Senior Product Designer at Propeller | Ex-Intercom, Alfa-Bank | UX/UI generalist with 8+ years of experience in SaaS and FinTech | Design Mentor | Global Talent Visa Holder
We have so many product design role names that it’s confusing not only to non-designers but also to the designers themselves 😅 - Product Designer - UX/UI Designer - UX Designer - UI Designer - Product Experience Designer - Interaction Designer - Service Designer - Interface Designer - Web designer - … Some of these roles are getting separated because of the skillset required. For example, UX and UI. But some of them are just different names for the same thing. So what can we do with all this? These are just names. We should focus more on the responsibilities and what we can do for our customers and business. I think this naming issue was driven by the super fast growth of the Tech industry in the previous decade, and now things are going slower and more consciously. All these redundancies across different companies, hiring freezes, fewer design roles, and the boost of AI are all signals of transformation. Once again, don’t think a lot about the names, focus on the impact you can deliver 🚀 #uxui #productdesign #futureofdesign
So true! It's quite confusing and it doesn't really help. We should definitely focus more on how we can help rather than the name tag.
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I'm on the job hunt right now and I've seen several companies advertise what it seems like 4 or 5 openings but it is the same description, skillset, etcetera... just published 5 times with different job titles: UX Designer, UX/UI Designer, Product Designer...
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8moThat's right, to focus on responsibilities and outcomes. Because of these varied names I get confused, every morning I find myself looking for what skill set do one of the above mentioned role requires. And everyday I end up with a conclusion that these all require the same skills. They just different pronunciation 😄😄.