Product / UX

UX Designer

UX Designers focus on how a product is structured and how people move through it — information architecture, user flows, and interaction patterns that make a product easy to use.

How a product is structured and how people move through it — information architecture, flows, and interaction patterns — with visual execution often handled by a separate UI Designer or Product Designer.

Also called: UX Designer, User Experience Designer, Experience Designer

Entry
0-2 years
Mid
2-4 years
Senior
4-7 years
What this role is not

Not primarily a visual-polish role — see UI Designer for that — and not a dedicated research role, though it draws on research.

Core skills
Core
  • Figma
  • Information Architecture
  • Interaction Design
  • User Flows
Important
  • Problem Framing
  • Prototyping
  • Research Synthesis
  • Usability Testing
Helpful
  • Stakeholder Communication
Possible next moves
commonProduct Designer

UX Designers who build up visual craft and interaction design depth alongside their flow and IA strengths naturally grow into full Product Designer generalists.

Builds on 7 shared skills: Figma, Interaction Design, User Flows, Problem Framing +3 more · US occupational data classifies both roles under the same occupation · evidence as of 2026-08-18

possibleUX Researcher

UX Designers who gravitate toward understanding the "why" more than the "how" often specialize into research.

Builds on 4 shared skills: Problem Framing, Research Synthesis, Stakeholder Communication, Usability Testing · US occupational data classifies both roles under the same occupation · evidence as of 2026-08-18

Example responsibilities
  • Map user flows and information architecture for a feature or product
  • Run and synthesize usability tests
  • Produce wireframes and interactive prototypes
  • Partner with a UI Designer to hand off structure for visual execution
What a portfolio for this role usually shows
  • Flow diagrams or IA artifacts, not just final screens
  • Evidence of usability testing and how findings changed the design
  • Prototypes that show interaction logic, not just static layouts
Upcoming events

A loose match on title/category, not a curated list — see every upcoming event.

Worth knowing
  • At many companies, especially smaller ones, this title is used interchangeably with Product Designer — check a specific job description's actual responsibilities rather than the title alone
Salary & demand

$104,000 median; $53,750–$201,550 (10th–90th percentile)

United States (national) · US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 — "Web and Digital Interface Designers" (SOC 15-1255), the nearest official occupation · 2025-05

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