Product Designer

What the role involves

• Frame product problems with research and turn them into design opportunities
• Design flows, wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes for new features
• Run usability testing and iterate on the design based on what you find
• Work with engineers through implementation and review the shipped result
• Maintain and evolve the design system as the product grows

Core skills

• Interaction & UX Design (level 4/5)
• Figma & Design Systems (level 4/5)
• User Research & Usability Testing (level 4/5)
• Information Architecture (level 3/5)
• Prototyping & Wireframing (level 4/5)
• Design-to-Code Handoff (level 4/5)

Preferred skills

• Visual Hierarchy & Typography
• Accessibility (WCAG AA)
• Product Analytics

Tools

Experience expected

2-5 years designing shipped digital products, with a portfolio

Projects that prove the role

• End-to-end design of a core product flow from research to shipped release
• Design system adopted across multiple product teams
• Usability programme that measurably improved task completion rates

Evidence to collect

• A portfolio case study showing research, iteration and shipped outcome
• A prototype you can open and click through
• Before and after usability test findings

What the interview covers

• Walk through a product you designed end to end and the decisions you made
• How you decide what to leave out of a design
• Researching a problem you are not allowed to change
• Shipping a design that engineering pushed back on

How the role progresses

• Product Design Intern
• Product Designer
• Senior Product Designer
• Lead Product Designer
• Head of Product Design

Certifications that carry weight

• Google UX Design Professional Certificate
• Nielsen Norman Group UX Certification

Related roles

• ui-ux-designer
• product-manager
• graphic-designer

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