I have seen a lot of demand for designers with decent UI and visual design skills.  
  
 I believe design teams will start becoming smaller. Doesn’t make sense having a 40-50 member team for 1-2 products. 
  
 There was a lot of demand for specialised roles, especially during the covid hiring boom. Teams will look for generalist now; it’s easier to utilise and train a generalist junior designer.  
  
 These are my thoughts based on what I’ve noticed in my company and heard from other designer friends/peers.

Product Designer

Top skills to focus: 
 1. Design foundations  
 2. Communication 
 3. Usability and UX research 
 4. Product development process

I'm a design degree grad and have industry experience with a YC funded company and some freelance work. What's the industry looking for and what are the surface

I'm a design degree grad and have industry experience with a YC funded company and some freelance work. What's the industry looking for and what are the surface level skillsets us designers require to adapt to?

What's the Junior level hiring scene right now?