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UX Roles and Job Titles

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Ryan Winzenburg
Ryan Winzenburg

The document discusses different roles in user experience design including interaction designer, information architect, user interface designer, front end developer, and back end developer. It describes the typical responsibilities and skills of each role such as wireframing and prototyping for interaction designers, content strategy for information architects, and design principles and visual design for user interface designers. The document also compares architecture-centered, implementation-centered, and design-centered approaches to user experience design.

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User Experience Roles Architecture as User Center Design Version 01 Published January 07, 2011 Created by Ryan Winzenburg
User Experience Roles 2 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Objective
User Experience Roles 3 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) Architectural Design Roles Architect Move Planner & Interior Drywaller & Plumber & Closet Organizer Designer Brick Layer Electrician
User Experience Roles 4 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Similarity Architect Move Planner & Interior Drywaller & Plumber & Closet Organizer Designer Brick Layer Electrician Interaction Information User Interface Front End Back End Designer Architect Designer Developer Developer
User Experience Roles 5 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Roles Interaction Information User Interface Front End Back End Designer Architect Designer Developer Developer • Interviewing • Content Inventory • Design Principles • HTML • HTML • Wireframe • Card Sorting • Usability • CSS • .NET/Java • Prototypes • Labeling • Typography • jQuery • SQL/Database • Work Flow (Usability) • Navigation • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Server • Excel • Thesauri • Photoshop • Flash/Flex • Silverback, Captcha • Search • Illustrator • ActionScript • Omnigraffel, Visio • Controlled Vocabulary • Fireworks • InDesign, Balsamiq • Excel • jQuery • Fireworks, HTML • Optimal Sort
User Experience Roles 6 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Denver User Experience Designer Interactive Designer Interaction Information User Interface Front End Back End Designer Architect Designer Developer Developer • Interviewing • Content Inventory • Design Principles • HTML • HTML • Wireframe • Card Sorting • Usability • CSS • .NET/Java • Prototypes • Labeling • Typography • jQuery • SQL/Database • Work Flow (Usability) • Navigation • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Server • Excel • Thesauri • Photoshop • Flash/Flex • Silverback, Captcha • Search • Illustrator • ActionScript • Omnigraffel, Visio • Controlled Vocabulary • Fireworks • InDesign, Balsamiq • Excel • jQuery • Fireworks, HTML • Optimal Sort
User Experience Roles 7 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) Implementation Centered Design Interactive Designer Back End User Interface Front End Developer Designer Developer • HTML • Design Principles • HTML • .NET/Java • Usability • CSS • SQL/Database • Typography • jQuery • Server • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Photoshop • Flash/Flex • Illustrator • ActionScript • Fireworks • jQuery
User Experience Roles 8 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) Design Centered Design Interactive Designer User Interface Front End Back End Designer Developer Developer • Design Principles • HTML • HTML • Usability • CSS • .NET/Java • Typography • jQuery • SQL/Database • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Server • Photoshop • Flash/Flex • Illustrator • ActionScript • Fireworks • jQuery
User Experience Roles 9 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Denver Interaction Information User Interface Front End Back End Designer Architect Designer Developer Developer • A List Apart • Rosenfeld Media • Smashing Magazine • UX Booth • I.A. Podcast • I.A. Podcast • UX Matters • Design Was Here • Adaptive Path • CSS Cream • UIE Brain Sparks • Communication Arts • UXpod • Web Designer Depot • CSS Tricks • Hongkiat

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UX Roles and Job Titles

  • 1. User Experience Roles Architecture as User Center Design Version 01 Published January 07, 2011 Created by Ryan Winzenburg
  • 2. User Experience Roles 2 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Objective
  • 3. User Experience Roles 3 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) Architectural Design Roles Architect Move Planner & Interior Drywaller & Plumber & Closet Organizer Designer Brick Layer Electrician
  • 4. User Experience Roles 4 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Similarity Architect Move Planner & Interior Drywaller & Plumber & Closet Organizer Designer Brick Layer Electrician Interaction Information User Interface Front End Back End Designer Architect Designer Developer Developer
  • 5. User Experience Roles 5 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Roles Interaction Information User Interface Front End Back End Designer Architect Designer Developer Developer • Interviewing • Content Inventory • Design Principles • HTML • HTML • Wireframe • Card Sorting • Usability • CSS • .NET/Java • Prototypes • Labeling • Typography • jQuery • SQL/Database • Work Flow (Usability) • Navigation • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Server • Excel • Thesauri • Photoshop • Flash/Flex • Silverback, Captcha • Search • Illustrator • ActionScript • Omnigraffel, Visio • Controlled Vocabulary • Fireworks • InDesign, Balsamiq • Excel • jQuery • Fireworks, HTML • Optimal Sort
  • 6. User Experience Roles 6 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Denver User Experience Designer Interactive Designer Interaction Information User Interface Front End Back End Designer Architect Designer Developer Developer • Interviewing • Content Inventory • Design Principles • HTML • HTML • Wireframe • Card Sorting • Usability • CSS • .NET/Java • Prototypes • Labeling • Typography • jQuery • SQL/Database • Work Flow (Usability) • Navigation • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Server • Excel • Thesauri • Photoshop • Flash/Flex • Silverback, Captcha • Search • Illustrator • ActionScript • Omnigraffel, Visio • Controlled Vocabulary • Fireworks • InDesign, Balsamiq • Excel • jQuery • Fireworks, HTML • Optimal Sort
  • 7. User Experience Roles 7 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) Implementation Centered Design Interactive Designer Back End User Interface Front End Developer Designer Developer • HTML • Design Principles • HTML • .NET/Java • Usability • CSS • SQL/Database • Typography • jQuery • Server • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Photoshop • Flash/Flex • Illustrator • ActionScript • Fireworks • jQuery
  • 8. User Experience Roles 8 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) Design Centered Design Interactive Designer User Interface Front End Back End Designer Developer Developer • Design Principles • HTML • HTML • Usability • CSS • .NET/Java • Typography • jQuery • SQL/Database • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Server • Photoshop • Flash/Flex • Illustrator • ActionScript • Fireworks • jQuery
  • 9. User Experience Roles 9 of 9 Version 01 published January 07, 2011 by Ryan Winzenburg (ryan.winzenburg@mapquest.com) UX Denver Interaction Information User Interface Front End Back End Designer Architect Designer Developer Developer • A List Apart • Rosenfeld Media • Smashing Magazine • UX Booth • I.A. Podcast • I.A. Podcast • UX Matters • Design Was Here • Adaptive Path • CSS Cream • UIE Brain Sparks • Communication Arts • UXpod • Web Designer Depot • CSS Tricks • Hongkiat