Can an art student be a ui designer? Do ui designers have any professional requirements?

If there are professional requirements, design major or computer major is a plus item. At present, recruitment fairs for UI designers in large enterprises have relevant requirements, and the ability requirements are as follows:

1. Basic software operation ability

Commonly used softwares for UI design include XD, Sketch (mobile UI design, marking and cutting drawings), Axure (product prototype design), XMind (product framework design), figma (online collaborative design), AE (dynamic design), PS, AI (operational visual design) and so on.

2. Graphic design ability

UI designers are often asked if they need hand-drawing ability. My answer is that drawing with a pen and paper is not the key. It is important to master the computer's accurate, beautiful and unique drawing ability.

UI designers need to master the ability of graphic drawing, and there will be various graphic drawing requirements in actual work projects. Such as various guide pages, startup pages, icon design, etc. In the design of application interface, you can draw these graphics with a handwriting board or a mouse.

3. E-commerce operation design ability

This must confuse some students. Isn't designing posters, banners, event planning and special pages a matter for graphic designers and operation design? In the past, yes, the division of labor became more and more detailed. Then when you do interface design, you should cooperate with beautiful banners and poster layout. You must also master these abilities. And many companies don't have such a fine division of labor. You need to master operation design, illustration design and UI design.

4.PC UI design ability

PC-side software mainly refers to the software used on the computer, such as CMS system, ERP system and OA office system of e-commerce. At present, many companies still need UI designers on the computer side.

5. Mobile UI design ability

At present, the most widely used is the design of App interface. Some people say that interface design looks easy, just adding some elements to the interface. Resize and typeset text? It is true that many people do this, so the App interface in many portfolios looks similar. There are many considerations for such a good work, such as aesthetics, usage habits, usage scenarios, proficiency in software, etc. Make your application look different. The colors of the interface, the pictures in the interface and the details of the interactive experience are all original.

6. Ability of software planning and interactive design

The UI designer's interface should still serve the product design, so the interface design should not only stay in aesthetic thinking, but also consider the logic of the interface and the placement of interface elements. After deeply understanding the behavioral purpose of the product, the reasonable operation process is designed, which puts forward higher requirements for the designer's logical thinking ability and comprehensive ability of interface interaction.

7. Communication skills

This is also very important. Most designers don't work alone, but work as a team. You need to maintain good communication skills. For example, the problem of changing maps frequently. Others say 1 you don't do it 1. Maybe you did 1 as required, and others said you were not good. For example, if you want to change the style of a product, you have to find out the reason, whether it doesn't conform to the current style, or what the product wants to highlight. A design with clear intentions will get twice the result with half the effort. And give each other a good impression of thinking and communication. Such employees are welcome everywhere. On the contrary, you are silent and keep changing pictures. Maybe others think that this person's ability is really poor and can't change what I want.

8. Aesthetic ability

Designers must have a broad vision. Usually go to design websites at home and abroad to see excellent works. Slowly, your eyesight will improve. Many students said they had no idea. The idea is based on a lot of reading or practice. If you don't watch and practice, you naturally have no idea. Your aesthetic ability determines the quality of your work.