Skills
Crafting intuitive experiences through a blend of aesthetic design, user-centric research, and data-driven decision-making. Fostering innovation and user-centric solutions through empathy, collaboration, and adaptive thinking in dynamic design landscapes.
Empathy
Empathy is by far the most critical skill that UX designers should master. It's impossible to design a user-friendly product if I don't empathize with the how a user will use my design and the product.
Communication
Design is a team sport. Solid communication is vital while creating a product, or adding an new feature or collecting meaningful feedback from stakeholders or other designers/developers.
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is the ability to analyze available facts and evidence to form a judgment. I believe in being open minded and challenging assumptions the product team has about future solutions.
User Research
It is essential to understand the user's needs/wants and behavior through qualitative methods, such as interviews with customers, as well as quantitative methods, such as surveys and analytics.
Information Architecture
Content is why people visit websites or access mobile apps. Organizing this content in a clear and logical manner helps define the proper visual hierarchy of content and navigation throughout the site.
Wireframing & Prototyping
Low-fidelity wireframing is a quick and low-cost way to give stakeholders a basic idea of the structure of a product before design and development begin. An interactive prototype is great to use and check the visual appeal and usability before starting production.
UX Writing
User interfaces usually include some type of text, such as for design elements or error messages. Writing skills enhances the user interface designs, but also helps to avoid unnecessary layout rework.
UI Design
As a UX designer, having solid UI design skills allows me to focus on the visual experience that users will have and define the design system.
Coding
Knowing how to code helps me to create more technically feasible solutions. When I have a clear understanding of the advantages & limitations of the technology used to create a product, I can design a more robust design that is both easier and cheaper to implement.
Usability Testing
"Test early, test often" is an essential rules in product design. It’s important to validate my design decisions by testing my solution with real users. I practice moderated or unmoderated usability testing techniques to identify usability issues in my designs.