UX Director
Impact: Strategic, Creative, Managerial
Lead and oversee the user experience design strategy and execution for products or services, managing design teams, setting vision, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver consistent, exceptional user experiences.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Moderate
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 45
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $160,000
- Entry-level
- $110,000
- Senior
- $220,000
- Growth by 2033
- Positive
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Moderate
- Salary growth potential
- High
- Typical student debt
- $50,000 - $100,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- UX Design
- User Research
- Prototyping
- Information Architecture
- Design Thinking
- Project Management
Soft skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-solving
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Master's degree or higher
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 8
- Years to senior
- 15
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- UX Designer
- Senior UX Designer
- UX Lead
- UX Manager
- UX Director
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Low
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 8.5/10
- Social perception
- High