From the course: Getting Started in User Experience

Choosing a career in UX

From the course: Getting Started in User Experience

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Choosing a career in UX

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- Getting the user experience for a product right should be everyone's job. Product managers, project managers, developers, testers, marketers, everyone has a role to play in making sure that the product solves users pain points in the best way it can and communicates well exactly how it does that. But because it's such a big job there are several specialist careers that focus on user experience rather than on other aspects of product development. These are user research, interaction design, visual design, content, accessibility, localization, globalization, and data science roles. In larger organizations, you might find different individuals who each have just one of these job titles. In smaller startups one person might take on several of these roles as well as other responsibilities. I think it's great when anyone on the product development team wants to increase their UX knowledge. In these days having some interaction design or user research skills might be the edge you need as a developer or product manager. In this course though we'll focus on user experience as your primary career path. We'll set the scene for what that career could look like straight out of school or as a job transition. Discuss the skills that employers will expect you to have at different levels of experience, and list out the types of work you might end up performing. I'm Chris Nodder and I've been working in user experience for over 25 years as an individual contributor, manager, and consultant. The fields changed a lot in that time, and gained a lot more respect as companies realize that the main selling point for their products is how well they meet users needs. Join me as we take a look at the state of the industry today and how you can fit into the growing discipline that's called user experience.

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