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Is product design the same as a UX Design?
First off, what I am about to show you is not rocket science and any of you can and should do this research. Also, you are perfectly capable of rocket science (have you seen Hidden Figures? I could watch that once a week!):) I am going to show you HOW I am coming to my conclusions because the title “product designer” is new. The tech industry is still kicking the tires on it and it could evolve a bit. So by show you how, you can perform the same process to continue to validate your decision to apply to or not apply to jobs that are listed as “product designer” vs. “ux designer”.
Also, this title varies a bit geographically so do the research for your local area and for the areas you are targeting to get hired in. It’s a great time for remote work so go ahead and apply to those remote jobs in another area! Worst case you’ve had some great experience and you move on to the next role. Generally, organizations like to keep people who have served them well.
Let’s look at Nashville and the general area of Silicon Valley and take a look at the skills that glassdoor.com postings list as the required skills. I’ve pulled 2–4 job postings from each of the categories below, compared the skills required and listed the most common ones across those postings.
