Ajmonk96

what do senior product designers do daily basis? how much of it is ui and ux?

I have 1.7 years experience. worked in 2 startups as solo product deisgners. legal tech and ed tech.Did everything from research, ui ,moodbboard,illustration, motion,...

since I never had seniors just curious to know...

11mo ago

DesignTinker

Stealth11mo

I can share my experience if that helps. Working at an established global tech company as a design manager.

Meetings 30% time - calls including stand-ups, requirement gathering, alignment, removing blockers, and design review
Reviewing work takes up 10-20% time - this includes reviewing work of junior designers and conducting Design Acceptance Tests
Planning takes up 10-20% time - preparing project plan and managing bandwidth
IC work takes up 30% time - includes scoping, UX and UI
Strategy 10% - understanding product goals, watching user sessions, looking at data and reports. This helps me suggest updates to our product and push for design-led initiatives
Team building and learning takes 10% time - includes hiring activities, finding courses/resources for team, chill fun sessions, etc.

I don’t do everything on this list everyday. It’s to give you an idea of things that I do and how much time share I give to each activity. Hope this helps :)

Ajmonk96

Stealth11mo

Wooww amazing, but you are a manager , I think iam way far behind from such position right now. But great points .

Cab you tell what as a deisgn manager expects from a junior deisgner with my years of experience?(1.7year), when you are hiring?

DesignTinker

Stealth11mo

In our team we expect the following:

A drive for design and learning. We expect young designers to come up a lot energy and enthusiasm. Should be open to learning (un-learning), experimenting, making mistakes and challenging the status-quo
Good with communication; should be able to explain their ideas and understanding feedback. Share updates and work with team as per plan
Basic understanding of design, ux and ui.

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