Over the last two years, LinkedIn released data that design and UX research jobs were some of the fastest growing categories in the UK, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and India. “ The need for designers is off the charts. The agency has also revised projections for its old web developers and digital designers category it now projects the category will grow almost 40% between 20, validating the demand that so many people working across the tech and design industries have been feeling for years. So the addition of web and digital interface designers as a category is a signal that BLS thinks the demand for this type of job has increased significantly, and that it will likely continue to do so. They reflect fundamental statistical shifts in the workforce. Government employment surveys don’t just change on a whim. Despite the fact that digital design has dramatically reshaped the way we experience our day-to-day world over the last several decades, the designers who manufacture those experiences haven’t gotten the same acknowledgment as other designer-related professions tracked by BLS, like architecture, graphic design, interior design, or industrial design. ![]() This may seem like a small change in a big government agency report, but it reflects a broader, more important shift. Up until this point, “web and digital interface designer” either hadn’t been tracked or had been grouped with web developers. (If it weren’t, Figma wouldn’t be here right now.) But it wasn’t until this year that the US Bureau of Labor Statistics decided it was, too. You’ve designed apps, websites, maybe even browser-based applications-of course it’s a real job! You’ve been a digital designer for years. Like I just designed this comment.We know what you’re thinking. It's definitely not product design either since almost nothing on a screen is something that can be kept or purchased.Ĭopywriters are now being called "Content designers" too although they don't do any design/photo/video work. It's definitely not engineering or architecting despite "information architecture" being one of the many tasks we may do. Some of us do have legit design backgrounds though so we can push our wireframes & prototypes pretty far to help the designers focus more on the execution instead of figuring out things like heirarchy and placement. ![]() "UX designer" is actually more of a research & strategy/planning role since most companies also have designers and software developers to execute the final design that users experience. I'd even say UX is merely just something that happens or even simply "life". Personally, I loathe the term "UX designer" and have always hated it. I work in the digital/tech world now but my approach to nearly any design 'problem' is essentially the same and rooted in process learned through ID. ![]() I'll see some bizarre job posts like "SaaS Product UX/UI design engineer" whatever the fuck that is? The tech world has lost it's damn mind with it's ridiculous titles, naming, and expectations.Īs someone looking for jobs maybe related to these so-called 'product' jobs I wonder too what actual product designers are looking for now or how to do their search. I’m also partially responsible for my employer’s website, so I do a fair bit of web dev as well It also makes it easier for the devs to convert from my code to their code (usually a JavaScript framework that I don’t understand). UI: wireframes (quick initial sketches) of the user interface, followed by testing, followed by more refined digital designs where I’ll play around seeing whether a drop-down or a checkbox list (or some such) would work better, test, rinse and repeat, then adapt for various screen sizes (usually desktop, tablet, and mobile), until I’ve got a beautiful UI that is easy to use, lets users do what they want to do in the ways they want to do it.Ĭode: sometimes I’ll do basic HTML/CSS/JS prototypes to mimic behaviour I can’t replicate in my design tools, such as being able to type inside text inputs, or having more complex animations. UX: do user journey maps/user flows/flowcharts to determine the logic that a feature should follow. ![]() Monitor analytics tools to identify potential optimisations. Research: conduct user research to identify issues/potential optimisations in tasks/user flows.
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