Product Designer

What it officially is

Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.

O*NET, US Department of Labor · classified as “Web and Digital Interface Designers”

What the work involves

  • Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
  • Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.
  • Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites.
  • Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
  • Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
  • Create searchable indices for Web page content.
  • Create Web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.
  • Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
  • Develop and document style guidelines for Web site content.
  • Develop new visual design concepts and modify concepts based on stakeholder feedback.
  • Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.
  • Develop system interaction or sequence diagrams.
  • Develop Web site maps, application models, image templates, or page templates that meet project goals, user needs, or industry standards.
  • Develop, validate, and document test routines and schedules to ensure that test cases mimic external interfaces and address all browser and device types.

What they call it

Large employers

  • Senior Product Designer Automattic
  • Product Designer, Shop Everything Meta
  • AI Native Product Designer Metalab
  • Designer, Web Presence & Platform Stripe
  • Senior Staff Product Designer, Risk Stripe
  • Lead Product Designer Twilio

Startups

  • Founding Designer Cardboard
  • Founding UI/UX Design Engineer Clearly AI
  • Founding Product Designer Closure
  • Design and Marketing Associate Corgi Insurance
  • UX Designer Coulomb AI
  • Founding Design Engineer Credal.ai

Tools the occupation uses

Cloud-based management software Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation
Data base management system software Apache Hadoop, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hive
Data base user interface and query software Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2, Airtable, Amazon Web Services AWS software, Amazon Redshift
Desktop publishing software Adobe InDesign
Development environment software Apache Maven, Adobe ActionScript, Apache Ant, Apache Kafka
Document management software Adobe Acrobat

How well this role is advertised

98listings reviewed
58/100median HR-standards score
84/100median title accuracy

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Official definitions and responsibilities come from public occupational records — O*NET (US Department of Labor) and ESCO (European Commission). The employer half is counted from listings on this board and shown with its denominator. Nothing on this page is written by a language model: the measured half is arithmetic over real postings, and the official half is quoted.