Hannah Bevis - Senior Product Designer - Safety Culture

Summary

In this conversation, Hannah, a product designer, provides an overview of what product design is and what her day-to-day job entails. She explains that product design primarily focuses on digital products such as apps and websites. Hannah also discusses the various skills involved in product design, including user experience (UX) design, user interface (UI) design, customer research, and strategy. She describes the product design process as a journey that involves customer research, idea generation, testing, and UI design. 

Hannah also mentions that there are roles specifically for UX or UI designers, depending on the size and needs of the company. Hannah shares her career journey from graphic design to product design. She started freelancing and then worked at an agency before transitioning to in-house graphic design. She later decided to upskill in UX and took a course. Hannah then moved into a product design role at her in-house job. She eventually joined a new company as a product designer and later moved to another company through a referral. Throughout her career, networking played a crucial role in her opportunities.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Overview of Product Design
00:06 Explaining UX, UI, and the Product Design Process
02:38 Roles in Product Design: UX vs. UI
08:41 Balancing UX and UI in Product Design
11:09 Hannah's Career Journey: From Dance to Product Design
25:37 Creating Luck through Networking
27:23 The Role of UX in Product Design
30:24 Agency vs. In-House Work
33:43 The Variety of Agency Work
37:43 Transitioning to UX
41:02 The Importance of Networking