# Web and Digital Interface Designers

> Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.

- **SOC code:** 15-1255.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-15-1255-00
- **Also known as:** Web Architect, Web Design Specialist, Web Designer, Webmaster, Technology Applications Engineer, Computer Graphic Artist, Computer Graphic Designer, Content Manager
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
- Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.
- Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites.
- Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
- Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
- Create searchable indices for Web page content.
- Create Web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.
- Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
- Develop and document style guidelines for Web site content.
- Develop new visual design concepts and modify concepts based on stakeholder feedback.
- Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.
- Develop system interaction or sequence diagrams.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Skills in demand:**
- TypeScript _(Specialized Skill)_
- Adobe Photoshop _(Specialized Skill)_
- Adobe Illustrator _(Specialized Skill)_
- Vue.js _(Specialized Skill)_
- Unix Shell _(Specialized Skill)_
- Unix _(Specialized Skill)_
- Transact-SQL _(Specialized Skill)_
- Spring Framework _(Specialized Skill)_
- Spring Boot _(Specialized Skill)_
- Shell Script _(Specialized Skill)_
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux _(Specialized Skill)_
- PostgreSQL _(Specialized Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Adobe Creative Cloud software _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Adobe Illustrator _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Adobe Photoshop _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Atlassian JIRA _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Cascading style sheets CSS _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Figma _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Google Angular _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Hypertext markup language HTML _(hot technology, in demand)_
- JavaScript _(hot technology, in demand)_
- React _(hot technology, in demand)_
- TypeScript _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Adobe Acrobat _(hot technology)_

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 95th percentile (High) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 95th percentile (High) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 86th percentile (High) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 7.0% growth (Growing fast); 9.1k annual openings; 128.9k → 137.9k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $98,090; 111,400 employed.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-15-1255-00_