What are the employment prospects for UI designers?

In the Internet era, UI designers are talents in short supply in major enterprises. Mobile APPs and website interfaces are inseparable from UI design.

1. Definition of UI designer

The original meaning of "UI" is user interface, which is the abbreviation of English User and interface. UI designer, referred to as UID (User Interface Designer), refers to a person who is engaged in the overall design of human-computer interaction, operation logic, and beautiful interface of software.

UI designers’ scope of work includes commercial graphic design, advanced web design, mobile application interface design and some packaging design. They are currently one of the most sought-after talents in China’s information industry.

2. Salary situation of UI designers

1. Divided according to working years

1 year and below (including internship): average 7.1k

2 to 5 years: average 12k

6 years and above: average 21k

2. By region

Beijing: average job 4 ~5 years, salary 15K

Shanghai: Average working years, salary 14k, more senior designers, but overall strength is slightly less than Beijing.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai: average working years of 3 years, salary 14.6k

Guangzhou and Shenzhen: average working years of 3 years, salary 10k

3. Divided according to salary range

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The overall development trend of the design industry is good, and the salary is relatively high, but it is generally capped at 30k~40k.

3. Basic literacy of UI designers

1. Overall understanding of design

To learn UI design, first have an overall understanding of the entire design profession, and then Learn technical content and rules, and slowly fill in the knowledge base. If possible, you can try to understand the workflow of a new Internet product. In this way, before partial study, you can have a good idea of ??the key points, difficulties, and course framework.

2. Technical foundation

Designers spend all their time on Photoshop, Axure, and Adobe Illustrator. Skilled techniques are a must for perfectly displaying design works. As a UI designer , you should also be proficient in these commonly used software. The slightly lower requirement is to be proficient in at least one of the software, have formed natural responses to various operations, and be able to pass the other software to a 70-80% proficiency.

3. Basics of drawing

When your skills are proficient to a certain level, you can try to copy. Through copying, on the one hand, it is used to strengthen the ability at the technical level, and on the other hand, it can also improve the innovative ability of beginners.

You can choose from two aspects for copying content: one is the icons that come with the system, such as Mac OX, Windows, or the native icons of mobile iOS and Android, which are carefully polished and can both It helps beginners understand the platform design rules and gradually consolidates the techniques of commonly used software through copying. The other is the design works of outstanding people in the industry. Understanding their design styles, ideas and details can deepen your understanding of design.

4. Design rules for each platform

Each platform of iOS, Android, WP, Windows, and Mac OX has its own design rules and preferences. On the mobile side, even each model There are strict regulations on the resolution, status bar height, navigation bar height, icon size, font, and color values.

5. Understanding ability

As the upstream of design, product managers often send requirement documents directly to designers. They can understand product documents, quickly analyze requirements, and determine style, tone, and design requirements. Elements, and finally quickly visualize product requirements, is the designer that product managers love to work with.

4. Summary

The level of UI designers directly determines the appearance of Internet products (websites, apps, online stores, etc.). Regardless of the quality of the product, the first scene when a user comes into contact with the product is the face designed by the UI designer for the product. A good UI designer can moisturize things silently and inject new life into the product in a natural design. Value is by no means an ordinary handyman artist.