UX design

The Bureau of Labor Statistics  ( BLS ) reports that there are three related industry positions that show exceptional promise - Software Development and IT, User Experience Design, Product Management and Project Management.  UX designer  becomes one of the hottest creative industry careers nowadays with a  total job amount of 3,426,000,  and the job growth is 22.1% in 10 years.  CNN  shares some researchers about UX designer’s salary: Median  Pay is $95,000 and the top pay is up to $150,000. More information about  UI/UX Designer Salary Around the World . Quite appealing, right? Would you like to be one of the trends? How to get hired? What skills should you master? If you are a UX designer already, pass this part. If you are a newcomer, check  Beginner’s Guide: What Is An UX Designer  to quickly get a basic understanding of it. Well. Now we assume you are all set to get a UX designer job. What do you need? Usually, the pro...

My friend Cynthia wasn’t a fan of social networking. It’s hard to find her in any online circle, except for Facebook, where she occasionally kills her time. However, yesterday she told me that she’d fallen in love with FB. On the 2 anniversary of her registration, she just logged in the community and found a video clip customized for her. In that video, her avatar was printed on a badge, picked up by a hand with dark skin and was put on table in the middle of many badges printed with the avatars of her friends, accompanied by another badge, on which there is a line, "Thank you for your accompany and not forgetting" Cynthia was deeply moved and played the video back over and over again. Facebook, a community with over 1.4 billion users, totally won her affection by its focus on users. It’s no wonder that so many designers dream of becoming a member of the social network giant. Facebook never made its process of selecting a UI/UX designer public, but if you are conce...

On the Mobile World Congress in 2010, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google put forward that designers should follow the “mobile first” rule in product design. What does “mobile first design” mean? Why is it important? How to make it? I’ll answer these 3 questions in the following part. What is Mobile First Design? To understand the concept of mobile-first design better, you should know the two phrases below first. 1. Responsive Web Design (RWD) Responsive web design is a web design method that enables web to fit the screens of different devices automatically, displaying the content in a way that people feel comfortable. This greatly reduces users’ operations like panning, zooming and scrolling when browsing the web. 2 “Progressive Advancement” & “Graceful Degradation” These two concepts were put forward before responsive web design. In order to make web or application interface display reasonably on different devices, designers provide customized versions of product for d...

With the rise of sophisticated technologies and intuitive website design, user experience has never mattered more. You need to keep in mind is that web design is not about implementing various innovations to your website only, but also about providing your visitors with exceptionality and greater utility. This is exactly why this field needs to be constantly changed and tailored to your users’ needs. Here are top 5 trends that will shape the ever-changing UX design world in 2018. 1. A Greater Influence of Content on UX Design image source:  https://www.awwwards.com/sites/the-snowman-movie-w... I have recently discussed  the major UI design trends for 2018 , from borderless display to cards. Apart from looking truly awesome, these innovative solutions work together towards reaching a common goal- making your content easily digestible and visually appealing. Today, the emphasis is put not only on the quality of content, but also on its visual elements. Put simply, web...