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Monday, November 11, 2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Industry Sources – Research Project (UX Design)
User Experience Design and Development is the area that I have chosen to research.
The 'User Experience' or UX as is it known in the industry is a relatively new concept in the design of software, web pages, mobile apps and anything else where a human is interacting with technology.
"...any aspect of a user's experience with a given system, including the interface, graphics, industrial design, physical interaction, and the manual." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience_design,
"User experience (abbreviated as UX) is how a person feels when interfacing with a system. The system could be a website, a web application or desktop software and, in modern contexts, is generally denoted by some form of human-computer interaction (HCI)... The term “user experience” was coined by Dr. Donald Norman, a cognitive science researcher who was also the first to describe the importance of user-centered design (the notion that design decisions should be based on the needs and wants of users)." - http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/05/what-is-user-experience-design-overview-tools-and-resources/
Australian User Experience Conference - http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/
http://uxdesign.com/ux-defined
Salary:
$70,000 to $80,000 with 2+ years experience
$100,000 to $150,000 for senior roles
www.jobs.com.au
Creative Processes:
As a designer the creative process will include defining the project, concept design, feedback from the client, producing a design, evaluation and making revisions to the design.
Here is list of tasks involved in UX design from http://www.anniestudio.org/a-lean-ux-design-process/
From the same site is this is Annie's lean creative process:
http://www.slideshare.net/netlogician/user-experience-ux-design-process
Skills:
Some of the skills a UX designer should have include:
more to come...
The 'User Experience' or UX as is it known in the industry is a relatively new concept in the design of software, web pages, mobile apps and anything else where a human is interacting with technology.
"...any aspect of a user's experience with a given system, including the interface, graphics, industrial design, physical interaction, and the manual." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience_design,
"User experience (abbreviated as UX) is how a person feels when interfacing with a system. The system could be a website, a web application or desktop software and, in modern contexts, is generally denoted by some form of human-computer interaction (HCI)... The term “user experience” was coined by Dr. Donald Norman, a cognitive science researcher who was also the first to describe the importance of user-centered design (the notion that design decisions should be based on the needs and wants of users)." - http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/05/what-is-user-experience-design-overview-tools-and-resources/
Australian User Experience Conference - http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/
http://uxdesign.com/ux-defined
Salary:
$70,000 to $80,000 with 2+ years experience
$100,000 to $150,000 for senior roles
www.jobs.com.au
Creative Processes:
As a designer the creative process will include defining the project, concept design, feedback from the client, producing a design, evaluation and making revisions to the design.
Here is list of tasks involved in UX design from http://www.anniestudio.org/a-lean-ux-design-process/
- Discovery
- User Research
- Information Architecture
- Conceptual Model
- Wire Framing
- Interaction Design
- Visual Design & Style Guide
- Story Boarding
- Prototyping
- Logo & Website design
- GUI design
From the same site is this is Annie's lean creative process:
- Discovery
- Wire frame
- Prototype
- Validate Internally
- Test Externally
- Summarise
- Iterate
The following websites showed similar processes, but with each taking a different approach.
http://www.slideshare.net/netlogician/user-experience-ux-design-process
Skills:
Some of the skills a UX designer should have include:
- Making research plans
- Interviewing or moderating user sessions
- Analyzing user research
- Writing user stories for new features or products
- Prioritizing user needs
- Coming up with different models or concepts for a design
- Sketching ideas
- Building wireframes
- Creating user flows
- Building fully interactive prototypes
- Deciding when to send email to users
- Building taxonomies
- Creating understandable navigation for products or sites
- Laying out pages in an attractive manner
- Creating icons or images
- Actually building what has been designed
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Identify Opportunities
The opportunities I have to take advantage of mainly based around creating an impressive portfolio of work and in doing so improving my design skills. I also need to gain some more skills in software development.
Portfolio
Portfolio
- I'm creating a webpage for a friends business
- I want to create an App as part of my major project this year at TAFE. The UI design will be a major part of this project.
- Get involved in any community design projects (ABC Open, Wagga Council, Library, TAFE)
- I want to participate in next years Melbourne Game Jam. It would be a good opportunity to take part in a game creation project and make some industry contacts.
- Look for more freelance work experience to build my portfolio
Education
- Complete my Diploma
- Creative Industries Degree at CSU
- Short courses in design and software development (Coursera)
- Online Tutorials
Experience
- Do some work experience with local businesses.
- Gain employment in a related field.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Self-Reflection
User Interface Designer
- Collaborative team environment. HAVE FUN AT WORK!!
- Deliver cutting edge solutions across multiple platforms
- Global organisation providing international opportunities
My client is currently looking for the next addition to an already successful, energetic and creative UI/UX team. This is a great opportunity for a talented (UI) User Interface Designer to take their career to the next level.
This role will see you work with an experienced and friendly User Experience (UX) Director who is passionate about how customers interact with their clients. Additionally, you'll have the availability of an internal development team to collaborate with.
Must be comfortable with concept ideation and building prototypes. Strong design principles and typography understanding. Demonstrated experience in delivery of high-end graphical elements and a confident presenter.
Experience:
3+ years User Interface (UI) design across web/mobile/tablet.
Experienced with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator)
Team Player
Detail oriented - you are striving for perfection
Strong understanding of trends in HTML/CSS coding
Experience with JQuery, JSON, AJAX (not essential)
Strong portfolio of work ( User Interface Design capabilities)
If you have experience delivering large scale consumer and enterprise solutions across mobile, tablet and other personal media platforms please apply.
My self reflection relating to this job
Relevant skills, qualifications and experience
- Certificate III in Media
- Certificate IV in Information Technology
- Certificate IV in Interactive Digital Media (Outstanding Achievement Award)
- Certificate IV in Design
- Currently studying Diploma in Interactive Digital Media
- Experience with Abobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator)
- I am a Team Player - have worked as part or a team and as a team leader and leading hand.
- I have an eye for detail - currently working as a sterilising technician I have to find small imperfections and soil on instruments so that they will not be used in theatre.
- have an understanding of HTML/CSS coding
- have completed User Interface design projects
- have designed my own interfaces for Android apps i have created
What am I good at?
- I am good at learning new software
- I am good at working in a team to work towards a common goal
What am I lacking or wanting to develop?
- I am lacking experience in UI Design
- I want to develop my UI design skills
- I am lacking experience with JQuery, JSON, AJAX
- I need to expand my portfolio of work
Other skills, experience and qualifications
- Attention to detail
- performance and public speaking (musician)
- communication skills
- customer service / client relations
- ethical work practices (confidentiality)
- IT Support (problem solving)
- Liase with professionals from other industries (Engineers, Surgeons, Executives, Sales Reps)
Brag
Hi,
My name is Gerard Regan and I am studying towards a career in the Digital Media Industry.
Below is a brief list of my skills and interests.
My name is Gerard Regan and I am studying towards a career in the Digital Media Industry.
Below is a brief list of my skills and interests.
- Advanced skills using both MS Windows and Apple computer systems.
- Competent using the following software:
- MS Office (all versions up to an including 2011)
- Word
- Excel
- Access
- PowerPoint
- MS Visual Basic
- Adobe CS 5/5.5/6 Master Collection
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- DreamWeaver
- Premiere
- AfterEffects
- Flash
- SoundBooth
- Blender
- Stencil
- MySQL
- XAAMP
- Eclipse
- Android App Inventor
- Programming Skills (VB, Perl, Java, C++)
- Design Skills
- Colour theory
- Aesthetics
- Creative thinking techniques
- Write and work to a design brief
- Logo design
- Web page design
- User interface design
- Mobile app design
- Can establish a working relationship with clients
- Work well in a team
- Can work unsupervised
- Ethical work practices
- I am a musician in a working cover band
- I am currently working on creating a website for a local small business
- I have used digital recording equipment to record other artists compositions and performances
- I have worked as a sound engineer for live bands
- I have work as a computer Technician and in IT support roles
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