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UX Designer

UX Designer

Responsible for creating and improving the user experience of a product or service by researching, designing, and testing user interfaces. They aim to make products easy to use and understand by considering factors such as layout, navigation, and accessibility.

What they love about their jobs

Creative professionals talk about their favorite parts of their day.

Kylie Rudder
“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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Jessica Gonzalez
“I get to brainstorm problems using UX principles, turning them into visual components, then translating that into code.”
Jessica Gonzalez
Digital Product Designer at Self Employed
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Zach Deocadiz-Smith
“I love that I get to tackle problems that no one has tackled before - I get to experiment every day and hopefully see what I do change the future.”
Zach Deocadiz-Smith
Product Designer at WaveXR
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Armando Sanchez-Monsivais
“I enjoy helping people, and my job is to show up at meetings and help people understand what Twitch is and how they can be a part of it.”
Armando Sanchez-Monsivais
Product Strategist at Twitch
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Where this is needed

📢
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.
💬
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.
🎮
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.
🚗
Automotive
The automotive industry is in a renaissance of electrification and design, demanding creative approaches to redefining for the public concepts like performance, fuel, and the America ideal of the open road.

Skills to thrive in this field

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Research
To conduct user research and gather feedback on designs
🖱️
Interaction Design
To design user interactions and interfaces
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Attention to Detail
Ability to create high-quality and polished designs
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Communication
Effectively communicate design ideas and collaborate with cross-functional teams
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Problem-solving
Identify and solve user problems and design solutions

Commonly used tools

Figma
Figma
A cloud-based collaborative design platform
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Dropbox
Dropbox
A cloud storage and file sharing service
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Survey Monkey
Survey Monkey
Customer feedback collection
Learn more about Survey Monkey
Typeform
Typeform
To ask users questions and gather information
Learn more about Typeform
Sketch
Sketch
Graphic design tool to help create vector graphics
Learn more about Sketch
Slack
Slack
A communication platform for teams that enables real-time messaging, file sharing, and collaboration
Learn more about Slack
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