UI & UX
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- tOki0
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- mg330
I've been looking for a new job for six months now. Focusing on UX Design or interactive strategy - either direction is something I'm cool with and can see continuing to grow a career with.
In looking at job descriptions, I've run into a LOT of overlap between disciplines that I think is born out of businesses not really knowing who or what they want. Some descriptions fuse core PM responsibilities, frond end development, or pure visual design with all the typical UX responsibilities: wireframes, prototypes, research, persona creation, usability testing...
I really get the impression that some businesses are trying to get the biggest bang for their buck, but I can't imagine the person who is great at all these things, or has experience in all these areas. Or... Is set on working in UX and would even entertain the idea of PM responsibilities.
I have a lot of skills in my bag. I enjoyed strategy and UX work the most, and they was under the title Interactive Marketing Strategist. I didn't even know what UX was until we started using the term, and if already been doing plenty of tasks within it: running kickoff, doing client and competitor research, requirements gathering, low to high fidelity wireframes, large technical/functional documentation, requirements documents, some QA assistance... Before that role I was in a PM role, but still did plenty of UX and strategy stuff, because our pm roles were very atypical.
So, anyhow... I'll find a job eventually but I'm dead set in finding something creative, collaborating with people to solve fun problems. I sort of aspire to be a mix of UX, creative direction, and brand strategy. Might not find that now or all at once, but it's how I sort of see myself.
- similar situation here, might just be a consultant on whatever's fun. don't want to go down the ui/ux rabbit hole.doesnotexist
- cannonball19780
There is no difference. A UI/UX visual designer or visual interaction designer is someone who does the top layer of a product's experience. The position exists because the role of "designer" is chopped in half to save the businessman time, make the project run faster, and dilute creative control. Fuck this industry.
- nah man, theres a lot of work involved on both the UI or the UX side of things, and having a person dedicated to each of those problem sets only makes for a better product.Al_dizzle
- ...those problem sets only makes for a better product.Al_dizzle
- The labor is divided for two reasons: it's hard to find soemone who can do all of it, and it goes faster divided.cannonball1978
- instrmntl0
they draw boxes.
- utopian0
They essentially draw and sketch boxes, circles and shit that look like tissue drawings using Mockingbird and shit.
- studderine0
The difference between the why and what.
- yurimon0
they taking our jeeyobs.
- on uxpa site it says see our great ux poster, link goes to a book profile, click on posters button, no itemsprophetone
- lol.. those ux pranksters . those crazy guysyurimon
- monNom0
Maybe "UI Wayfinding Designer"?
- yurimon0
prob the next name phase would be UE. IUE usability engineer, or interactive usability engineer. Right now job titles in tech everything is being called engineer as a trend. front end engineer.. as example.
- kingkong0
The future is service design.
heard it hear first. Constantly being asked about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser…
http://www.rca.ac.uk/schools/sch…- wanted to ask how this would fit in?
https://en.wikipedia…yurimon
- wanted to ask how this would fit in?
- whatthefunk0
Great article on the subject - http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/arch…
I've recently started a new role as the Sr. UX Designer at a large company. Not only am I doing a lot of site flows, lo fi wires, hi fi wires, and full visual design but I am also leading the desktop and mobile strategy. Historically, to the original post point, interactive designers and web designers made sitemaps, wires, etc. for a project but it was always outside of the context of product management. It was either within the creative department or the technology dept.
To work in a product dept, outside of creative and marketing, is eliminating most of the common issues I traditionally faced previously b/c I am now establishing the strategy instead of receiving a fully flushed out idea and merely executing it.
- So they are asking you to do visual design as well?studderine
- Hombre_Lobo0
UX does lots of scientific testing, that 99% ui guys dont ever do. Stuff like stats analysis, a/b testing, field research etc.
I find a lot of designers class themselves as a "UX / UI designer", when they arent UX guys. I totally agree that UI folk naturally consider some UX, but no where near as much as a full UX role.
I saw this image a couple of years ago by erik flowers and since then ive understood the difference -
he does a very good and popular article here -
http://www.helloerik.com/ux-is-n…