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You can hardly find any industry or a job role that hasn’t changed at least somehow in the past ten years. For example, the design evolved quite a lot, its craft and industry became almost unrecognizable. From job titles to data usage, from tools to terminology, and everything in between influenced a lot, and first of all, the skillset of a UI/UX designer.
It’s quite expected that the future of UI/UX will be even more sophisticated. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality(VR), Augmented Reality(AR), Voice and Internet of Things (IoT) based devices will definitely influence the UI/UX approach.
Realizing the importance of being successful in the fast-developing industry, employees need to use the latest tools and techniques as well as acquire new skills and competencies to solve complex problems and act effectively. Closing gaps and developing employees may serve as effective solutions for upskilling.
Let’s take a look at the example of how a skillset of a UI/UX designer has changed in the past decade!
Before
- Tech-focused
- Limited to the web
- Wireframing and prototyping
- Visual communication and UI
- Research skills
- Coding and development
- Interpersonal, collaborative, and communication skills
- Balsamiq, Sketch
Now
- User-focused
- Applicable to diverse areas
- Wireframing and prototyping
- Visual communication and UI
- UX writing
- Business acumen
- Research skills and analytics
- Customer service
- Coding and development
- Interpersonal, collaborative, and communication skills
- Empathy
- Figma
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