User Interface expert, UI Designer, Interface Designer, Visual UI Designer

UI (User Interface) design is a purely digital practice that considers all the visual and interactive elements of an interface: colour range, typography, shapes, composition and spacing, buttons, icons and photos. The objective of this design is to help guide users visually to create an intuitive and agile experience. Often special care must be taken that designs follow recommended principles of adaptability, usability and accessibility to ensure that everyone can access and view them correctly. In addition, a good interface must be consistent with the values and graphic identity of a brand, reinforcing them with a design that meets and is aesthetically pleasing.

UI Specialists define and implement visually appealing graphic elements to enrich the interaction between people with machines or digital products (website, apps, video games'). They are responsible for all stages of interface design, from the conceptualization of ideas that provide simplicity, robustness and ease of use, to the delivery of all technical documentation to the development or programming team. An ideal profile should have an eye for design and be able to translate requirements into user-friendly, attractive, intuitive and functional interaction flows and user interfaces.

These professionals usually coordinate the UX Expert (User Experience) to develop prototypes and models (wireframes and mock-ups) that allow defining the final visual design of the application. For this reason, the job market often asks for a single professional who is an expert in UI and UX.

• Understand product specifications, potential users' challenges and needs and the information collected in various reports (generated by departments and/or marketing managers, user experts, etc.) in order to devise a graphically clear interface coherent and attractive.
• Conceptualize new sketches and design the prototypes of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), that is, the final aspect with which the user will interact.
• Run simulations to focus on improving the user interface and evaluate the efficiency of different components.
• Test usability to guarantee the accessibility of the applications and the correct visualization from different operating systems (using cognitive path techniques, heuristic evaluation, joint simulation, etc.).
• Understand and draw conclusions from the results of the usability tests and the type of user defined to create new prototypes in the right direction.
• Work with UX professionals and marketing managers to achieve visually appealing and coherent designs with the business brand that promote the product.
• Review and update the designs also once they have been launched on the market, based on tests and feedback received by users.

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Disseny i creació digitals
• Grau: Disseny, Animació i Art Digital
• Grau: Audiovisual i multimèdia
• Grau: Multimèdia
• Grau: Enginyeria multimèdia
• Grau: Continguts digitals interactius
• Grau: Disseny
• Grau: Arts i disseny
• Grau: Belles arts
• Grau: Comunicació audiovisual
• Grau: Comunicació i periodisme audiovisuals
• Grau: Mitjans audiovisuals
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Plastic Arts and Design - Advanced Level in Graphic Communication and audiovisual: Interactive graphic
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Image and Sound - Advanced Level: 3D animations, games and interactive environments; professional profile virtual worlds, augmented reality and "gamification"
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Communications, Image and Sound - Advanced Level: 3D animations, games and interactive environments
• Professional Training Course(s) in the professional family of IT - Advanced Level: Multiplatform Application Development
• Professional Training Course(s) in the professional family of IT - Advanced Level: Web application developer

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Due to the limited specific training in UI, most of the technical requirements are requested as knowledge acquired through the professional's own experience:

• Advanced knowledge of UI design.
• Mastery of specific design instruments such as Sketch or Adobe Creative Suite software, especially Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Knowledge of design methodologies adaptable to the user¿s environment such as Responsive Design and Rapid Prototyping.
• Highly recommended knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, Xcode and JavaScript.
• Understanding of technical English.

Creativity: Level 2

Initiative: Level 2

Customer orientation: Level 3

Conceptual thought: Level 3

Concern for order and quality: Level 2

New technologies

People who show an interest in this field are motivated by the development and advanced use of new technologies in any of their applications (software, hardware, telecommunications) from an innovative perspective and in accordance with the continuous updates of technologies, programmes and equipment that appear on the market. The design, installation, management and maintenance of computer systems and new technologies are activities specific to this field.

Design

People who show an interest in the field of design enjoy creating forms, styles and effects that improve the aesthetics, features or user-friendliness of products and spaces. This field of interest includes all the activities related to fashion and accessories design (clothes, jewellery) and interior design (furniture, window dressing). Creativity and knowledge of new trends are key in the carrying out of these activities in the professional world.

Digital processes artist

UX specialist

Digital process technical director

3D Animator

Content manager

• Work hours

  Full-time or part-time.

• Salary

  For a full-time job, salaries are quite varied, but generally range from 20,000 to 40,000 euros gross per year, depending on the size of the company and the experience of the professional.

• Professional category

  Technician

• Human resources and equipment

• Initial investments