A UX Student’s

Journey Towards
Success
Where to go.
Who to see.
What to know.
 Understanding User
Experience Content

A UX student first needs to be

aware of what User Experience
means.

UX
User experience is comprised of
three aspects:
User Purpose
• Content
• User
• Purpose
 Understanding User
Experience Content

A UX team uses their skills:

• To work with a client to
establish the purpose of the
project.
UX
• To find and develop user data
to cater the project’s purpose
to the correct user base. User Purpose
• Create content that fulfills
both user and client
requirements for success.
 Understanding the expectations
of the career can help students
find the niche that they feel the
most comfortable.
Interested?
What Now?
This may lead you to choose
one career development path
from another.
 UX Designer

Looking UX Developer
at the
Numbers UX Architect
Data collected from Monster.com
September-November 2013

UX Manager
 User Experience Usability
Interaction

Career Development Principles &

Design
Testing
7% 7%
6%
Website/Interface
Design

18%

Translating
Require m e nts Com munication
Research Skills
The top 5 skills most useful
to De sign
5% 4% 4%

across job listings:

Verbal
Project Planning Com munication Skills
Visual Com munication

• Website/Interface Design 8% Audience Analysis

4% 2%

• Visual Communication 5%
Written
Customer Brand
Client Awarene ss

• Style Guides
Com munication Skills R e lations
2%
3% 2%
• User Experience Principles Style Guides Use r Space
Architecture
8% W e b Standards
• Interaction Design 4%
3%
Web/UX Analytics

2%

Percentages based on the total number of skills requested.

Some skills are not displayed due to negligible amounts.
Data from Monster.com September-November 2013
UX Designers are
responsible for creating
the user space of a
website.

Salary Range:
$40,000 – $150,000

Top Location:
California

Data from Monster.com September-November 2013

 UX Designer
Technical Skills
Employers hiring Designers are
looking for skills that include:

• Photoshop
• HTML
• Illustrator
• CSS

Data from Monster.com September-November 2013

 Usability
UX Designer
Competency User Testing

An employer also looks at Developing the User Interface

how competent a
potential hire is at
specific skills. Visual Communication

Facts from Monster.com September-November 2013

UX Developers are
responsible for
developing the website to
fit the client’s and user’s
needs.

Salary Range:
$40,000 – $150,000

Top Location:
California

Data from Monster.com September-November 2013

 UX Developers
Technical Skills
Employers hiring Developers are
looking for skills that include:

• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• jQuery

Data from Monster.com September-November 2013

 Developing of the User Interface

Style Guide Development

UX Developer Interaction Design
Competency
Visual Communication

Usability Testing

Facts from Monster.com September-November 2013

Career Advancement

Many of those in UX are happy to stay as Designers or Developers. For the select few there are
advancement opportunities.

• Architect
• Management
UX Architects are
responsible for
developing websites and
user research.

Architects also a
innovators – looking for
new ways to improve
usability.

Salary Range:
$10,000 – $140,000

Top Locations:
California and Illinois

Data from Monster.com September-November 2013

 UX Architects
Technical Skills
Employers hiring Architects are
looking for skills that include:

• Axure
• Visio
• Photoshop
• HTML

Data from Monster.com September-November 2013

 Website and Information
Architecture

Website and Interface Design

UX Developer
Competency
User experience principles

UX Research

Facts from Monster.com September-November 2013

UX Managers are
responsible for defining
an organization’s UX, as
well as their work
processes.

Salary Range:
$59,000 – $250,000

Top Location:
New York

Data from Monster.com September-November 2013

 UX Developers
Technical Skills
• Employers hiring Developers are
looking for skills that include:

• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• Photoshop

Data from Monster.com September-November 2013

 Style Guides and Standards

Website/Interface Design
UX Developer Project Management
Competency
Usability Testing

Visual Communication

Facts from Monster.com September-November 2013

 No matter the specialization there are key points
that a student should remember:
• UX is about client and user balance.
Key Takeaways • Even if there are not listed job in your state, UX
is an emerging field.
• There are many aspects to UX so there are
options of specialization for different interests.