UX/UI Designer Position Keywords: analysis of 10 Linkedin posts

In every career development course, they say to use language that HRs and hiring managers are using. For application to some companies, it can be crucial as they use specialized software to check CVs on compatibility even before a real person would see it.

As I’m in the job searching process myself, I decided to take this advice literally and scanned 10 UX/UI designer job postings to find the most used keywords and the most common requirements.

I thought I would share the results of this tiny research as it can be useful in many ways:

• for those who are planning to switch from another field: to have an overview of requirements;
• for UX/UI designers with some experience: to look in what area you want to improve yourself;
• for both: use some phrases for your CV and LinkedIn profile to be on the same page with HRs;
• any other purpose you can think of.

Some notes before you dive in:

• Some of the phrasings repeated throughout all the postings, so I unified them. In this case, there is a grey number after the skill/process.
• I tried to place them in order of the actual process when applicable (but because the UX/UI process is a loop, some of them may seem not logical from some points of view).
• These are parameters from postings for UX or UX/UI designers around mid-level (in most cases 3+ years of experience, but there was one for 1 year and one for 5+, but the requirements were pretty much the same, so I guess the difference is really in the mastery level).
• To get more information on what clients are looking in the UX/UI designers, I recommend this article.

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Design Skills

UX/UI process

creatively interpret briefs

research and learn the user

persona development

gathering and evaluating user requirements

identify usability/functionality problems

illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps

test new ideas

conduct user testing and implementation of conclusions 4

analyze data 2

map all possible scenarios and create product/user flows 4

create wireframes and mockups (from rough sketches to detailed designs to rich animated prototypes) 5

pixel-perfect UI for all states and scenarios

products look and feel

design graphic user interface elements

design high-quality visual interfaces and assets.

adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images

create design specifications

comply and contribute to the company’s design system

deliver to development

Phrasing examples (opens in new tab)

Basics (theoretical and practical knowledge)

design layout principles

strong typography knowledge 2

design systems 2

information architecture

user interaction models

Medium/Product

you will be designing this/you need experience in designing this

customer-facing mobile, web, desktop and multi-platform apps/platforms/ products/solutions 8

complex and data intensive products and platforms 2

enterprise software

consumer products or services 3

SaaS products 2

DevOps or Developer tools

mobile and video games 3

streaming

Other design specialisations (or backgrounds) besides UX/UI

each of them mentioned once

User interface for physical devices

Brand’s visual identity

Data visualizations

Marketing assets

Print and marketing materials

Video Editing

HTML/CSS

Gaming background

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Soft Skills + Misc

Team player (general)

team player 5

knows how to work within a team

collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

able to work in a global team setting

Team player (specific team)

Product team 5

Development team 6

QA

VP Product/Head of UXUI 2

R&D leads

CEO

remote team

Phrasing examples (opens in new tab)

Interpersonal skills

great interpersonal skills

communication skills 7 (great/strong/effective/excellent etc.)

organization skills 2

adaptable and flexible

ability to meet deadlines

data driven and result oriented

strong multi-tasking ability

ability to learn quickly

proactive learner

analytical thinking

problem solving

creative 3

curious

highly organized

independent worker 2 (this usually goes in pair with team player)

ability to work in a distributed, multi-cultural environment

presentational skills 3

Phrasing examples (opens in new tab)

Education

this requirement isn’t always seen and I suspect is obligatory in rare cases

Master (2) or Bachelor (6)

visual communication 4

interactive design 3

industrial design

cognitive science

computer science

business

journalism (don’t ask)

marketing

or related/equivalent

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Software

Adobe

Adobe Creative Suite 4

Photoshop 3

Illustrator 4

InDesign

Modern Tools

Sketch 9

Figma 3

Adobe XD 2

InVision 3

Design Systems

Anima

Axure 4

Principle 2

Abstract

Zeplin

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Bonus: some loud words that don’t necessarily mean something in particular

pixel-perfect mobile platform

pixel-perfect design solutions

pixel-perfect approach to UI

detailed designs

intuitive and stunning UI 2

intuitive, beautiful user experiences 2

great user experience for our users

brilliant visual experiences

high quality, user-centered experiences

functional and appealing features

playful intuitive and innovative user experience

elegant and rapid solutions

challenging and dynamic interfaces

idiot proof UX/UI

attention to the smallest of details

high-quality assets

sense for extraordinary

great player experience

overall look and feel

UX master

solving complex product problems

incredible UX/UI and product design skills

Represent the voice of the customer within the team

Light the path to a greater product design vision

Define, design and deliver extraordinary products

Make complex tasks by simple concepts

A willingness to get into the tiniest of details on wireframes, mockups, and more

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