I would suggest looking through the archives. This question (or at least a derivative) has been asked many times.
On 2/10/09 12:44 PM, "Batyah Rubin" <rubin.bat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Stewart, > > Thank you for your answer. Many people were kind enough to reply and it > appears that there is no consensus. > > I am giving a presentation at a conference in Jerusalem on February 26th and > I think I will adopt your title "User Experience Architect".for two reasons: > > > 1. It will be helpful in *avoiding confusion* most people have when I > use the term "designer" in my title. They assume it means that I deal with > the graphics and aesthetics. > 2. I intend to explain my job by using the *example of an Architect* of a > house. The Architect first finds out what the client needs, then, after > some > rounds of refining the plans together with the client, the Architect > provides the final plans to the builder. In my case, I am the architect who > determines the user needs, tests and refines the design, and finally > supplies the specifications to the developer. > > Thanks to you and everyone else who took the time to answer. > Batyah > PS: Anyone interested in hearing about a |Technical Communicators Conference > in Jerusalem on February 28th? > > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Stewart Dean <stewd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> 2009/2/10 Batyah Rubin <rubin.bat...@gmail.com> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: >>> >>> - Interaction Designer >>> - User Experience Designer >>> - User Interface designer >>> >> >> The answer, in my view, comes down to one thing - the culture of the >> company that you are working in. >> >> I am a User Experience Architect (I do design but it's a title that's >> easier to separate from visual design). User Experience is the umbrella >> term for all things that relate to creating an interactive experience. I do >> interactive design and user interface design as part of my job, as well as >> user research, business analysis and a bunch of other stuff. Most of what I >> do fits within the rough remit of user entered design. >> >> Some companies are more visual design based and some are >> more engineering based. In engineering based companies there are often User >> Interface Designers and in more visual based companies you are more likely >> to get Interaction Designers. Most of this comes form the processes the >> company is following (or not) and the systems and products they are >> designing for. >> >> >> -- >> Stewart Dean >> > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
