Richard's comments mirror my thoughts exactly, and going off his point about a coordinated approach...
When it comes to finding work, I don't think forcing everyone under one job title is the right thing, but it sure would make looking through job listings a lot easier. User Experience Designers, Experience Architects, Producers, Information Architects, Interaction Designers - every recruiter and every organization uses different words to describe the same job, so it ends up that we job hunters must read every job description to try and figure out if it's something we should apply for or not. Thus the titles are totally meaningless. And not just for people applying for the jobs - but for those who are listing the jobs, it's gotta be difficult for them to figure out which title(s) to use in order to attract the right applicants. It also makes it difficult for the uninitiated to understand what we do, which is a really bad thing - the uninitiated are often those who need to understand how we can provide them with value! All those titles like User Experience Designer and Interaction Designer sound cool, but I think the fact that we don't seem to be very unified can make people skeptical about the value of our field altogether. It's ironic, but at times it's a real IxD challenge to explain my job to people :) -- Jen Randolph, Interaction Designer http://www.jenrandolph.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40728 ________________________________________________________________ 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
