UX / Product Designer

What the work involves

Product designers work out what a product should do and how it should feel to use — through research, prototyping and testing. It sits between users, engineers and the business, and needs all three vocabularies.

Skills it relies on

• User research
• Prototyping
• Visual design
• Interaction design
• Presenting work

Degrees that lead here

These are the subjects most commonly studied for this career. They are general guidance — always check what a specific course requires with the university itself.

• Product Design
• Graphic Design
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Digital Media