Product Designer
- Who is not a graphic designer
- Who is not a landing page designer
- Who lives and breathes product design
- Knows how products work
- Knows that typography is not just adding -3% kerning to all the text
- Knows hierarchy exists in design
- Knows how to use color and use it sparsely while still bringing the product together
- knows how to build a simple to complex design systems
- Appreciates auto layout on Figma
- Takes feedback professionally, not personally (I’m super nice!)
- Spends a lot of time exploring new products and uses existing patterns
- Loves browsing through Mobbin design product screenshots
- Understands the difference between knowing design and using design for UX
- Views the world with an eye for design, from a simple packaging to a micro interaction in an app
- Knows existing products and their flows, so well that they can communicate with ease on what exactly need to be designed
- Minimal communication, good output
- Imparts their product knowledge across projects with ease
- Understand simple request (ex: I asked for product design work, but most of them shared landing pages, portfolio that cannot be accessed on mobile, portfolio with random work, extra effort to find the right work, silly questions)
Just be a designer who knows product design, not just a title you given to yourselves but something you have earned over time by working on various projects
What type of designer are you looking for?