Software and Applications Developers and Analysts

How to become an interaction designer

Official title: Interaction designer

Also called: User experience analyst, User experience designer, User interface designer, Associate Product Designer, Associate UI Designer, Lead UI Designer, Learning Technology Designer, Product Designer, UI Designer, User experience designer, User interface designer

Interaction designer conceptualises, develops and refines interface and usability of products, systems or services, through various iterative processes. He/she takes into consideration the practical, experiential, affective, meaningful and valuable aspects of human and computer interaction and product ownership, as well as the person’s perceptions of system aspects such as utility, ease of use and efficiency, and user experience dynamics. He/she analyses users’ behaviours, attitudes, and emotions about the usage of a particular product, system or service.

Main tasks

Researching, analysing and evaluating requirements for software, web, multimedia and games applications
Designing and developing computer software, web, multimedia and games systems
Assisting in analysing, specifying and developing Internet strategies, web-based methodologies and development plans

Ways in

University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: $94,596 a year. The middle half earn $70,956 to $136,800 a year.
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become an interaction designer?

Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees.

How much does an interaction designer earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $94,596 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $70,956 to $136,800.

Will AI change the work of an interaction designer?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026