Career Paths In UX

As a ux designer or an aspiring ux designer, it is important for you to understand the various career paths in UX. This helps you to know your strengths and weaknesses and exactly where you can fit in.

If you haven’t seen my article on the various categories of UX designers, please click on this link to read it. Categories of UX designers

Without wasting so much of your time, let's head right into the purpose of this article. There are various career paths in UX, but I will just list the ones I am familiar with.

Motion designers: They are responsible for creating the motion design in a UX product. UX can be improved by using motion design. Motion designs draw the user’s focus to a particular item and provide an indication as to what will probably happen when the user taps the screen; this means they help to provide visual feedback.

Interaction designers: The main objective of interaction designers is to enhance the interactive experience for users at the point where they interact with a product.

Visual designers : This is another name for UI designers. These are specialists who focus on the visual aspect of the user’s experience. Visual design is about implementing text, colors, and images in a way that enhances a design.

UX writers: UX writers are responsible for crafting clear interface text for products. They create interface text(contents in the form of text) for apps, websites, and other digital products that help users while navigating through the product for a better understanding.

UX Engineers : They are responsible for translating the design intent into a functional experience. They are responsible for facilitating the collaboration between engineering and design. They are often called frontend engineers.

UX Product Managers: UX product managers are responsible for understanding the customer’s needs, writing project plans and ensuring that the project goals align with the customer’s needs.

UX researcher: They conduct an in-depth study of the target customers to collect data that can help inform the product design process. They work jointly with the other UX specialists on suggesting changes and new solutions based on whatever findings they get from the research.

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