges with your cohort — peers who push your thinking.

A student portfolio open on a laptop during a review

Portfolio reviews

Mentors review your case study the way a hiring panel would, before one does.

Students getting career guidance at the GoProtoz studio

Career support

Career guidance and an ATS-ready résumé

Guidance on roles, interviews and your next move in AI-era design — plus help structuring your résumé so applicant tracking systems can read it and your AI work stands out.

Where this can take you

Where you are today. Where AI takes you.

Today

Without the programme

With the AI programme

UI/UX Designer

₹8L

→

Product Designer

₹10–15L

→

AI Product Designer

₹25–40L+

UI/UX Designer

₹10L

→

Product Designer

₹14–20L+

→

Senior AI Product Designer

₹30–45L+

Product Designer

₹15L

→

Senior Product Designer

₹20–30L

→

Lead AI Product Designer

₹40–60L+

Senior UI/UX Designer

₹18L

→

Senior Product Designer

₹25–35L

→

AI Design Lead

₹45–75L+

Senior Product Designer

₹25L

→

Lead / Staff Product Designer

₹35–50L+

→

Principal AI Product Designer

₹70L–₹1Cr+

Senior-level case study + your personal AI playbook

No fake job guarantees — these ranges are indicative only.

Your certificate

Get certified in AI-powered product design.

PowerUp Academy × GoProtoz · Certificate in AI-Powered Product Design

Verified

A certificate proves you learned. Your case study proves you can do it.

Investment · Cohort starts 3 Oct 2026

Two plans. One cohort.

Same course and both projects in each plan. Capped at 15 seats so critique stays personal.

Testimonials

Hear it from the learners — in their own words, from both plans.

2-Month Programme

Course only

Ananya Rao

UI/UX Designer · Finlytics

★★★★★

“One workflow from research to prototype. My case study finally shows how I think.”

Rohit Sharma

UI Designer · Paperlu

★★★★★

“PowerUp’s AI modules changed how I work. I use AI for research and wireframes now — and I know when to take back control.”

Sneha Iyer

UX Designer · Cartlnest

★★★★★

“The weekly critique at PowerUp Academy was worth it alone. My case study became a story recruiters actually read.”

With Internship

Course + 1-month studio internship

Karthik Menon

Product Designer · Nexora Labs

★★★★★

“A live product, senior reviews and an experience letter — real work to talk about in interviews.”

Aditya Kulkarni

Product Designer · Medvio Health

★★★★★

“The internship put me on a live GoProtoz project. I learnt MCP handoff with real developers — no course had shown me that.”

Meera Nair

Associate Product Designer · Trivana Tech

★★★★★

“Nine weeks with PowerUp and a month in the studio. I walked into interviews with two case studies and real client work.”

FAQs

Straight answers, before you pay a rupee.

Honest fit call first

Hard cap: 15 seats

No fake job guarantees

Everything recorded

Your work stays yours

EMI at checkout

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UI/UX first. You learn research, UX, visual design and design systems properly. AI tools are used inside that process to help you work faster, like in today’s product teams.

Cohort starts 3 Oct 2026 · 15 seats

13 weeks from now, walk in with case studies you’re proud of.

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