Product Designer Job Description

What is a Product Designer? A Product Designer works on the development of new products or the redesign of existing products. A Product Designer's role differs from a Product Developer's role in that Product Designers focus more on the aesthetic and user experience of the product, while Product Developers focus more on the technical aspects of product development. Product Designers tend to be creative with experience in industrial or graphic design, user experience and engineering.

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Product Designer

We're looking for a

Product Designer

to join

our fully remote and mission driven team.

Full-time

Product Designer

Product Designer Responsibilities

About the job

As Product Designer at <company name>, you'll be the driver behind the creation of easy-to-use products that are visually appealing to our customers. Your responsibilities will include the whole product development cycle – from conducting user research to defining product specifications, concepting, detailed design and handover to engineering, design support and QA.
You'll work closely with our development team, our UX designers and the customer success team. You're all about figuring out what products and features tie in with market and customer needs.

Product Designer Job Specification

About the candidate

• You have the ability to take the perspective of users and think critically about what will bring them value.
• You have the ability to analyze how a new product ties in with market needs and consumer preferences.
• You are capable of aligning your work with the overarching business goals.
• You know how to distill simplicity from complex user requirements.
• You make choices based on research, testing and user data and not on assumptions.
• You have strong communication skills.
• You are flexible, decisive and you know how to put ego aside and focus on the needs of the customer.

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About the company

Example: We're an agency that strongly believes in curiosity, equality and creativity. We love to build digital products in close collaboration with our target audience in order to have a positive impact on the world with tech. We highly value an open mind, collaboration and ownership in our team. So if you take pleasure in trying to solve big societal problems with technology, then join our team of activists, creatives and tech
geeks!

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Product Designer

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Product Designer

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Full-time

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What are a Product Designer’s responsibilities?

  • Drive the creation of easy-to-use products that are visually appealing to the target audience.
  • Conduct user research to understand the needs of the target audience as well as the market.
  • Define product specifications.
  • Create concepts and translate these into detailed designs.
  • Work together with engineers and other (UX) designers to finalize the product.

What skills does a Product Designer have?

  • The ability to take the perspective of users and think critically about what will bring them value.
  • The ability to analyze how a new product ties in with market needs and consumer preferences.
  • The ability to align work with the overarching business goals.
  • Knowledge of how to distill simplicity from complex user requirements.
  • Ability to make choices based on research, testing and user data and not on assumptions.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Flexibility, decisiveness and ability to put ego aside and focus on the needs of the customer.

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