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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2009/2/10 Batyah Rubin <[email protected]> > >> 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 ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
