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Accessibility in Game Design
I recently had a chat with Steven Spohn of Ablegamers that will be going up soon on my channel and site. In it, we talked about what accessibility means not only for game designers but for the consumers who are playing games. Discussing the misconceptions and myths about accessibility made me think again about approachability and accessibility, and I wanted to take a chance to revise my thoughts on the topic.
Continue readingWhat Game UX can teach Product Designers
UX UI Design tests online – Earn an extra income working from home
There are a lot of opportunities online to extra cash daily and at the end of the month you can have something between U$ 100 – U$ 300.
However if you are a designer and if you want to work online, better be something related to design, right?
There are several “online jobs” regarding user experience tests, site tests, web design, bugs and apps.
Besides if you are already a digital designer UX – UI or want to learn more it is an interesting experience as a design tester you are at backstage, testing and learning also.
This sites are generally easy to enroll, in order to have a initial test, you must study guidelines and wait the test. In other sites you have to download a software to record screen and audio to perform testing.
The pay rate is good between U$ 10 – 20 for test, however at the beginning tests are not happening often, that’s a negative point.
Visit the best sites below:
If you are in North America, I highly recommend “Rat Race Rebellion”.
New opportunities worldwide.
What is the career path for a digital product designer?
Use this to know if you are in the right title and what a promotion entails. Also use this in recruiting to put someone at the right level when they join.
Why does it start at level 4? It’s based on the Hays Guidelines (An HR thing)
Level 4
Associate UX Designer – Personally contributes towards design goals and deliverables. Has virtually no experience as a professional designer. Has basic skills in general design. Can follow instructions and collaborate with engineers and product managers. Has a good work ethic and attitude. Gets along well with others.
Level 5
UX Designer – Everything in Associate Designer AND has 2-3 years of professional design experience. Has intermediate skills in several facets of UX design including information architecture and interaction design. Can lead small projects and is reliable.
Level 6
UX Designer II – Everything in UX Designer AND demonstrates team leadership and an interest in learning management skills. Has 3-4 years of professional design experience. Solid design skills in most facets of UX. Influences others outside his/her own project. Can lead medium-sized projects.
Level 7
Sr. UX Designer – Everything in UX Designer II AND actively seeks to be a resource outside of immediate project/team/local scope. People will come and ask them for input. Demonstrates team leadership. Above average design skillz. Has 4-8 years of professional design experience. Can lead large projects and mentor 1-2 junior designers.
Level 8
UX Director – Everything in Sr. UX Designer AND can do detailed design critiques as well as mentor/manage designers on a daily basis. Executes on longer range plans. Able to identify, plan, and execute career development for employees. Able to teach team on his/her own initiative. Influences architecture beyond his/her own project. Looks across the organization. Mastery of design craft. Has 6+ years of professional design experience. Is part of the recruiting process on an active basis.
Level 9
Sr. UX Director – Everything in UX Director AND Can fill in for the VP of UX or even the VP of PM if needed. Can do conceptual design and has strong knowledge of the complete ecosystem. Recognized as an influential leader. Manages budget performance on a daily basis. Executes on long range plans. Works effectively to hire and retain talent. Effectively manages employee performance. Influences architecture beyond his/her own project. Looks across the organization.
Level 10
VP, UX – Everything in Sr. UX Director AND is recognized as the leader of the user experience of the product. Works consistently with other leaders in the organization. Builds effective process and standards for the UX organization. Regularly influences/designs the conceptual basis for the products. Is one of the key visionaries of the product direction. Pays for lunch.
Level 11
Chief Design Officer – I’ll have to think about that one.
Notice, I didn’t include UX Research or Testing. I believe that is a different department that probably should be a part of the QA (Quality Assurance) team. But that is a topic for another day.
152 Remote Design Jobs from The Designers League TDL
This post is from “The Designers League” by Arsen Ibragimov and copy as it is there:
“During the period from December 2 to 8, I collected 152 vacancies from popular job boards like Glassdoor, Flex Jobs, We Work Remotely, and others, as well as from Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
It takes about 4 hours a day to visit 78 sources that I prepared in advance.
👉Visit The Designers League Group at Facebook >> request access in the comments
How it works:
Click the link that I sent to you, request access, I accept it in 3 minutes and send an email notification to you that you gain access to the table and lately you will receive notifications with updates and new job positions.
You will be able to exit the table and unsubscribe at any time.
Why do you need this?
Let’s be honest, standard job boards – sucks! Look at the main differences between this list and those job boards that you could see:
- No need to view all the job boards, I already did it for you;
- No need to register on all job boards, just request access to the list by pressing one button;
- On average, five job openings for designers per week are published on each job board. I collect them manually and publish hundreds of vacancies during the same time in one place;
- Job boards refer to each other. I collect direct links to the CV submission page.
Why do I need this?
Access to the list is completely free. Every day I receive thanks for this list of work, so I continue to do so. Let’s see where this leads us.
Good luck in your search for a remote job!”
Design Job list by Arsen Ibragimov – LinkedIn
All the design team at this portal says: “Arsen,thanks a lot for your time and effort, it is a great list” (ok, guys, but dont leave your jobs here, because of the list. ok?)
Design Research Portal 