the many facets of ux design
DESCRIPTION
UX Designers play many roles on a project. They must conduct primary end-user research, then utilize the findings to Design intuitive information architecture and interaction design, within the constraints of technical platforms.TRANSCRIPT
Design Studies
Analyze Research
Distill Key Tasks
Create Mental Models
Define Personas
Facilitate Research
RESEARCHERUX Designers gain an in-depth understand-ing of their client’s end-user needs, tasks, behaviors, and motivations, through primary user research.
TAXONOMIST
CONSULTANTUX Designers are “client-facing” consul-tants, who advise, as well as, present Design.
TECHNOLOGISTIn order to Design an experience that can be developed, UX Designers must under-stand the Technical constraints of the platforms they are Designing for.
DESIGNERUX Designers are interaction designers, responsible for the conceptualization and documentation of the end-user interface.
NEGOTIATORUX Designers are the connective tissue to every “Delivery” discipline, ensuring that business, brand, and end-user needs are met, within the limitations of the technical platform.
Prioritize Tasks
Define Categories
Define Facets/Filters
Structure Experience
Define IA
Identify Labels
Present POV
Identify Best Practices
Expose Design Issues
Gather Requirements
Evangelize Brand
Propose Features
Design User Interface
Design Experience
Make Brand Consistent
Unclutter Design
Design Task Flow
Present Design
Understand Constraints
Define Metadata
Design for Accessibility
Propose Features
Identify bugs
Propose Integrations
Collab w/Client
Collab w/Content Team
Collab w/Tech
Collab w/Accnt Mngmt
Collab w/Proj Mngmt
Collab w/Design
UX DESIGN
The Many Facets of
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for EMPATHY LAB by JONATHAN LUPO @userexperience
Trends in behavior, uncovered in research, enable UX Designers to develop an end-user “mental model”, as well as an information architecture and taxonomy to make primary task comple-tion, intuitive.