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Design-based jobs and skill sets

Design-based jobs and skill sets

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Design-based jobs and skill sets

- Designed-based jobs in UX aren't just designed for the sake of beauty, but designed for the people that will be interacting with your products. Most likely you need design for something that at some point is seen on a screen, so design is often related to websites or apps, although can involve wearables and the Internet of Things. And design can certainly leave the screen as well for real life interaction with products, services, and people. An interaction design career focuses on how a user interacts with elements on the screen in order to proceed through the website or app. Can a user understand what they are seeing as they use your app and know how to move onto the next step? An information architecture career or skillset centers on the organization of information that a user interacts with. That can be both the information that is visible, and the bits of information behind the scenes that drive the flow of…

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