Interaction Designer Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of an Interaction Designer includes the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Work with the full design process from analyzing business problems to designing solutions and supporting throughout the implementation
  • Work closely with user researchers to gain user insights, identify opportunities, validate concepts, and socialize ideas across the team
  • Effectively communicate, defend, and build consensus around concepts and direction
  • Coordinating multi-disciplinary project teams
  • Communicate interaction design considerations to different audiences, including engineers, management and potential customers
  • Strategize design solutions to meet and exceed strategic objectives

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Interaction Designer duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Interaction Designer roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.