Product Design Defined with Drew Hard
This week kicks off a series I have been planning for years. I hear the term Product Design a lot, but I find there are lots of different definitions of what a product designer does.
This series we’ll talk to people who are designing apps, creating workflows, dissecting customer journeys and making the experience of buying or using the product better for the customer. We’re also talking to people who create physical products and selling products. All can be called product designers but do very different things.
I hope this series helps open your eyes to things you too might have been incorporating into your career but never thought of yourself as a product designer.
We kick off this series with one of my design babies. Drew Hard (isn’t that an awesome name for a designer), graduated from the University of South Alabama in 2009. He like many started out as a traditional graphic designer until a shift happened. We will hear more about this shift in his career and what he does as a product designer.
I hope you will join me LIVE for Episode 483 on Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024 at 7:30pm BST / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. Sign up here to get the link delivered to your inbox. https://creativesignite.com/signup
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Questions
Drew, can you give everybody a little background about you and your career path and how you got into product design?
How do you define Product Designer?
When you are looking for jobs what type of experience do you need to have to apply for product design positions?
What types of things have you done as a product designer?
How has your traditional graphic design experience helped you in landing your first product design job?
In all your experience you must have seen some red flags when working or interviewing. What are some of the red flags?
What are some questions you would ask if you were interviewing for a position?
What does overseeing a product look like? What is a typical day like as a product designer?
What has been your favorite project or proudest achievement so far?
What are the challenges of working remote when on a team with other designers? What kinds of things have you had to overcome or work-around?
What is your favorite part of product design?
What kinds of companies hire product designers?
What’s next for you? Do you have a big dream of a company or type of project you would like to work on?
Connect with Drew
Website: https://hard.click/
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewhard/
Transcript
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