A user experience (UX) is anything that happens when you use a product or service. This could involve using a mobile app, looking through a website, interacting with a physical product (like trying out a new pair of running shoes), or utilizing a service (e.g., checking into a hotel).
A well-designed product is easy to use. It ought to make the user experience enjoyable and elicit positive emotions like confidence and trust. A poorly designed product, on the other hand, can lead to user confusion or distrust. Taking shortcuts in the UX design process will have an impact on the overall product quality. Because of this, competent UX designers carefully adhere to the UX design process.
So, what does user experience designers really do?
The UX designer’s role is to make a product or service usable, enjoyable, and accessible. Your primary responsibility is to advocate for the end user or customer. The user experience designer must take the user’s needs and the overall user experience into account when designing anything, whether it’s a new product, a feature, or an adjustment to an existing good or service. Additionally, you are in charge of ensuring that the good or service satisfies the demands of the company. While the exact process varies from product to product and company to company, the general phases of design tend to stay the same. You are accountable for the users’ general satisfaction with a product as a user experience designer.
Here are some of the tasks you are expected to perform while working as a UX designer:
- Conducting user research
- Creating personas for users
- Wireframes and user flows design
- Developing prototypes and user testing