Thanks for the UX Kit reference Bella. Short link is here in case the ShermanUX
URL gets munged by people's email clients: http://bit.ly/ba22gI
All, also note that I intentionally released the kit under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (US) license. This makes the content most
While we're on this subject...
I just rev'ed the UX Kit doc to 1.1, updating sample salaries to reflect 2009
numbers: http://bit.ly/ba22gI
Also, for the 2009 UPA salary survey the project team and I took an open-ended
approach to job titles and compensation. We documented a dozen variations
Check out Fred Beecher's posts on the matter, I found them
enlightening.
http://userexperience.evantageconsulting.com/2010/02/user-experience-design-career-path/
http://userexperience.evantageconsulting.com/2010/02/more-user-experience-design-career-development-options/
Cheers,
Jason R.
Samantha LeVan wrote:
What I have seen work well is having a path that splits after the
senior level, which works well for designers, researchers, or
generalists:
For example:
-UX Designer I, II, III
-Sr. UX Designer
-Principal Designer (team lead, knowledge expert) or UX
Manager/Director
Ah, the good old days of software engineering...
When we were at Lucent / Bell Labs in the 90's, my wife and I aspired to the
job title Distinguished Member of Technical Staff.
Because who doesn't want a job title that starts with the term Distinguished?
:-)
- Paul
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Paul
Hi,
I'm in a successful start up (meaning there are real paid customers
for a real product.) So far I am the only UX person and I need to
educate the culture here on UX skill levels similar to management
tracks and technical tracks. Does any one have examples from their
current or past company
What I have seen work well is having a path that splits after the
senior level, which works well for designers, researchers, or
generalists:
For example:
-UX Designer I, II, III
-Sr. UX Designer
-Principal Designer (team lead, knowledge expert) or UX
Manager/Director (people management, budget,
A few years back, Christina Wodtke shared this link that maps out the path
for Designers and IA's.
http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/paths-for-designers-ias
Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
To post to this list
Paul Sherman (www.shermanUX.com) has created some supporting docs that
should be very helpful:
Go to http://shermanux.com/services.php#st download the User
Experience Kit. Section 2 should be particularly helpful.
Also, a very recent post on UX Matters covers Building a UX Group and
introducing
