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WEB AND DIGITAL INTERFACE DESIGNERS

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Occupation Description:

Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links. Excludes �Special Effects Artists and Animators� (27-1014) and �Graphic Designers� (27-1024).

Specialized Occupations:

Video Game Designers (ONET code: 15-1255.01)


	Occupation Description:

	Design core features of video games. Specify innovative game and role-play mechanics, story lines, and character biographies. Create and maintain design documentation. Guide and collaborate with production staff to produce games as designed.


	Typical Tasks:

	Present new game design concepts to management and technical colleagues, including artists, animators, and programmers. Balance and adjust gameplay experiences to ensure the critical and commercial success of the product. Provide feedback to designers and other colleagues regarding game design features. Create core game features, including storylines, role-play mechanics, and character biographies for a new video game or game franchise. Devise missions, challenges, or puzzles to be encountered in game play. Guide design discussions between development teams. Develop and maintain design level documentation, including mechanics, guidelines, and mission outlines.


	Knowledge:

	Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.. Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.. English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.. Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.. Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.. Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.. Fine Arts - Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture..

Typical Tasks:

Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of web development projects.
Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites.
Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
Create searchable indices for Web page content.
Create Web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.

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Wage Information:

Region	Average Annual	Average Hourly	Entry Level (hourly)	Mid-Range (hourly)
Statewide	$81,685.00	$39.27	$25.22	$28.47 - $44.46
Bridgeport/Stamford	$83,890.00	$40.33	$27.68	$29.43 - $44.29
Danbury	$68,241.00	$32.80	$21.75	$24.69 - $38.14
Hartford	$76,668.00	$36.86	$23.64	$24.90 - $41.91
New Haven	$80,418.00	$38.66	$26.35	$30.45 - $41.17
New London/Norwich	$77,389.00	$37.21	$24.26	$27.33 - $49.33
Waterbury	$68,272.00	$32.82	$19.42	$17.74 - $37.83

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Occupation Outlook:

Region	Employment		Average Annual Growth Rate	Average Annual Job Openings
Region	2022	2032	Average Annual Growth Rate	Average Annual Job Openings
State of Connecticut	1,250	1,390	0.1%	107

Chart of Growth Rate and Annual Openings

Employment in this occupation is expected to grow more slowly than average, and the number of annual openings will offer limited job opportunities.

Key:

N/A = Not Applicable, ***** = Over $60.00 per hour, ##### = Over $124,821

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