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Web developers and digital designers7/22/2023 ![]() “In my 25 years, I’ve never seen it like this before.” There’s a running faucet of opportunities at every level.” Wert says inquiry volume from companies is up 3x over the last few years. “More and more leaders care about design and feel that there’s something about design that’s going to be important to the success of their business. ![]() “The need for designers is off the charts,” says Judy Wert of Wert&Co, a design industry recruiting firm that has worked with companies like Airbnb, Frog, Sonos, and Marriott. The agency has also revised projections for its old web developers and digital designers category it now projects the category will grow almost 40% between 20, validating the demand that so many people working across the tech and design industries have been feeling for years. So the addition of web and digital interface designers as a category is a signal that BLS thinks the demand for this type of job has increased significantly, and that it will likely continue to do so. They reflect fundamental statistical shifts in the workforce. Government employment surveys don’t just change on a whim. ![]() Despite the fact that digital design has dramatically reshaped the way we experience our day-to-day world over the last several decades, the designers who manufacture those experiences haven't gotten the same acknowledgment as other designer-related professions tracked by BLS, like architecture, graphic design, interior design, or industrial design. This may seem like a small change in a big government agency report, but it reflects a broader, more important shift. Up until this point, “web and digital interface designer” either hadn’t been tracked or had been grouped with web developers. Bureau of Labor Statistics decided it was, too. (If it weren’t, Figma wouldn’t be here right now.) But it wasn’t until this year that the U.S. You’ve designed apps, websites, maybe even browser-based applications-of course it’s a real job! You’ve been a digital designer for years.
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