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    UI Designer
    Product / UX

    UI Designer

    UI Designers focus on the visual craft of a product's interface — typography, layout, color, and componentry that make it look and feel polished and consistent.

    Entry
    0-2 years
    Mid
    2-4 years
    Senior
    4-7 years
    Core skills
    Core
    • Figma
    • Layout
    • Typography
    • Visual Hierarchy
    Important
    • Color
    • Components
    • Design Systems
    • Responsive Design
    Helpful
    • Prototyping
    Common previous roles
    commonGraphic Designer

    Both roles depend heavily on visual hierarchy, typography, layout, and color. Moving from static/print to interactive product surfaces mainly adds interaction design, responsive design, and prototyping.

    possibleVisual Designer

    Visual Designers who start applying their craft to real interactive product surfaces, not only static campaigns and comps, move naturally into UI Designer roles.

    Possible next moves
    commonProduct Designer

    UI Designers who build up problem framing, user flows, and research skills alongside their visual craft naturally grow into owning full product problems, not just interfaces.

    possibleInteraction Designer

    UI Designers who focus in on how a product moves and responds, not just how it looks, specialize into interaction design.

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