Marketing ManagerUX Designer

Marketing Manager UX Designer

A hard but achievable career change. Moving from Marketing Manager to UX Designer requires building new skills and possibly new credentials — but people do it successfully every year.

Moeilijkheid

7 / 10

Hard

Tijdlijn

6–18 mnd

Afhankelijk van ervaring

Vaardigheidsoverlap

43%

0 van 8 vaardigheden komen overeen

Salaris impact

-15%

Op mid-level (NL)

Vaardigheidsanalyse

Al in bezit

Weinig directe vaardigheidsmatch — de meeste zijn overdraagbare soft skills

Aan te leren

kwantitatief onderzoek uitvoerenmens-computerinteractieprototypen creëren van gebruikerservaringsoplossingensoftware-interactieontwerptechnische documentatie aanleverenanalyseresultaten rapporterenonderzoeksactiviteiten van ICT-gebruikers uitvoerenonderzoeksinterviews uitvoeren
API-bron: Skill data from ESCO API
GET https://ec.europa.eu/esco/api/resource/occupation?uri={occupationUri}&language=en
Overlap computed by matching hasEssentialSkill[].uri between source and target occupations.
NL layer: GET https://api.competentnl.nl/v1/occupation/{id}/skills

Leerpad

UX and design foundations

Maand 12 · 6–8 uur/week

Learn Figma — free courses on Figma Academy and YouTube
Complete Google UX Design Certificate (Coursera, ~6 months part-time)
Study the basics of typography, colour theory, and layout grids
Google UX Design Certificate →

Research and process

Maand 34 · 5–8 uur/week

Conduct 5+ user interviews and synthesise insights into an affinity map
Learn usability testing — run moderated sessions with real users
Apply UX thinking to a challenge from your Marketing Manager background

Portfolio projects

Maand 56 · 8–12 uur/week

Design 2–3 complete case studies: problem → research → wireframes → prototype → test
Redesign an existing product and document your rationale
Get feedback from the NL design community — UX Collective NL, Dutch UX
Dribbble / Behance portfolio →

Job search

Maand 78 · ongoing uur/week

Target junior UX or product designer roles — internships are also valid pathways
Highlight your domain knowledge from your previous career
Network: UX Amsterdam, Dutch UX awards events, Figma community NL

Salaris impact (Nederland)

NiveauMarketing ManagerUX DesignerWijziging
Junior (0–3 jr)38k34k-11%
Mid-level (3–7 jr)49k42k-14%
Senior (7+ jr)66k57k-14%

Bron: CBS OData salarisstatistieken, UWV Arbeidsmarktdata 2025. Bruto jaarsalaris, Nederland. Individuele resultaten variëren per sector, bedrijfsgrootte en regio.

API-bron: CBS StatLine tabel 85517NED — Werknemers; uurloon en beroep (BRC)
GET https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/odata/85517NED/TypedDataSet
Bruto uurloon per BRC-code × 1720 uur = jaarinkomen. Periode: 2024.