8 Must-Have Skills for a UX Designer

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Who is a good UX Designer? A designer is a good UX designer if: • who provide great experiences to users through designs • who designs for products/services that have effect on users’ lives • who fulfils users’ known as well as unknown needs • who can help businesses increase their ROI “A good designer is an experience economist.”

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Who is a good UX Designer?

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UX Designer Skills UX designer skills are: • User research • Collaborative skills • Wireframing & UI prototyping • Visual communication • Interaction design • Information architecture • Analytical skills • User empathy. © YUJ Designs 2018. Confidential Document.

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User Research • A UX designer must possess this skill since designs are created based on the research done • Research provides information about users • This information helps designers to craft designs that give delightful experiences to users.

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Collaborative Skills • UX designers need to collaborate with various teams to implement designs • They add ideas from developers, team members and clients • Collaboration gives designers an opportunity to work in other fields

• Designers can apply their skills with those whose skills complement theirs

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Wireframing & UI Prototyping • UX designers must be able to convince people that UX can add value to their products • They must be able to create wireframes that is required for interaction • They must have prototyping skills to understand design functionality

• These skills help to understand whether the design can be developed or not

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Visual Communication • Visual communication is at the heart of UX • This skill helps to create interactive prototypes and mockups • It involves understanding of layout, color, typography, icons, images and design theory

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Interaction Design • Good designers must have skills to create aesthetically pleasant and interactive design • To gain this skill, they must understand how users interact with the product

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Information Architecture (IA) • UX designer must have information architecture skill to organize information in a comprehensible way • IA skill involves labeling, navigation and search functions

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Analytical Skills • Analytical skills help designers to understand how well a user will interact with the design • It also helps to understand the connection between product and user • It helps to iterate better designs

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User Empathy • Analytical skills help designers to understand how well a user will interact with the design • It also helps to understand the connection between product and user • It helps to iterate better designs

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Wrapping Up • Good UX designers must possess multiple skills. • They can create designs that increase user base • Good UX designers can boost ROI for businesses • Then they can be called as #DesignEconomists • Strong beliefs and ways of working of designers make them best

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Thank you

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