UX Designer, Product Designer, UX/UI specialist.... Whats in a name? (Or Everyone Wants a UX Unicorn.)
I recently completed a short 8 week class on User Experience design, and have been spending the last couple weeks trying to find a job in the UX/ Product design field. The problem is that the UX field is growing and businesses see it. They have gobbed on to the UX terminology and are lumping it in with other fields.
Do a search on any job search site for "UX" and you will find some very creative job titles, like; "UX/UI Designer/Developer", or "Creative UI Developer" I know that UX Designers are versatile problem solvers, and you might be able to find a developer turned UX designer, but I feel like there has to be more of a separation.
The question I have is how can user experience professionals educate new/growing businesses on what user experience is? or what a UX/Product designer does? Maybe they just really want that unicorn.
What new businesses should really do is cultivate UX practices in people they already have within their company and create a Product Department internally. This will give them the opportunity to hire a lead that is savvy in the way of UX best practices. I don't know what the best solution is really. What do I know, I just graduated.
What's next? "User Experience Janitor"?