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.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Listening
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Programming
- Writing
Key knowledge
- Computers and Electronics
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- Sales and Marketing
- Design
- Production and Processing
- Administrative
What the work involves
- 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.
- 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 Web site maps, application models, image templates, or page templates that meet project goals, user needs, or industry standards.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Investigative, Artistic, Conventional.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (52.4% of expert ratings)
- Related experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (58.5%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (40.2%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 4: Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Web and Digital Interface Designers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Higher on contact with others than 50% of occupations compared | — |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Lower on dealing with the public than 59% of occupations compared | — |
| Teamwork | Very high | Higher on teamwork than 93% of occupations compared | 81% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Moderate | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 57% of occupations compared | — |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 68% of occupations compared | 53% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Low | Lower on conflict situations than 74% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 79% of occupations compared | 34% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 72% of occupations compared | — |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 14.78%
- Contact with others most of the time: 31.75%
- Constant contact with others: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2026
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 13.58%
- Fairly important: 15.87%
- Important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very important: 13.25%
- Extremely important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2026
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 0.84%
- Very important: 17.95%
- Extremely important: 81.21%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2026
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 7.3%
- Limited freedom: 6.95%
- Some freedom: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- A lot of freedom: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 22, Incumbent 08/2026
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 7.23%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 30.61%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 9.5%
- Every day: 52.66%
n = 22, Incumbent 08/2026
Conflict situations
- Never: 22.03%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 32.22%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 22.14%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: 0%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2026
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 34.44%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 28.47%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 8.74%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: 0%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2026
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 38.31%
- Fairly serious: 0.36%
- Serious: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very serious: 1.02%
- Extremely serious: 14.39%
n = 22, Incumbent 08/2026
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