Question: what skills do you need to be a user experience designer?
Answer: UX research. You need to step up your skills in UX research if you want to be taken seriously as a UX designer. ... 
Collaboration. No man is an island. ... 
Wireframing and UI prototyping. ... 
UX writing. ... 
Visual communication. ... 
User empathy. ... 
Interaction design. ... 
Coding.