Chapter Resources > Career Pathways > Chapter 13 – Design-Related Pathways: Interaction Design

Thank you to Kim Bieler for writing this section in the book and for providing the initial set of resources for this page.

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Related Links and Articles

• UX Magazine interaction design articlesArticles on designing interactions, interfaces, and experiences around people’s needs.
• A List Apart interaction design articlesPerspectives on navigation, prototyping, and the design of digital interactions.
• GOV.UK Design System: styles, components, and patternsReusable styles, components, and patterns backed by public-service design research.
• “Successful” or “Unsuccessful”: the Post-“Good Design” Vocabulary (A List Apart, January 2026)A case for judging design by outcomes rather than subjective ideas of good or bad.

Supportive Professional Organizations

• IxDA local communities and interaction design archive (IxDA)
• User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA)

Compensation Data

• Glassdoor Salary Data (includes common UX job titles)
• UXPA Salary Survey (2024 data)
• User Experience Salaries & Calculator (2024) (MeasuringU, 2024 data). Open salary analysis and calculator; includes UXPA survey data.

Other job titles that may involve interaction design work: ux designer, ux architect, ui developer, and product designer