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UI Designer Skills for 2020

Skills Reports > 2020 UI Designer Skills

What does a ui designer do?

UI designers create polished user interfaces based on user experience research and principles.

They play a huge role in creating a positive customer experience and have a clear understanding of how the visual elements (including color, layout, and typography) play into that experience.

UI Designer Skills Summary

Successful UI designers have hard skills related to research and design as well as valuable soft skills related to creativity and collaboration.

The best UI designers have hard skills like UI, design, UX, product, visual design, research, and user experience on their LinkedIn profiles and resumes. Note that oftentimes, the hiring manager may be unfamiliar with proper terminology. For example, interactive design is a commonly used term in UI design job descriptions. However, most UI designers refer to the term interaction design. In this case, use the term in the job description to be safe. Full report below.

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Job Overview Example Co. is one of the leading companies in our field in the area. We're proud of our 3.6 rating on Glassdoor from our employees. We are hiring a talented UI Designer professional to join our team. If you're excited to be part of a winning team, Example Co. is a great place to grow your career. You'll be glad you applied to Example Co
                Responsibilities for UI Designer Improve the look and feel of interactive computers and product software Create overall concepts for the user experience within a business webpage or product, ensuring all interactions are intuitive and easy for customers
                Analyze customer responses and website data to determine high traffic web pages and why some perform better than others Design the aesthetics to be implemented within a website or product, from the layout menus and drop-down options to colors and fonts
                Build storyboards to conceptualize designs and convey project plans to clients and management Account for and track the human-computer interaction (HCI) element of a design Create surveys for research through various social media platforms to gather feedback on user's ease of use
                Conduct testing of completed applications, websites and software to Assess user experience Qualifications for UI Designer 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in creating and implementing UI design Proficient with visual design programs such as Adobe Photoshop
                Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment to create top-performing interfaces Experience creating storyboards and site mapping Advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to optimize data for the best possible outcome
                Ability to prioritize and manage multiple milestones and projects efficiently Professional written and interpersonal skills Continued education and research into UI trends and current design strategy and technology Experience with coding and ability to troubleshoot using HTML, CSS and comparable languages

Hard Skills

Hard skills are typically learned through education or work experience, such as proficiency with specific tools, software or specialized processes.

Required

Top UI Designer Skills Overall

The most common hard skills found across UI Designer job descriptions.

100

design

interaction design

Product

visual design

mobile

research

invision

user experience

High Impact

Hard to Find UI Designer Skills

Hard skills frequently found in the job descriptions that are less likely to appear in UI Designer LinkedIn profiles or resumes.

front-end web design

100

strategic direction

react

online portfolio

tablets

customer facing

web standards

usability

product roadmap

computer science

Low Impact

Easy to Find UI Designer Skills

Hard skills that are most likely to appear in both the job descriptions and LinkedIn profiles or resumes.

adobe xd

100

adobe photoshop

adobe illustrator

bootstrap

wireframing

mobile app

web application

JIRA

HTML

psychology

Soft Skills

Soft skills are harder-to-measure interpersonal "people" skills important for leadership or collaborative environments.

creative collaborate communications vision innovative proficient attention to detail best practices fast paced passion

About this report

Jobscan helps job seekers tailor their resumes and LinkedIn profiles for each job opportunity through personalized skill and keyword matching, among other checks.

Our data science team analyzed over 100,000 unique Jobscan user resumes in addition to 8 million job postings from last year to identify the most common keywords and highest impact skills for UI Designers.

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