Minimum skills new designers will need in 2025+ to keep job: - ux - ui - graphics - typography - layout + composition - ai Notice I did not say: - systems (nice to have) - tools (change constantly) - dev (nice to have but by 2026-7 likely required) - years experience - strict process To standout add: - dev - marketing - strategy - better research - part of strong community - writing - photography - videography - 3d You can hate me all you want, but this is the way it use to be (without AI) and I think we’re headed back there. Before we split into different roles, if you didn’t do Flash development you were a graphic designer. If you did Flash, you were multimedia. Designers could do everything—we had to and it made us incredible at what we do. Rarer to see now but those that get it stand out big time. Now days designers don’t understand basic graphic design and jump straight to UX but get stuck there because the visual side is hard and like it or not, takes a good eye and a bit of artistic ability. Basically, just become a good designer at enough skills by yourself to make a solid website and you’ll already be leaps forward than most. Just remember “good designer” means different things to different people. Make your good mean something to those that matter.