This job title has many benefits for a [[Generalists vs. Specialists|Design Generalist]] but some big downsides. The Product Designer describes someone working across: - [[User Research]] - [[User Experience|UX Design]] - [[UI Design]] - [[Service Design]] - Design support for a product: - Branding - Graphic Design - Motion Design There seems to be a slight trend for using this title, your product design may just be a rebadged[^2] UX Designer or Information Architect. The biggest downside is the general public do not refer to digital software and services as Products.[^1] Products feel physical. A Product Designer may be mistaken for an Industrial Designer. - - - ##### References [^1]: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/product-designer [^2]: “They’ve rebadged it you fool”