Indeed tracks terms used in job postings over time, and it’s interesting to see how “Information Architect” has steadily declined over the last year, losing the strong lead it held three years ago. It’s now a job title that’s equal first with both “User Experience Designer” and “Interaction Designer” (which together, are more than double that of “Information Architect”):
Even more dramatic, though is the chart mapping relative growth in the different terms. “User Experience Designer” has completely blown away all the other job titles:
Link: Indeed (indeed.com)
But Information Architecture is live and kicking. RT @smallsurfaces: ‘The day of the Information Architect is over’ ~ http://t.co/kGUu5R2U
RT @BogieZero: But Information Architecture live & kicking RT @smallsurfaces Day of the Information Architect is over http://t.co/UKc9YbY2
But of course UX has taken off. It’s an umbrella term that includes many other terms: usability, interaction design, information architecture, content strategy, service design, etc.
Given the UX surge, you might just as well say that the day of the interaction designer is over (if not as sharply), or the usability engineer (especially now that UPA is UXPA).
To use the phrasing from JJG’s closing plenary at the 2009 IA Summit: “We are not information architects. We are not interaction designers. We are user experience designers. This is the identity we must embrace.” http://www.jjg.net/ia/memphis/
To me, these charts say less about the day of the IA being over, and more about how the field is embracing the UX identity.
RT @smallsurfaces: ‘The day of the Information Architect is over’ http://t.co/LgurB0Hh
The day of the Information Architect is over – Small Surfaces http://t.co/6j5sjSSb
Buenos datos http://t.co/eKI7vMFu para apoyar mi post de ayer http://t.co/Hn5UHnSX
RT @elclerigo: Buenos datos http://t.co/eKI7vMFu para apoyar mi post de ayer http://t.co/Hn5UHnSX
The day of the Information Architect is over: http://t.co/SFwfp61O <- according to terms used in job postings #ia #ux
But @danklyn and others might disagree MT @pjbfcp: …the Information Architect is dead http://t.co/Ag0EURRt
RT @optimalworkshop: Interesting comparison of UX job titles via @bogiezero RT @smallsurfaces: The day of the Information Architect is over’ http://t.co/ynzvpIlD
RT @BogieZero: But Information Architecture is live and kicking. RT @smallsurfaces: ‘The day of the Information Architect is over’ ~ http://t.co/kGUu5R2U
RT @BogieZero: But Information Architecture is live and kicking. RT @smallsurfaces: ‘The day of the Information Architect is over’ ~ http://t.co/kGUu5R2U
RT @BogieZero: But Information Architecture is live and kicking. RT @smallsurfaces: ‘The day of the Information Architect is over’ ~ http://t.co/kGUu5R2U
If you add “user experience architect’ (which I know some agencies are using), yo’ll discover an interesting growth pattern
Franco, I put “user experience architect” instead of “usability engineer”, and while it seems that the title hasn’t grown too significantly in absolute terms, you can see a bit of growth in relative terms, but nothing like that of “user experience designer”.
Things like this make me rant-y: “The day of the IA is over” http://t.co/RDYAeNGY – IA as a job title may be obsolete, IA as a skill is not.
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The day of the Information Architect is over http://t.co/78lprhTH #ux
RT @webdirections: The decline of the Information Architect? http://t.co/jcsMJtrd
RT @webdirections: The decline of the Information Architect? http://t.co/jcsMJtrd
RT @webdirections: The decline of the Information Architect? http://t.co/jcsMJtrd
The new paradigm is brutal but possibly better. RT @webdirections: The decline of the Information Architect? http://t.co/FmUxqlML
“decline of the Information Architect?” ~ http://t.co/VmrG4fTs (via @webdirections)
RT @webdirections: The decline of the Information Architect? http://t.co/1wGAIBBd
The decline of the Information Architect? http://t.co/oz8ApSot #CMS
RT @smallsurfaces: ‘The day of the Information Architect is over’ http://t.co/LgurB0Hh
Evolution of titles = fascinating. RT @gravitydrift: “decline of the Information Architect?” ~ http://t.co/oP0QcJH9 (via @webdirections)
Evolution of titles = fascinating. RT @gravitydrift: “decline of the Information Architect?” ~ http://t.co/oP0QcJH9 (via @webdirections)
RT @uxplora: ★ ¿Está muerto el arquitecto de información? «The day of the Information Architect is over» en @smallsurfaces http://t.co/UGkF3T3O
RT @uxplora: ★ ¿Está muerto el arquitecto de información? «The day of the Information Architect is over» en @smallsurfaces http://t.co/UGkF3T3O
Do YOU think the day of the Information Architect over? http://t.co/mD4FvZVh
RT @userfocus “User Experience Designer” has completely blown away all the other job titles http://t.co/tCo8o22w
RT @userfocus: “User Experience Designer” has completely blown away all the other job titles http://t.co/hFyPKF5g
RT @userfocus: “User Experience Designer” has completely blown away all the other job titles http://t.co/pgJ8gwfL
Goodbye, Info Architect. RT @userfocus: “User Experience Designer” has completely blown away all the other job titles http://t.co/PIjdgCl9
I would be interested in the historical trends of other job titles in the rapidly changing IT field, like “webmaster”. It became the “jack of all trades” title for a while – what HR seemed to use because they did not know what else to call things.
I suspect that is the new “user experience designer”. And a term like “information architect” may be being used less for a generalist and for as a specialist. But we would have to compare the specific skills listed – do a a deeper analysis. So sorta interesting at the surface, raises more questions for me than it answers.
RT @userfocus: “User Experience Designer” has completely blown away all the other job titles http://t.co/hFyPKF5g
The day of the Information Architect is over http://t.co/RHoMKkoN #jobtitles
“@uxtoday: The day of the Information Architect is over: http://t.co/cga9FKI8 #ux” good debate. Ux Designer tends to do this role now.
“Information architect” is out “User experience” is in – http://t.co/SFDAUQ5N
The day of the Information Architect is over http://t.co/FSzijY4u