Posts Tagged "UX roles"

My new CMSWire article is now available! They get exclusivity for 90 days before I can post it here, so please go read User Experience Is a Specialty: Treat It As Such. Preview: User Experience Is a Specialty: Treat It As Such How do software development teams deal with bottlenecks when one teammate is overloaded? […]

With the number of jobs looking for a “UX/UI Designer” who bathes gleefully in the whole UCD process but is also a fantastic visual designer, one would think that there is a complete overlap between UX design and visual design. There are two ways that we can look at this: talent and education. Artistic Talent […]

WTFVIZ.net posted part of this infographic. Here is the part they showed: WTFVIZ is a blog that makes fun of infographics. And I can see where they want to poke at this one a bit. To me, the most interesting thing is that whoever created it realized that there is just about NO overlap between […]

Hmmmm let’s see. 5 years in graphic design (or interaction design, as if they’re nearly the same). Hands-on UI work including color palettes, typography, buttons, and icons. Adobe Creative Suite. And being well-versed in graphic design principles. Give up? This job title was, “Lead Interaction Designer.” Of course! (sad face)

Here is a job that was sent to me by a recruiter who meant well. 🙂 I won’t embarrass the recruiter or company by saying who this is. But let’s take a close look at it. The Title Says IA The job title says UX designer and information architecture. I would expect this to be […]

It’s one I still hear from time to time from a recruiter after an interview. “They really liked you, but were looking for someone who can also do visual design.” Trying to find a truly good UX person who is also a truly good artist is like trying to find a truly good dentist who […]

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Yesterday morning, a recruiter called me at 7am my time. He was on the east coast. At first I was like HOLY CATS who is calling me this early! But I was awake, and happy to talk to a nice recruiter. Why did he call so early? Good reason. He assumed I couldn’t take calls […]