Thank you, Hawk! =)
I don’t have much experience in the job market for designers, but recently, there was an UX Conference here and there was a very interesting presentation by Ana Coli about it.
Here’s the link (in portuguese - BR): https://www.slideshare.net/AnaColi1/panorama-do-mercado-de-ux-no-brasil-76228572
There was a research which had 472 responses.
In summary,
- 60% of the respondents were male and 40% were female
- 37% os designers are working at big companies, 24% at agencies and 15% at startups.
- 54% percent are located at São Paulo
- The most common name of job position here is “UX Designer”, but other names are also used, such as “Interaction Designer” , “Information Architect”, “Usability Analyst”.
- The adoption of Design Sprint is growing fast here in Brazil
- The range of salary is between $4001 BRL and $7000 BRL
Still, there are companies that don’t see the benefits of having an UX team, but at the moment that they see that a startup that has the team made a huge breakthrough, big companies start to think about having an UX team for innovation.
Also, there are companies that inflate the job description for an UX Designer position, they also require HTML/CSS/JavaScript knowledge and +3 to +5 years of experience in UX. So, there aren’t many entry level or internship for UX design which is sad.
And you? Where are you from and how is the job market for designer there? =)
Kind regards,