5 reasons why you should consider a career in Product Design

Back in college, I felt like I sort of stumbled upon Product Design and I am so glad I did. I think this world needs more product designers and the market shows too -- so today I wanted to share why I love this career so much and if you're considering a career in Product Design, why I think you may love it as well.

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Career growth resources:

How we built the Figma design team

Career Architectures for Design Teams

“Designing” a Career Ladder for Product Design

Redesigning our job levels for product designers

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Name: Alexa
Where I’m from: Wisconsin → San Francisco → San Diego
About: I’m a designer! I live, breath, and value design. My background is in Graphic Design and digital Product Design and I’ve worked at a number of tech startups as a Product Designer as well as for larger industry leading tech companies such as Yelp and Zendesk. I’m currently a Senior Product Designer at Zendesk on the growth and monetization team.

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Education: BFA, Graphic Design

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[querildo]

Totally agree with everything! I've been working as a Product Designer since mid last year and I'm so happy. Every day we have different opportunities to work in a more "artistic" or "logical" way!

[toseghosaoriakhi]

Great video. I'm considering shifting to product design after years in engineering and manufacturing. Currently learning Figma and loving the journey so far

[Valentino]

Definitely wanna do this career when in the future. It really sparks my interest. I love designing, I alwaysed wanted to become a fashion designer or design houses. I love making and designing things and I feel like im very quick with my designs and love making stuff. Its one of the skills im really good at.

[victoriousqueen]

That's why i just started my career as a product designer and am doing great in it ❤❤🎉🎉

[SantiagoSalse]

Hi! I'm a CS Engineer. On 2020, I studied design from scratch and I'm persuing a carreer in UI design or even UX, but I haven't been able to find a community with designers with experience, only few full of beginners with noone to ask about real life experiences at that work

Would love so much if u can show me a couple of communities with great people where I can learn from. There's a lot of the design industry that I want to learn
Thanks, Alexa. I'm glad u keep uploading videos

[mosesidu]

Good afternoon Alexa. I'm a digital marketer but strongly considering career path switch to Product Design.

Your guide and support will be very helpful.

Thanks.

[itpedia]

Can you start a series please, on how to shift in product design, valuable resources and other knowledge etc

[EsjayDesignz]

HI. i am a phd student in the field of mechanical engineering. I wish to start a career in the field of product or industrial design to keep my creativity alive. I have a couple of years of experiences in the same field. I wish to know if you know any courses that would enable me to start this career path.

[mery]

Hi Alexa, amazing video❤ I have recently been laid off, and I've worked in recruitment for the last 7 years so I find myself at crossroads in my career as finding a job in recruitment is rather challenging at the moment and I've always been drawn to the graphic design and UI, so much so, that I am considering switching careers. This means starting from 0 😱. Any advice as to where to start? What are some of the most important things to consider at the beginning of a product design journey? Many thanks for any advice 😊 🙏

[fathimafarjana]

Is it hard to become a product designer and what i should to to become a product designer please can you tell me

[andrewadams]

Hi, I am very new to the Tech space. Can I still be a product designer? Where do I get materials that really teach from scratch how to go about it?

[bobthehobo]

How do you continue to stay motivated at the same company for 3+ years?

[Farzanehalaee-hcvs]

What kind of product do you design? Physical?

[betsualuna]

Hi, I just found out that product design is an actual career option, I wanted to know if it is hard to start off a career in product design?

[sarahbearaa]

Hi, do you have/know any videos or other resources on making a professional portfolio for product design in AI? Most of the videos I see are way above my skill level and difficult to follow.

[moumitasarkar]

Hey, I'm highly interested. But do you need a certain major or college degree for this? As I'm pursuing my major in international relations

[movieexplain]

Hello i want to pursue career in product design
Where do i start from
Is degree really need to become a product designer
What are the business opportunities as a product designer
Plz reply i need a guidance on this

[MARO-fwhs]

Hi Alexa!! Thank you for this video!

I don't think I've ever commented on a youtube video, but I'm newly considering product design as a possible career path for me and I'd love to connect with you! I just graduated from undergrad with a degree in English/Creative Writing, and I'm pursuing Content Strategy roles. But, I'm definitely attracted to the visual and analytical components of product design, and I'm considering applying to a masters program in product design next fall.

From my understanding, it seems like a computer science/engineering background isn't necessary for product design- what do you think? I'm not sure how much of a jump it is for me to change gears and learn an entirely new skill - I just love the idea of being creative (and well compensated)- I'd love to speak sometime to hear your thoughts if you have the time to chat :)!

[plastic._teacup]

Do you think I can be a product designer without a degree?

[rahulkumarmaddheshiya]

I wanted to learn this for a long time. Do you teach the course?