The average person on the street doesn't know what a user is. - LogEx

No such thing as a User Experience Designer that I've ever met. Except for Steve Jobs. - Chris Greene

You're skirting the question. - Alex Scoble from IM

HR doesn't care as long as you fill out your forms and don't do thing that requires them to do any work. - Santa CW™

I certainly saw those all as various titles for the same sort of job, yes. - Spidra Webster

No - Mistletoe Glen

Not at all. I think that almost anyone not in the design community has little notion of what UI design is. I'm not even sure what UX design is so maybe Alex can explain it to me. - Chris Greene

- and I totally agree with LogEx' opening remark. - Chris Greene

I think there's an extraordinarily small pool of people who could clearly define differences, and 80% of them would not agree with each other. - Mistletoe Glen

After talking about this with you all day, Chris, I still have no idea what each of them does. - Alex Scoble from IM

Well, you aren't in the design community so it doesnt surprise me. (meaning Alex, not Glenn) - Chris Greene

Yes, we've seen evidence of that today, Glenn. - Alex Scoble from IM

you forgot to add in your title Visual Designer, Motion Graphic Designer, Animation Designer, Audio Designer, and Industrial Designer. - Chris Greene

and Haptic Designer. - Chris Greene

In the absence of industry standards, certifications, etc., any differences are subjective. - LogEx

Those are rare for most titles above the basic apprenticeships. - Chris Greene

Don't get all haptic feely with me bro. - Alex Scoble

http://ff.im/9U73j - Chris Greene

I still prefer the term "photoshop monkey"...You are really good at flinging the poop. - Alex Scoble from IM

I hate photoshop - Chris Greene

Not I. - anna sauce

And yet you are still so good at using it...odd. - Alex Scoble from IM

Who is good at photoshop? - Chris Greene

You are. - Alex Scoble from IM

Nope. I can't even resize a gif. - Chris Greene

Nope. Don't even know how to open the stupid app. Every time I try it keeps asking me to register and I keep pressing "cancel". - Chris Greene

I also now hate 3D. - Chris Greene

* Chris was just blinded by a lens flare followed with a drop shadow and a bevel / emboss* - Chris Greene

Google does (or used to) call them User Experience Designers. Personally, I see very little difference between the job titles, or at least people's perception of the role in the workplace is affected by the corporate culture far more than the title they happen to use. - Kevin Fox

Oh man. That drives me apeshit. User Experience to me means everything about the product. ID, manuals, packaginig, advertising, OOB, UI, etc. - Chris Greene

The average person on the street should hate any attempts to diminish him/her to the 'user' in the first place, aside of the jargon self-tagging of the professionals. - Cea

I use the term "user persona" and never refer to an individual but a group or archetype that fits a set of marketing and design goals. - Chris Greene

I agree with Kevin - the job titles are basically synonymous. - Rachel Garb

aren't they kinda like Sanitation Engineers? - Bill Whetstone

People who work in these fields don't even know the difference, so I don't expect HR folks to know. - cecily

My first job out of liberry school was as a user experience architect with a large multinational bank. However, my work really only involved research and being a wireframes monkey. I think we're still a while away yet from having actual user experience folks who work hand in hand with product management in corporations, but I see it happening bit by bit. - cecily

I've known some call themselves an interaction designer as a way of getting out of having good visual design skills. UX (or UE) and UI are pretty much the same and I expect at least some visual chops from someone with that title. UX was supposed to suggest we do more than define an interface... We design the entire experience (even thinking about how to make the site faster). But, while there certainly different design skills, these titles don't really mean anything different to anyone that doesn't have one of the titles. - Michael Leggett from iPhone

Working from your definition, Michael, what do you call someone who has design skills, understands how to lead a user through an application intuitively AND has the coding skills to implement it? I think that combo is even rarer... but people in it either get pigeon holed as designers or developers. - Fa La La La Lindsay from Android

Lindsay - I would say that combination is rare. I would call them a UI Designer / Developer. Maybe even an architect title. - Chris Greene

I would add that PROFICIENCY and UNDERSTANDING in those disciplines is the rarity. I've had plenty of developers tell me than can do visual design and they just flat out can't. - Chris Greene