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State of the design job market 2024
- Chris Abad, former Director of UX at Google shared guest post that provides in-depth breakdown on the current state of design job market.
- The job market in 2024 will bring unprecedented scrutiny and challenges for designers due to layoffs, shutdowns, and AI replacing human designers.
- According to the data sourced from more than 640,000 design professionals’ job changes since 2019, specific UX roles have significant growth, while others experience a decline.
- Big tech companies like Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft are hiring designers, often bringing in talent from each other.
- UX Design, Design Strategy, and Conversation Design roles have seen a relative growth of 29.2%, 5.6%, and 8.2%, respectively since 2019.
- However, UX Engineer roles have decreased by -13.7% relative to 2019 levels.
- The competition for UX design roles is intense. Many designers are vying for the same positions, making it harder to get a job in this field.
- Designers from big tech companies are not just moving between tech giants but also exploring opportunities in startups and other industries.
- The data reveals that designers are taking longer to land their next position, and the percentage of designers to find a new job within three months of leaving their previous position dropped from 67.9% in 2019 to 49.5% in 2024.
- Designers can focus on high-growth areas and emerging methodologies in demand, refine their portfolio and upskill themselves to gear up for the current job market's challenges.
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