{"id":12214,"date":"2017-12-19T07:16:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=12214"},"modified":"2024-04-23T10:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T08:01:09","slug":"how-to-become-a-user-experience-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/how-to-become-a-user-experience-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Become A UX Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From stone tools to robotic arms, humans have been designing with the user in mind to better serve our changing needs since year one; this practice just didn\u2019t have a name to it yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User experience (UX) design<\/strong><\/a> has evolved into a necessary discipline over the past few years, the only difference today is the focus has moved from manual to digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UX design can be defined as the deliberate process of creating or enhancing systems and products to achieve a specific objective, namely, to optimise a user\u2019s experience of said systems and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good UX design involves enhancing user satisfaction with a product by improving the experience behind the interaction with the product. Simply put, if an object is not easy to use, and doesn’t make achieving its purpose simple and intuitive, users will struggle or fail entirely, to perform even the most basic tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What is a UX Designer?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Demand for UX Designers will grow by 13% between 2016-2026.1<\/sup><\/a> A UX Designer considers the why, what, and how of product use. Companies whose operations are conducted largely through the web, and that require complex applications, need an expert in UX Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Dylan Brits, Marketing UX Lead at GetSmarter says, \u201cUX Design is about finding the most effective ways to minimise barriers to optimise outcome. Simply put, UX Designers create and update systems that ultimately improve a business\u2019 bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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What are the key responsibilities of a UX Designer?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

UX Designers have to be agile in order to perform multiple tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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User Experience Design<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>
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  • Conduct research to make educated and informed speculation on how users will use a specific interface<\/li>\n
  • Develop User Personas<\/li>\n
  • Create clickable prototypes and test usability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Want these skills?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr>

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Web Design<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>
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Digital Marketing<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>
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