Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design Flashcards
Advertising agencies
Teams of creatives hired by clients to build marketing campaigns
Apprenticeships
Provides on-the-job training to help people develop real skills
Assets
Everything from the text and images to the design specifications, like font style, color,
size, and spacing
Design studio
A one-stop shop for the look of brands, products, and services
Empathy
The ability to understand someone else’s feelings or thoughts in a situation
Freelancers
Designers who work for themselves and market their services to businesses to
find customers
Generalist
A UX designer with a broad number of responsibilities
Graphic designers
Create visuals that tell a story or message
Information architecture
The framework of a website or how it’s organized, categorized, and
structured
Interaction designers
Focus on designing the experience of a product and how it functions
Motion designers
Think about what it feels like for a user to move through a product
Product
A good, service, or feature
Production designers
Make sure first and final designs match in the finished project
materials and that the assets are ready to be handed off to engineering team
Prototype
An early model of a product that demonstrates functionality
Specialist
A designer who dives deep into one particular type of user experience, like
interaction design, visual design, or motion design
