Interaction Designer Job Description Template

The interaction designer defines how a product behaves in response to what people do, covering flows, states, transitions and the feedback that tells someone what just happened. The role goes deeper into behavior than a generalist product designer typically does, and it matters most in products with genuine complexity where the interaction model has to be learned once and then trusted.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Design interaction models, flows and system behavior
• Define states, transitions and feedback for every interaction
• Build prototypes that demonstrate behavior rather than appearance
• Design for edge cases, errors and interrupted tasks
• Establish interaction patterns within the design system
• Test interaction models with users and refine them
• Work with engineers on the feasibility of proposed behavior
• Ensure interactions are accessible via keyboard and assistive technology
• Document interaction specifications for implementation
• Review built interfaces against the intended behavior

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in interaction design, human computer interaction or equivalent portfolio experience

Required Skills and Experience

• 3+ years of interaction design on complex products
• Portfolio showing behavior and flows, not only static screens
• Strong prototyping skills
• Systematic thinking about states and edge cases
• Understanding of accessible interaction patterns
• Ability to specify behavior precisely for engineers
• Experience testing interaction models with users
• Attention to feedback and system status

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with motion and transition design
• Background in complex enterprise or technical products