The Experienced Experience Designer

One might think that there is a perfectly defined skill set of what an ideal user experience (product) designer should have. Many have tried to define it. The question is, is it define-able? Companies come in all shapes and sizes. So should "UX Designers". One size fits all doesn't fit this profession. Let's talk skill sets, soft skills, hard skills, roles, responsibilities, and theories that a UX designer could have in his toolbox and how you can customize yourself to best fit your company or the company that you want.

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1. H E L L O @ B E N P E C K • @ E X P E R T I C I T Y
2. M A R K E T L E A D I N G C Y B E R S E C U R I T Y www.venafi.com • @venafi
3. T H E J O Y O F H E L P F U L E X P E RT I S E www.experticity.com • @experticity
4. P R O D U C T D E S I G N E R S , M A N A G E R S A N D M A K E R S www.frontutah.com • @frontutah
5. T H E E X P E R I E N C E D E X P E R I E N C E D E S I G N E R
6. U N I C O R N S UX Designer UX Strategist UX Visual Designer UI Designer UI/UX Designer UI/UX/Designer/Developer Experience Designer App Designer Product Designer Interaction Designer Visual Designer Visual Interaction Designer Graphic Designer Designer
7. R O C K S TA R S Strategy Research Architecture Interaction Visual Design Prototype Test Develop QA Manage Document
8. O N E P E R S O N ?
9. Agency / Studio • Startup • Software (Enterprise, B2B, B2C) C O M PA N I E S
10. A G E N C Y S U P E R T O P S E C R E T Private • Employees 44 • Designers - 8
11. A G E N C Y M R M / M C C A N N Public • Employees 1,000 - 5,000 (2,258 On Linkedin) • Designers - 100
12. S O F T WA R E A U T H E N T I C J O B S Private • Employees 2 • Designers - 1
13. S O F T WA R E A D O B E Public • Employees 10,000+ (12,074 On Linkedin) • Designers - 236
14. T E A M E V E RY B O D Y I S A L I T T L E D I F F E R E N T
15. T H E 8 I ’ S O F U X Investigate Involve Imagine Iterate Illustrate Interface Interact Implement (Research) (Test) (Map) (Draw) (Wire) (Visual) (Prototype) (Develop)
16. I N V E S T I G AT E ( R E S E A R C H )
17. I N V O LV E ( T E S T )
18. I M A G I N E ( M A P )
19. I T E R AT E ( D R A W )
20. I L L U S T R AT E ( W I R E )
21. I N T E R FA C E ( V I S U A L )
22. I N T E R A C T ( P R O T O T Y P E )
23. I M P L E M E N T ( D E V E L O P )
24. M I X I T U P D O I T A L L , O R D O N ’ T
25. T H E 8 I ’ S O F U X Investigate Involve Imagine Iterate Illustrate Interface Interact Implement (Research) (Test) (Map) (Draw) (Wire) (Visual) (Prototype) (Develop)
26. T H E 8 I ’ S O F U X Investigate Involve Imagine Iterate Illustrate Interface Interact Implement (Research) (Test) (Map) (Draw) (Wire) (Visual) (Prototype) (Develop) V I S U A L D E S I G N E R
27. Investigate Involve Imagine Iterate Illustrate Interface Interact Implement (Research) (Test) (Map) (Draw) (Wire) (Visual) (Prototype) (Develop) T H E 8 I ’ S O F U X S T Y L E G U I D E
28. Investigate Involve Imagine Iterate Illustrate Interface Interact Implement (Research) (Test) (Map) (Draw) (Wire) (Visual) (Prototype) (Develop) T H E 8 I ’ S O F U X D E S I G N I N T H E B R O W S E R
29. T H A N K S @ B E N P E C K • @ E X P E R T I C I T Y