“A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it it’s not that good” Workshop on March 22, 2:30 pm
I mean, unlike most products built without user research… at least the users are having fun with it! 🤣 https://t.co/wCDdVeB65g
— Madeleine Daigle (@MaddyDaigle) March 9, 2019
The average Ux designer salary in Canada is $80,000 per year or $41.03 per hour. Entry level positions start at $40,000 per year while most experienced workers make up to $136,000 per year.
- Friday, March 22, 2:30 pm
- Room 57
Research provided by Maddy:
What Does a UX Designer Actually Do?
source: https://theblog.adobe.com/what-does-a-ux-designer-actually-do/
more research: https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/ux-design/what-does-a-ux-designer-actually-do/
User Experience (UX) Designer is a job title you’re likely hearing more and more these days. While UX design is a field that feels essential to product development, its function still remains a mystery to many because of its relative newness. Thus, when someone says “I’m a UX designer,” it is not always immediately clear what they actually do day-to-day.
This article is dedicated to those who are genuinely still unsure what a UX designer does.
What UX Design Is All About
For a long time design has been associated with graphic design (“the look” of a product). As digital technology and our expectations about digital interactions has grown, we’ve begun focusing more and more on “the feel” part of a design, also known as the user experience. If UX is the experience that a user has while interacting with a product, then UX Design is the process by which a designer tried to determine what that experience will be (Note: We can’t really design experiences as a formal entity. However, we can design the conditions of an intended experience).
A UX designer’s role is directly involved in the process of making a product useful, usable and enjoyable for its users. If you want to learn more about UX design, consider reading the article, What You Should Know About User Experience.
Responsibilities of UX Designer
How do UX designers work on a day-to-day basis? The answer to this question, as with many questions, is: it depends. A UX designer’s responsibilities can vary dramatically from company to company and sometimes even from project to project within one company. Despite the variety the role offers, there are some general functions a UX designer can be expected to perform irrespective of the company they work at.
Below I’ve summarized the 6 main responsibilities of UX designer:
read here: https://theblog.adobe.com/what-does-a-ux-designer-actually-do/
About Maddy:
Twitter: @MaddyDaigle
Madeleine Daigle
UX Designer at Canada Revenue Agency – Agence du revenu du Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
I am a graduate from Carleton University’s Information Technology Multimedia and Design program. I am interested in a permanent full time position within the information technology field related to multimedia and design, media content creation and information management.
Specialties: Level Design, Graphics Design, Concept Art, 3D Modeling & Texturing, Web Design/Development, Programming
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UX Designer
Canada Revenue Agency – Agence du revenu du Canada
– Present 1 year 1 month
Working as a UX designer focusing on designing, researching and testing user needs for internal courses, Canada.ca CRA web applications and Swing desktop applications. In addition, perform UX and accessibility analysis on existing applications following UX heuristics and WCAG 2.1 guidelines.
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UX Designer
Statistics Canada
– 6 months
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Programmer/Analyst
Canada Revenue Agency – Agence du revenu du Canada
– 4 years 6 months
Worked as a programmer/analyst working on COBOL and Java Web applications using Struts2 and the WET 4.0 template. Also worked on web renewal project involving migrating CRA websites to new Canada.ca templates.
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Assistant Software Support (Web)
RCMP
– 1 year 1 month
– Primary contributor in Drupal development for RCMP public facing website
– Web development using PHP, jQuery, HTML/CSS(SASS), MySQL
– System administration; maintaining Apache web servers
– Contributed code & documentation to the government of Canada Web Experience toolkit
– Presented at government of Canada panels for Drupal and WET -
Web Developer
Department of Justice
– 4 months
– Tested Department of Justice websites for proper accessibility
– Documented and fixed issues in HTML, CSS and Javascript -
Web Developer
Natural Resources Canada
– 4 months
– Assisted in migrating Natural Resources Canada webpages to Drupal
– Tested and fixed webpages according to WCAG -
Web Developer
Statistics Canada
– 1 year 1 month
Ottawa, ON
– Updating and tested HTML web pages using Adobe Dreamweaver while ensuring pages were Common Look and Feel (CLF) 2.0 compliant in both official languages.
– Created a Perl based online notification form.
– Developed media content for the CANSIM 40th anniversary. -
Web Developer
Canada Revenue Agency
– 4 months
Ottawa, ON
– Responsible for developing and modifying pages on the CRA intranet within CLF guidelines.
– Kept in close contact with peers and clients to update pertinent information within the CRA intranet.
