Overview
A User Experience (UX) Designer is tasked with enhancing an end user’s interactions with a digital technology or experience. This includes optimizing the accessibility, efficiency and general usability of a website, application, or digital technology. Leveraging skills in research and usability testing, visual design, content strategy/web development, this role combines a holistic understanding of strategic optimization with a toolkit of functional design and development skills to optimize tech-centric interactions.
Related Technical Instruction (RTI)
As part of RTI, UX Designer apprentices generally receive instruction in:
- UX/UI Foundations
- User Research/Usability Testing
- Design Iteration
- Web Fundamentals
- Interdisciplinary Product Team and Stakeholder Engagement
On-the-Job Training (OJT)
During OJT, UX Designer apprentices generally work on tasks substantially similar to the following:
- Generative user/usability research
- Synthesizing insights to define user problems
- Use Design Thinking methodologies to identify and present user-centric solutions
- Prototype solutions for feedback and iteration
- Evaluative research, design solutions testing, and iterating better products, features, and experiences
- Communicate, present, and explain design solutions
- UX Designer portfolio development