Table 1Transition record

user interface designertodigital media designer

A user interface designer already meets 50% of what the digital media designer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From user interface designer

50%

Overlap1

To digital media designer

57 Skills carried over

15 Required, not held

63.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

50%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.9/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the digital media designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the user interface designer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A digital media designer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a user interface designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

create website wireframe
design graphics
graphics editor software
interactive media
manage online content
task algorithmisation

What stands in the way is 15 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 57 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A digital media designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a user interface designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held create website wireframe working with computers
already held web based collaborative platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
already held perform online data analysis working with computers
already held manage online content working with computers
already held task algorithmisation information and communication technologies (icts)
already held interactive media arts and humanities

All 57 carried skills, including the 9 the digital media designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 46 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with computers 6 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held digital content creation required
required, not held integrate content into output media required
required, not held provide multimedia content required
required, not held develop digital content required
required, not held perform image editing required
required, not held use e-services required

optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
optional, not held perform video editing optional
optional, not held problem-solving with digital tools optional
optional, not held conduct content quality assurance optional
optional, not held use content management system software optional
optional, not held use presentation software optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 5 required, 16 supplementary

required, not held adobe creative suite required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required
required, not held authoring software required
required, not held digital systems required
required, not held style sheet languages required

optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held CSS optional
optional, not held Capture One optional
optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
optional, not held JSSS optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held LESS optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Sass optional
optional, not held WebCMS optional
optional, not held WordPress optional
optional, not held audio editing software optional

03 arts and humanities 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held publishing strategy required
required, not held digital media required

optional, not held 3D printing process optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held multimedia systems optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held convert into animated object required

optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
optional, not held give live presentation optional

05 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held copyright legislation required

06 information skills 2 supplementary

optional, not held study media sources optional
optional, not held perform resource planning optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a digital media designer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 57 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held create website wireframe skill
already held design graphics skill
already held graphics editor software knowledge
already held interactive media knowledge
already held manage online content skill
already held task algorithmisation knowledge
already held use markup languages skill
already held web based collaborative platforms knowledge
already held web programming knowledge
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visio knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held SketchBook Pro knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held Synfig knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held analyse business requirements skill
already held augmented reality knowledge
already held build business relationships skill
already held computer programming knowledge
already held define technical requirements skill
already held perform online data analysis skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held digitization optional

08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary

optional, not held take pictures optional

31 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held 3D printing process optional
optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held CSS optional
optional, not held Capture One optional
optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
optional, not held JSSS optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held LESS optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Sass optional
optional, not held WebCMS optional
optional, not held WordPress optional
optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
optional, not held perform video editing optional
optional, not held problem-solving with digital tools optional
optional, not held study media sources optional
optional, not held take pictures optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
optional, not held audio editing software optional
optional, not held conduct content quality assurance optional
optional, not held digitization optional
optional, not held give live presentation optional
optional, not held multimedia systems optional
optional, not held perform resource planning optional
optional, not held use content management system software optional
optional, not held use presentation software optional

38 held skills the digital media designer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
not needed by the target role assess users' interaction with ICT applications skill
not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role create software design skill
not needed by the target role design process skill
not needed by the target role design user interface skill
not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
not needed by the target role human-computer interaction knowledge
not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
not needed by the target role iterative development knowledge
not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
not needed by the target role manage localisation skill
not needed by the target role natural language processing knowledge
not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
not needed by the target role software UI design patterns knowledge
not needed by the target role software design methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role software interaction design knowledge
not needed by the target role test system accessibility for users with special needs skill
not needed by the target role translate requirements into visual design skill
not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface skill
not needed by the target role use methodologies for user-centered design skill
not needed by the target role use query languages skill

28 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held adobe creative suite required
required, not held publishing strategy required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required
required, not held authoring software required
required, not held copyright legislation required
required, not held digital media required
required, not held digital systems required
required, not held style sheet languages required
optional, not held 3D printing process optional
optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held CSS optional
optional, not held Capture One optional
optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
optional, not held JSSS optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held LESS optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Sass optional
optional, not held WebCMS optional
optional, not held WordPress optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held audio editing software optional
optional, not held digitization optional
optional, not held multimedia systems optional

Index

Other moves recorded from user interface designer

Full index of moves from user interface designer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.