10 things Product Designers do at work

A product designer is someone who understand the customers, recognise the business needs, and can translate them into a design, and is skilled at user testing. But what do they actually do on a daily basis at work? Here's short video on the 10 things that product designers typically do at work and some examples to help you understand the role.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - 1. Consuming or researching user data
1:10 - 2. Creating or understanding user personas
1:48 - 3. Creating or understanding user journey maps
2:43 - 4. Developing storyboards
3:30 - 5. Producing wireframes
4:04 - 6. Designing and building prototypes
4:59 - 7. Conducting user interviews or testing
5:37 - 8. Developing design systems
6:19 - 9. Collaborating with engineers and other designers
6:58 - 10. Convincing stakeholders and getting buy-ins
7:44 - Summary
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[@davidaldave3860]

Awesome and accurate content! Thanks a lot, this video really helped me understand what a product designer does on a daily basis. Keep up the great work! 🙌

[@manya1991]

i finally found a channel which posts vital content for design students, keep up your good work

[@relabstudios]

Thanks manya for watching

[@sgnotlewis]

I'm considering switching careers from advertising art direction to product design. Your videos have been incredibly helpful in getting deeper understanding of this role and its responsibilities. Thank you.

[@relabstudios]

Good luck!!!

[@DaveRino]

Excellent video! I would say user interviews happen at a much earlier point in this process. The user interviews can provide valuable data that can feed into your persona and user journey deliverables

[@designknots]

I love you video :) thanks for sharing...

[@abdulraheemabdulsobur9121]

Great video

[@relabstudios]

Thank you Albdulraheem 🙏🙏🙏

[@dannyclaydenchambers5907]

Goodness.
I've been doing a lot of this.. Research, Personas, Wireframes, Prototyping (code), User Testing, Developing Design Systems, Collaborating with Engineers and Designers, Convincing Stakeholders...
I've been marketing myself as a Design Technologist | I UX Engineer, which is a hard role to find.
Perhaps I should be pivoting to PD

[@relabstudios]

Hi Danny, yes definitely give it a try. All the best for the job hunting! ✨✨

[@meme-os9327]

as a digital product designer will i be programming things like websites and software also what is the average salary of a digital product designer in the uk?

[@pigglywiggly5]

Will a art degree BA can I pursue a product designer career?

[@relabstudios]

Yes it’s definitely a pathway. I graduated as Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design… 👍

[@pigglywiggly5]

@@relabstudios so with graphic design you can also be a product designer? I’m deciding at the moment on choosing a major and a major in Art for BA doesn’t seem that far away

[@tomtompago]

The term "product designer" is an abuse. This term refers to industrial product designers. It has now been wrongly recovered by the digital/UX domain. This creates a lot of confusion now between digital designer and industrial product designer. The real job term should remain: Software Designer, Designer Digital or Designer UX because these names already exist and are more precise.

[@tomtompago]

​@@whatamidoingw.mylife5882 So you could at least use Digital Product Designer if I follow your way of thinking. The digital design industry just failed doing a simple search before using a job term that already belonged to an existing profession. This penalises both professions.