{"id":135155,"date":"2016-05-10T13:54:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T18:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/?page_id=135155"},"modified":"2023-07-07T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:24:17","slug":"ux-developer-job-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/job-descriptions\/ux-developer-job-description\/","title":{"rendered":"UX Developer Job Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UX stands for \u201cuser experience\u201d and, as you might imagine, UX Developers are important to both the customer experience as well as overall website success. Increasingly, companies are seeking UX Developers to help improve sales and build their business.<\/p>\n<p>The UX Developer is part designer and part developer; you must have creative skills and know html. Your job is to improve the website experience for visitors to a particular site each day. How a human being interacts with a computer encompasses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The creative design of a site<\/li>\n<li>The ease of searching for particular information on a site<\/li>\n<li>Links between pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are multiple categories related to structuring and organization of a site, including how information is grouped and categorized. User Experience Developers often build prototypes of creative design concepts. Their job is to build an idea and test it out on the web.<\/p>\n<h2>UX Developer Skills<\/h2>\n<p>UX Developers <strong>understand the big picture<\/strong>; they <strong>design the organizational structure<\/strong> behind a website and make certain interactive components of a site can be achieved. They must be skilled <strong>programmers<\/strong> as well as <strong>creative<\/strong> and on top of the latest industry and cultural trends. If you\u2019re an <strong>out of the box thinker<\/strong>, this job is for you.<\/p>\n<p>The UX Developer job requires candidates who have <strong>strong interpersonal and communication skills. <\/strong>They must be <strong>team players<\/strong> able to actively listen, take verbal instruction and extrapolate it to create concrete web content. UX Developer skills include being adept at <strong>brainstorming <\/strong>but also great <strong>researchers. Patience <\/strong>is always required during the beta testing process of any website, and <strong>flexibility <\/strong>is a must.<\/p>\n<p>The UX Developer designs to the user experience, marking them as one of the most important experts that can affect whether your website will go viral \u2013 or languish in Internet limbo.<\/p>\n<h2>Suggested Software Proficiency<\/h2>\n<p>The UX Developer must span technologies, languages and web platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Staying on top of the latest in website software application upgrades is imperative. Understanding user research, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persona_%28user_experience%29\">personas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Website_wireframe\">wireframing<\/a> is all in a days work for the UX Developer. This is a multi-disciplinary field, incorporating visual design, computer programming, consumer research and sociology, so understanding a diverse array of software is vital. Some of the designer platforms to consider are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/balsamiq.com\">Balsamiq<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/illustrator.html?sdid=KKSNX&amp;kw=semgeneric&amp;s_kwcid=AL%213085%2110%2112229527054%2120541717518&amp;ef_id=VpUkbwAAADM2dxRQ:20160508134312:s\">Illustrator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/omnigraffle\">OmniGraffle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Need to Hire UX Developers?<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to hire the best UX Developer: <a href=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/find-talent\/\">Click here to find talent!<\/a> Artisan has talent developers ready to go and will find you the best match for your business or project. <a href=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/contact-artisan\/\">Contact Artisan today. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you an UX Developer looking for your next role? 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