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Cool website from Rhizomatiks out of Tokyo.
UX Roles: Designer or Developer?
In my earlier post "UI Design vs UI Development vs UX" I explained the need to separate designer and developer roles for UI and UX. At the time I felt the need to expand on UX roles but left it at the term "UX Designer" since this was the scope of the linked article I was referring to.
I later came across an interesting piece regarding UX, here's a snippet:
There are currently four devs on the UX team, along with two brilliant visual designers. While we all work together to plan UI changes, the four developers rarely push pixels around. Calling us all UX Designers is a bit misleading, as the developers rarely do big "D" design. UI Developer or Front-End Dev is more accurate, but it neglects the sensitivity and skills from the UX profession the we employ regularly.
There's also some ambiguity about whether or not we only work on the front-end. Our team is located in a big open room with our QA and Engineering departments, which has led to some great collaboration. Our pattern library has given the Engineers the freedom to do more on the front-end, and they've encouraged us to dive deeper into back-end development and advanced javascript.
In light of all this, I recently changed my title on LinkedIn from "Senior UX Designer" to "Senior UX Developer."
Blurred Lines: The Rise of the UX Developer by Jason Beaird
My title at a previous company was simply "UX and UI" since my work overlapped design, development and research. Regarding UX, I do see the rise of a UX developer alongside a UX designer and UX researcher.