Product Designer

What product designers do

• Come up with imaginative designs for products.
• Choose the materials that the product will be made of.
• Make prototypes, refine the design.
• Figure out how to manufacture the product.

Skills

• Time management
• Problem solving
• Communication
• Knowledge of materials
• Drawing and computer graphics

Skills, continued

• Ability to work with others
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of what customers want
• Organizational skills

Education

• A bachelor's degree in product design or general design
• Portfolio of design work
• Courses in psychology, manufacturing, and materials use

Product designer

Where product designers work

• San Francisco
• Los Angeles
• New York
• Many other locations, wherever the company that needs them is.

Product Designer Salaries, by years of experience

Companies that employ product designers

• Facebook
• Microsoft
• Twitter
• Mattel
• IDEO

Companies, continued

• Panasonic
• Motorola Mobility
• Amazon
• Dropbox

Product designers can design either objects or services.

Professional organizations

• Product Development and Management Association.
• Industrial Designers Society of America.