User Experience Designers

The completion of an internship or co-operative educational experience at a firm that employs user experience designers is required for entry-level positions.

User experience designers must have excellent design skills, but they also need a good understanding of psychology and marketing. The ability to communicate effectively and work well with others are also important because UX designers frequently work as a member of a team and interact with a wide range of people—from fellow UX designers, to programmers, clients, and top executives. Other key traits include creativity; the ability to multitask; problem-solving, time-management, and organizational skills; and pragmatism when it comes to design decisions (i.e., knowing how to balance good design with budgetary and time constraints). Finally, UX designers should have a basic understanding of MongoDB, NoSQL, Python, Linus, UNIX, JavaScript, as well as other software.