UX Design Glossary: 160+ UX/UI and Design Career Terms
UX design glossary with 167 terms in 11 sections, from wireframes to promotion cases. Each term starts with a plain answer, shows a real example and leads to the page where you can go deeper.
UX Design Glossary by Topic
17 terms
UX/UI Design Basics
UX design, UI design, UX vs UI, Product design and more
UX/UI design basics glossary15 terms
UI and Visual Design
Visual design principles, Visual hierarchy, Gestalt principles, White space and more
UI and visual design glossary15 terms
Skills Assessment and Diagnostics
UI/UX skills assessment, Design skills diagnostic, Competency matrix, Skill gap analysis and more
Skills assessment and diagnostics glossary16 terms
Career Development
UX designer career path, Career ladder, IC track, Management track and more
Career development glossary13 terms
Soft Skills and Leadership
Soft skills, Communication, Presenting design, Argumenting design decisions and more
Soft skills and leadership glossary17 terms
Designer Archetypes
Designer archetype, Designer archetype test, Designer personality type, Designer archetype vs user archetype and more
Designer archetypes glossary15 terms
Portfolio and Job Search
UX portfolio, Case study, Case study structure, Problem statement and more
Portfolio and job search glossary12 terms
Career Change to UX/UI
Career change to UX, Career switcher, Transferable skills, Transferable skills mapping and more
Career change to UX/UI glossary14 terms
Mentorship and Coaching
Mentorship, Design mentor, Mentee, Mentor vs coach and more
Mentorship and coaching glossaryUX and UI Design Terms a to Z
A
- AccessibilityAI and design trends
- Accessibility-first designAI and design trends
- Accessible nameAI and design trends
- Accountability partnerMentorship and coaching
- Actionable feedbackMentorship and coaching
- Adjacent UX rolesCareer change to UX/UI
- ADPListMentorship and coaching
- Aesthetic EngineerDesigner archetypes
- AI copilotAI and design trends
- AI-assisted prototypingAI and design trends
- AlignmentSoft skills and leadership
- Alt textAI and design trends
- Archetype ambiguityDesigner archetypes
- Argumenting design decisionsSoft skills and leadership
B
- Before and afterPortfolio and job search
- Bento gridAI and design trends
- Bridge portfolioCareer change to UX/UI
C
- Calm designAI and design trends
- Career change to UXCareer change to UX/UI
- Career ladderCareer development
- Career plateauCareer development
- Career switcherCareer change to UX/UI
- Case studyPortfolio and job search
- Case study structurePortfolio and job search
- Case study under NDAPortfolio and job search
- Color theoryUI and visual design
- CommunicationSoft skills and leadership
- Competency matrixSkills assessment and diagnostics
- ComponentUI and visual design
- ConstraintsPortfolio and job search
- Continuous learningLearning path and skill development
- Contrast ratioAI and design trends
- Conversation designAI and design trends
- Course libraryLearning path and skill development
D
- Dark modeUI and visual design
- Dark patternsAI and design trends
- Data-Driven OptimizerDesigner archetypes
- DelegationSoft skills and leadership
- Deliberate practiceLearning path and skill development
- Design career coachMentorship and coaching
- Design challengePortfolio and job search
- Design job titlesCareer development
- Design leadershipSoft skills and leadership
- Design levelSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Design mentorMentorship and coaching
- Design reviewCareer development
- Design skills diagnosticSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Design systemUI and visual design
- Design thinkingUX/UI design basics
- Design tokensUI and visual design
- Designer archetypeDesigner archetypes
- Designer archetype testDesigner archetypes
- Designer archetype vs user archetypeDesigner archetypes
- Designer personality typeDesigner archetypes
- Domain knowledgeCareer change to UX/UI
E
- Ethical designAI and design trends
F
- FacilitationSoft skills and leadership
- Feedback cultureSoft skills and leadership
- First case studyCareer change to UX/UI
- Flow ArchitectDesigner archetypes
G
- Generative AI in designAI and design trends
- Generative UIAI and design trends
- Gestalt principlesUI and visual design
- Grid systemUI and visual design
- Growth planCareer development
H
- Heuristic evaluationUX/UI design basics
I
- IC trackCareer development
- Impact proofCareer development
- Impact sectionPortfolio and job search
- Imposter syndromeCareer development
- Information architectureUX/UI design basics
- Interaction designUX/UI design basics
J
- Job matchingPortfolio and job search
- Job offerPortfolio and job search
- Junior designerSkills assessment and diagnostics
L
- Lead designerCareer development
- Learn by doingLearning path and skill development
- Learning roadmapLearning path and skill development
M
- Management trackCareer development
- MenteeMentorship and coaching
- Mentor sessionMentorship and coaching
- Mentor vs coachMentorship and coaching
- Mentor-in-ProgressDesigner archetypes
- MentorshipMentorship and coaching
- Micro-interactionsUI and visual design
- Mid-level designerSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Mock interviewMentorship and coaching
N
- NegotiationSoft skills and leadership
- NeubrutalismAI and design trends
- Nine skill categoriesSkills assessment and diagnostics
P
- Peer feedbackMentorship and coaching
- PersonaUX/UI design basics
- Personal brandingPortfolio and job search
- Personalised learning pathLearning path and skill development
- Portfolio feedbackMentorship and coaching
- Portfolio presentationPortfolio and job search
- Portfolio reviewPortfolio and job search
- Practice taskLearning path and skill development
- Presenting designSoft skills and leadership
- Principal designerCareer development
- Problem statementPortfolio and job search
- Product designUX/UI design basics
- Product StrategySkills assessment and diagnostics
- Professional identity pivotCareer change to UX/UI
- Promotion caseCareer development
- Promotion readinessCareer development
- PrototypeUX/UI design basics
R
- Random learningLearning path and skill development
- Rapid prototypingLearning path and skill development
- Recruiter screenPortfolio and job search
- Research & InsightsSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Research WhispererDesigner archetypes
- Responsive designUI and visual design
- Reverse mentoringMentorship and coaching
S
- Salary negotiationSoft skills and leadership
- Screen readerAI and design trends
- Senior designerSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Senior readinessSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Senior-level thinkingCareer development
- Skill gapLearning path and skill development
- Skill gap analysisSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Skill mappingSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Skill radar chartSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Skill shapeDesigner archetypes
- Soft skillsSoft skills and leadership
- Solo BuilderDesigner archetypes
- Spacing scaleUI and visual design
- Spatial designAI and design trends
- Specialist vs generalist designerDesigner archetypes
- SponsorshipMentorship and coaching
- Staff designerCareer development
- Stakeholder managementSoft skills and leadership
- Sustainable UXAI and design trends
- Swiss Army KnifeDesigner archetypes
- System ThinkerDesigner archetypes
T
- T-shaped designerDesigner archetypes
- Target profileSkills assessment and diagnostics
- Target sizeAI and design trends
- Trade-offSoft skills and leadership
- Transferable skillsCareer change to UX/UI
- Transferable skills mappingCareer change to UX/UI
- Transition roadmapCareer change to UX/UI
- Type scaleUI and visual design
- TypographyUI and visual design
U
- UI designUX/UI design basics
- UI/UX skills assessmentSkills assessment and diagnostics
- UpskillingLearning path and skill development
- UsabilityUX/UI design basics
- Usability testingUX/UI design basics
- User flowUX/UI design basics
- User journey mapUX/UI design basics
- User researchUX/UI design basics
- User-centered designUX/UI design basics
- UX bootcampCareer change to UX/UI
- UX designUX/UI design basics
- UX design learning pathLearning path and skill development
- UX designer career pathCareer development
- UX portfolioPortfolio and job search
- UX vs UIUX/UI design basics
- UX without a degreeCareer change to UX/UI
V
- Vision CrafterDesigner archetypes
- Visual design principlesUI and visual design
- Visual hierarchyUI and visual design
W
- WCAGAI and design trends
- WCAG 3AI and design trends
- White spaceUI and visual design
- WireframeUX/UI design basics
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