Product Design Skills (What it takes to be a great Product Designer)

What does it take to be a good digital product designer? What skills, traits and responsibilities should you own? And how do you progress in your career as a product designer?

In this episode we explain the 3 levels of a product designer starting from one that is able to EXECUTE; moving up to the ability to STRATEGISE; and finally be able to LEAD. We hope you find this content valuable and once again thank you for watching!

Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:44 – 1. Ability to Execute
04:16 – 2. Ability to Strategise
08:09 – 3. Ability to Lead
10:18 – Summary

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[mengranxie]

Thanks for another great video! I’m a product manager in tech who’s trying to break into the world of product design. Your video provided so much clarity around this role, thanks Alvin!

[jp-gijl]

I'm going to do an internship soon & I'm not good at coding so I've been looking at other fields in IT that I can do & this video has really helped me break down Product Designer. Thanks a lot! From Nepal

[hazelhe]

Thank you soooo much for the video. Being bothered by people's discussion about how AI will replace many roles including UX designer, your video confirmed my passion to become a good UX designer again.

[RuthSampson-yvrc]

Thanks so much for another interesting and valuable video.

[peteykrogh]

Really great video and the way you broke it down.
Have a similar philosophy through my career just with another wording called;

Craft,
Business,
People

Which stands for the same things!

[munawarmohamedGSA]

you're AMAZING man i give the like button before i start to watch keep it up man

[ebereanthony]

As if I was in class, but this time it was an interesting one, thanks for the break down.

[wendyzhoudesign]

Thank you so much for this valuable video! As someone who is going from UX/UI design towards more digital product design roles, this really helped me get clarity on what further skills and areas to focus on learning!

[midge]

Amazing, thanks for breaking it down and this helps me to focus on what I need to do to become a product designer. I have been a graphic designer for 10 years and UX intrigues me a bit but after a taster day I was with all the research etc and this is where product comes in, its the perfect mix of both and I think this is where my career is going toward. Any advice about how to break into the field from being a graphic designer? Keep up the good work.

[kajakornacka]

Awesome videos, thanks!
As UX Designer preparing for interview for Product Designer. Very helpful videos.

[amandasantos]

Great info! I always get so much value from your videos, thanks for sharing!!

[Deevasi]

I want to thank you for your videos! Very helpful for someone like me who’s considering this career.

[olasuyioluwafunke]

Very good & well constructed video.nice job

[rikaamijaya]

Really love your videos. I am pursuing my dream become product designer. Thankyou Alvin! Keep inspiring

[ishaanaggarwal]

Really helpful stuff. Can you please make a video for students in high school (12th) who want to go into product designing or industrial design

[manashkashyap]

You guys have amazing content. Keep Going

[carolmendes]

I love the video! thank you! Can you suggest a good course?

[CristianSerran]

Great video, you've got a subscriber in me, haha. Do you think there could be something like "Ideate" between Execute and Strategise? I feel like there's that step missing, and I would put co-design and co-creation there, but I'm curious about how would you break that down. Cheers!

[OhAzanChannel]

Hello there, can someone tell me how to create product design 'portfolio' to land a job as Product Designer?

[fmls]

Do you think a graduate at a good Product Design university can be a UI/UX designer without the need of a specific master?