What do they do?
Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.
Also known as:
UI Developer (User Interface Developer), UX Developer (User Experience Developer), UX Engineer (User Experience Engineer), Web Administration Coordinator (Web Admin Coordinator), Web Architect, Web Content Developer, Web Content Specialist, Web Design Specialist, Web Designer, Webmaster
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- Bachelor's degree (54%)
- Master's degree (17%)
- Some college, no degree (11%)
- Associate's degree (8%)
- High school diploma equivalent (7%)
- Doctorate or Professional Degree (1%)
- Less than high school diploma (1%)
Most Popular Majors that prepare Web and Digital Interface Designers
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People in this career often have these skills:
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
People in this career often know a lot about:
- Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
People in this career often have talent in:
- Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
People in this career often do these activities:
- Troubleshoot issues with computer applications or systems.
- Resolve computer software problems.
- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
- Design websites or web applications.
- Update website content.
- Write computer programming code.
- Test software performance.
- Collaborate with others to determine design specifications or details.
- Collaborate with others to develop or implement marketing strategies.
- Implement design or process improvements.
- Prepare graphics or other visual representations of information.
- Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends.
- Provide customer service to clients or users.
- Develop models of information or communications systems.
- Gather customer or product information to determine customer needs.
- Analyze operational data to evaluate operations, processes or products.
- Create images or other visual displays.
- Develop detailed project plans.
- Supervise information technology personnel.
- Provide technical support for computer network issues.
- Conduct research to gain information about products or processes.
- Develop specifications or procedures for website development or maintenance.
- Document design or development procedures.
- Write reports or evaluations.
- Develop testing routines or procedures.
- Document network-related activities or tasks.
- Develop diagrams or flow charts of system operation.
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Career data:
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Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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