Occupation Atlasuser interface designer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/96e20037-0a25-4bf6-a25e-808d1605d890
user interface designer
User interface designers are in charge of designing user interfaces for applications and systems. They perform layout, graphics and dialogues design activities as well as adaptation activities.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
IACInvestigative · Artistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative4.88
- A Artistic4.48
- C Conventional4.40
- E Enterprising3.13
- R Realistic2.59
- S Social2.20
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Web and Digital Interface Designers (15-1255.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (27)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ICT accessibility standards
- ICT security legislation
- World Wide Web Consortium standards
- application usability
- assess users' interaction with ICT applications
- build business relationships
- create website wireframe
- define technical requirements
- design graphics
- design process
- design user interface
- develop creative ideas
- draw design sketches
- graphics editor software
- human-computer interaction
- interact with users to gather requirements
- interactive media
- manage online content
- software UI design patterns
- software interaction design
- task algorithmisation
- test system accessibility for users with special needs
- translate requirements into visual design
- use an application-specific interface
- use markup languages
- use methodologies for user-centered design
- web programming
Optional (68)
- ABAP
- AJAX
- APL
- ASP.NET
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Agile development
- Agile project management
- Assembly (computer programming)
- C#
- C++
- COBOL
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- DevOps
- Erlang
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- Groovy
- Haskell
- ICT project management methodologies
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- Lisp
- MATLAB
- ML (computer programming)
- Microsoft Visio
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- PHP
- Pascal (computer programming)
- Perl
- Process-based management
- Prolog (computer programming)
- Prototyping development
- Python (computer programming)
- R
- Rapid application development
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- Scratch (computer programming)
- SketchBook Pro
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- Spiral development
- Swift (computer programming)
- Synfig
- TypeScript
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
- Waterfall development
- analyse business requirements
- augmented reality
- business process modelling
- cognitive psychology
- computer programming
- create software design
- incremental development
- iterative development
- lean project management
- manage localisation
- natural language processing
- perform online data analysis
- quality standards
- screen reader
- software design methodologies
- use query languages
- web based collaborative platforms
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 27 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
user interface developer
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digital games designer
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ICT accessibility tester
7 shared · 14 more of its owntest system accessibility for users with special needs, assess users' interaction with ICT applications, ICT accessibility standards, human-computer interaction
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user experience analyst
6 shared · 12 more of its ownassess users' interaction with ICT applications, software interaction design, human-computer interaction, application usability
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knowledge engineer
5 shared · 20 more of its owntask algorithmisation, web programming, use markup languages, use an application-specific interface
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web developer
5 shared · 21 more of its owntranslate requirements into visual design, World Wide Web Consortium standards, web programming, use markup languages
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ICT network architect
5 shared · 23 more of its owndesign process, use an application-specific interface, ICT security legislation, develop creative ideas
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