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UI and UX design
Whether this needs a licence in Ireland
No licence required
Taken from the statute below; not yet reviewed by a lawyer
UI and UX design: what the job involves
Designing how a website or app works and looks — the screens, the steps a user takes and the visual design — usually as an interactive prototype that a developer then builds. Good UX work starts from what the users need, not from colours.
Also asked for as: UX designer · UI designer · UI UX design · app designer · website design mockup
How the job is usually done
- Agree the goals, the users and the scope: which screens or journeys, which devices, and who will build it
- Review what exists: analytics, support complaints, competitors, and any brand or design system
- Research with users where agreed: short interviews, a survey or testing the current site
- Map the journeys and sketch wireframes for the key screens
- Design the visual screens and build a clickable prototype
- Test the prototype with a few real users and revise
- Prepare the handover for developers: components, spacing, states, accessibility notes and assets
UI and UX design: what is included
Usually included
- Wireframes and visual designs for the agreed screens
- A clickable prototype in a design tool
- An agreed number of revision rounds
- A developer handover with assets and specifications
Usually not included — agree it separately
- Building the website or app — that is development, priced separately
- Paid recruitment of research participants, unless agreed
- Writing all the content and microcopy, unless agreed
- A formal accessibility audit against WCAG
- Licences for the design tool for the customer’s team
Materials and who supplies them
- Design and prototyping tools — the designer’s, or the customer’s workspace if they want to keep the files
- Brand guidelines, logo, fonts and images — supplied by the customer
- Access to analytics and the current product — granted by the customer
How long it takes
A small set of screens or one journey usually takes one to three weeks; a full product with research and testing takes one to three months, and research and approval cycles add most of the time.
When to book
Design before development starts, and leave time to test: changing a prototype is far cheaper than changing built software.
UI and UX design: the rules in Ireland
What the official sources say, checked against them on the date shown. A summary, not legal advice — follow the link to read the rule itself.
Since 28 June 2025, e-commerce services and certain other digital services provided to consumers must meet the accessibility requirements of the European Accessibility Act, as transposed in Ireland. A service provided by a microenterprise (fewer than 10 people and a small turnover) is exempt from the service requirements, but accessible design is still good practice.
Applies to: the business providing the online shop or service
European Union (Accessibility Requirements of Products and Services) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 636 of 2023) · irishstatutebook.ie · Checked 10 October 2026
A website or app may store or read information on a visitor’s device — analytics, advertising and most tracking cookies — only with their consent, given after clear information, unless it is strictly necessary for the service they asked for. A design that nudges people into accepting, or hides the refusal, works against that consent.
Applies to: the business running the website or app
ePrivacy Regulations (S.I. 336 of 2011), Regulation 5(3); Data Protection Commission · irishstatutebook.ie · Checked 10 October 2026
Interviews, surveys and recorded user tests collect personal data. Participants must be told who is collecting it, why, and how long it is kept, and recordings should be stored securely and deleted when the project no longer needs them.
Applies to: the business commissioning the research, and the designer carrying it out
General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Articles 5 and 13 · eur-lex.europa.eu · Checked 10 October 2026
The author of a work — here the designer or illustrator — is the first owner of its copyright. The exception is an employee working in the course of employment, whose employer owns it. Paying a freelancer or a studio for the work does not by itself move the copyright to the customer.
Applies to: the designer, and the customer who commissions the work
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, section 23 · irishstatutebook.ie · Checked 10 October 2026
An assignment of copyright, in whole or in part, is not effective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of the person assigning it. If you need to own the design outright — to register it as a trade mark, to change it freely or to stop anyone else using it — get a signed written assignment, not just an invoice.
Applies to: the designer, and the customer who wants to own the work
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, section 120(3) · irishstatutebook.ie · Checked 10 October 2026
Copying or adapting a work without the licence of its copyright owner infringes the copyright. Stock photographs, illustrations, icons and fonts used in a design are somebody else’s work: they are used under the licence the designer or the customer bought, and that licence sets where, how often and for how long they may be used.
Applies to: the designer, and the customer who publishes the work
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, section 37 · irishstatutebook.ie · Checked 10 October 2026
What ui and ux design costs, and why
What jobs on Talqero came to
Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.
What affects the price
- Number of screens, journeys and device sizes
- Whether user research and testing are included
- Whether a design system or component library is built
- Rounds of revisions and number of stakeholders approving
- How detailed the developer handover must be
- The deadline
What you should get at the end
- The design files and prototype, in the customer’s workspace or exported, as agreed
- Exported assets and a developer handover document or design-tool inspect link
- A research summary with findings and recommendations, if research was included
- A signed written assignment of copyright in the designs, or the licence terms agreed
- Licence details of any fonts, icons and images used
What the provider should hand over
- Hand over the design files and prototype, and transfer ownership of the workspace if agreed
- Walk the developer through the components, states and accessibility notes
- Send the copyright assignment and the licence list for fonts and icons
Safety
- Give the designer view-only or limited access to analytics and live systems, and remove it when the work ends
- Do not share real customer data in design files or prototypes — use made-up examples
- Ask for accessible colour contrast, text sizes and keyboard use from the start: retrofitting it costs more
UI and UX design: before you hire
Questions to ask before you hire
- Will you test the design with real users before it is built?
- How do you design for accessibility?
- What exactly will my developer receive at the end?
- Will the design files be in my account, and will I own the copyright?
- How many rounds of changes are included, and who approves each stage?
What you can do yourself
Sketching the screens and the steps your customers take on paper is the most useful thing you can do before hiring a designer, and it shortens the brief.
What to put in your task
- What is being designed?
- Roughly how many different screens or pages?
- Do you want user research or testing included?
- Who will build it?
- Do you have brand guidelines or an existing design system?
Photos that help
- Links or screenshots of the current site or app
- Your brand guide, logo and fonts
- Examples of sites or apps you like, with what you like about them
- Analytics or support data showing where users struggle, if you can share it
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Questions about ui and ux design
Does ui and ux design need a licence in Ireland?
No licence is required for this work in Ireland (source: www.irishstatutebook.ie). Ask instead for references and photographs of similar jobs.
What is the difference between UI and UX?
UX (user experience) is how the product works — the steps, the structure and whether people can do what they came to do. UI (user interface) is how the screens look — the layout, colours, type and buttons. Most projects need both, and many designers do both.
Does my website have to be accessible?
Since 28 June 2025 the European Accessibility Act applies to e-commerce and certain other services for consumers, with an exemption for microenterprises. Public bodies have separate obligations. Even where the law does not require it, accessible design makes the site easier for every customer.
Will the designer build the website too?
Not usually. A UI/UX designer produces the designs and a prototype; a developer builds them. Some people do both, so ask, and make sure the offer says whether building is included.