What does a UI / UX Designer do? Creates user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, and user feedback. Creates user flows, wireframes, prototypes and mockups. Translates requirements into style guides, design systems, design patterns and attractive user interfaces.
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Creating user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, and user feedback.
Creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes and mockups.
Translating requirements into style guides, design systems, design patterns and attractive user interfaces.
Designing UI elements such as input controls, navigational components and informational components.
Creating original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables).
Identifying and troubleshooting UX problems (e.g. responsiveness).
Collaborating effectively with product, engineering, and management teams.
Incorporating customer feedback, usage metrics, and usability findings into design in order to enhance user experience.
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A degree/diploma in Design, Fine Arts, Engineering or related field.
Prior experience as a UI/UX Designer as well as a strong portfolio of related projects.
Should be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop).
Should be proficient in prototyping tools such as Sketch, InVision, etc..
Basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills are a plus.
Should pay strong attention to detail and have a keen eye for aesthetics.
Should have excellent communication skills and can clearly articulate your ideas, designs, and suggestions.
Should be a strong team player who can collaborate effectively with different stakeholders.
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UI vs UX: What is the difference?
UI design and UX design are two of the most often confused and conflated terms in web and app design. And understandably so. They`re usually placed together in a single term, UI/UX design, and viewed from the surface they seem to be describing the same thing. It`s often hard to find solid descriptions of the two that don`t descend too far into jargon.
The “UI” in UI design stands for “user interface.” The user interface is the graphical layout of an application. It consists of the buttons users click on, the text they read, the images, sliders, text entry fields, and all the rest of the items the user interacts with. This includes screen layout, transitions, interface animations and every single micro-interaction. Any sort of visual element, interaction, or animation must all be designed.
This job falls to UI designers. They decide what the application is going to look like. They have to choose color schemes and button shapes — the width of lines and the fonts used for text. UI designers create the look and feel of an application`s user interface.
UI designers are graphic designers. They`re concerned with aesthetics. It’s up to them to make sure the application`s interface is attractive, visually-stimulating and themed appropriately to match the purpose and/or personality of the app. And they need to make sure every single visual element feels united, both aesthetically, and in purpose.
What is UX Design?
“UX” stands for “user experience.” A user`s experience of the app is determined by how they interact with it. Is the experience smooth and intuitive or clunky and confusing? Does navigating the app feel logical or does it feel arbitrary? Does interacting with the app give people the sense that they`re efficiently accomplishing the tasks they set out to achieve or does it feel like a struggle? User experience is determined by how easy or difficult it is to interact with the user interface elements that the UI designers have created.