User Experience RolesArchitecture as User Center Design

Version 01 Published January 07, 2011 Created by Ryan Winzenburg

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UX Objective

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Architectural Design Roles

Architect Interior Designer

Drywaller & Brick Layer

Plumber & Electrician

Move Planner & Closet Organizer

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UX Similarity

Architect

Interaction Designer

Move Planner & Closet Organizer

Information Architect

Interior Designer

User Interface Designer

Drywaller & Brick Layer

Front End Developer

Plumber & Electrician

Back End Developer

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UX Roles

Interaction Designer

Information Architect

User Interface Designer

Front End Developer

Back End Developer

• Interviewing

• Wireframe

• Prototypes

• Work Flow (Usability)

• Excel

• Silverback, Captcha

• Omnigraffel, Visio

• InDesign, Balsamiq

• Fireworks, HTML

• Content Inventory

• Card Sorting

• Labeling

• Navigation

• Thesauri

• Search

• Controlled Vocabulary

• Excel

• Optimal Sort

• Design Principles

• Usability

• Typography

• HTML/CSS

• Photoshop

• Illustrator

• Fireworks

• jQuery

• HTML

• CSS

• jQuery

• JavaScript

• Flash/Flex

• ActionScript

• HTML

• .NET/Java

• SQL/Database

• Server

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UX Denver

Interaction Designer

User Experience Designer Interactive Designer

• Interviewing

• Wireframe

• Prototypes

• Work Flow (Usability)

• Excel

• Silverback, Captcha

• Omnigraffel, Visio

• InDesign, Balsamiq

• Fireworks, HTML

Information Architect

• Content Inventory

• Card Sorting

• Labeling

• Navigation

• Thesauri

• Search

• Controlled Vocabulary

• Excel

• Optimal Sort

User Interface Designer

• Design Principles

• Usability

• Typography

• HTML/CSS

• Photoshop

• Illustrator

• Fireworks

• jQuery

Front End Developer

• HTML

• CSS

• jQuery

• JavaScript

• Flash/Flex

• ActionScript

Back End Developer

• HTML

• .NET/Java

• SQL/Database

• Server

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Interactive Designer

Implementation Centered Design

User Interface Designer

• Design Principles

• Usability

• Typography

• HTML/CSS

• Photoshop

• Illustrator

• Fireworks

• jQuery

Front End Developer

• HTML

• CSS

• jQuery

• JavaScript

• Flash/Flex

• ActionScript

Back End Developer

• HTML

• .NET/Java

• SQL/Database

• Server

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Design Centered Design

Interactive Designer

User Interface Designer

• Design Principles

• Usability

• Typography

• HTML/CSS

• Photoshop

• Illustrator

• Fireworks

• jQuery

Front End Developer

• HTML

• CSS

• jQuery

• JavaScript

• Flash/Flex

• ActionScript

Back End Developer

• HTML

• .NET/Java

• SQL/Database

• Server

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UX Denver

Interaction Designer

Information Architect

User Interface Designer

Front End Developer

Back End Developer

• A List Apart

• UX Booth

• UX Matters

• Adaptive Path

• UIE Brain Sparks

• UXpod

• Rosenfeld Media

• I.A. Podcast

• Smashing Magazine

• I.A. Podcast

• Design Was Here

• CSS Cream

• Communication Arts

• Web Designer Depot

• CSS Tricks

• Hongkiat