App Developer

Using programming languages, app developers create, build, and test apps for mobile devices. App developers understand coding languages, how to use us, and work with graphic designers, and other software experts to create the apps. Once an app is created they are responsible for testing for any bugs or issues and for providing updates to the app when necessary.

What they love about their jobs

Creative professionals talk about their favorite parts of their day.

"Cloud computing has opened up many new pathways to innovative solutions - allowing me to experiment with new approaches."

Scott Pierce

Cloud Engineer at Two Ravens

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“I love talking to users and finding out what they want from our products - seeing the solutions I designed come to life in a real app is exciting!”

Kylie Rudder

UX Designer at Virginia Tech

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Where this is needed

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Gaming

A massively growing industry that needs creatives of all kinds not only to build games, but to plan the characters, create the campaigns, and envision what’s next.

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Social Media

The big social media companies employ thousands of creatives to build better experiences for users, strategize how to evolve their platforms, program better tools, and much more.

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Marketing

The key to marketing is clear and persuasive storytelling, and that means writing, design, digital experiences, photography and a lot more that goes into bringing a brand’s value to its customers convincingly.

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Sports

From broadcasting competitions to running individual teams and leagues, the sports industry is massive and becoming more global. Every kind of creative jobs exists here to amplify the incredible stories of athletes, teams and their fans.

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Food & Beverage

It’s more than making things taste good; there’s brand-building, packaging design and advertising of all kinds in this massive global industry.

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Health & Fitness

Health is a fast-growing and ever-evolving industry requiring creative minds to push the limit of digital experiences, apparel design, tech innovation, editorial planning and more.

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Healthcare

Healthcare and health insurance brands offer a complex service which means creative leadership is required to differentiate and clarify a complicated and often stressful experience for the consumer.

Skills to thrive in this field

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Modern Coding Languages

Know how to write code in one or more of the modern coding languages

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UI/UX

Very important for the end users' experience - the overall feel, useability, and experience the user goes through while using the app

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Agile and Scrum

Project management approach to allow for fast development, changes, adoptions, and feedback

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Communication

Strong communication skills, with the ability to speak with all levels of professionals

Commonly used tools

Xcode

Apple's integrated development environment for macOS, used to develop software for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS

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Android Studio

The official integrated development environment for Google's Android operating system

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Unity

A cross-platform game engine used to create 3D and 2D games, as well as interactive simulations and other experiences

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GitHub

An open source community platform to post your code and collaborate

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React Native

A cross-platform development framework using the React framework along with native platform capabilities

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Ionic

An open-source SDK for developing hybrid mobile, desktop, and progressive web apps based on modern web development technologies and practices

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Flutter

An open-source UI software development kit used to develop cross-platform applications from a single codebase

Learn more about Flutter

Visual Studio Code

A code editor used to build and debug modern web and cloud applications

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JIRA

Agile project management and bug tracking tool

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App Developer

What they love about their jobs

Where this is needed

Skills to thrive in this field

Commonly used tools

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