Career in Product Design

Every industrial field requires a product designer to give shape and structure to their products. A career in product design is considered a flourishing prospect because product designers are in high demand. As a result, the salary of a product designer is also rising daily. Product designers get job opportunities in business segments like healthcare, digital products, appliances, and products that help improve the quality of life.

Job roles

MIT School of Design’s School of Design provides a degree in this field. After finishing the course, students can join reputed companies as freshers and start their careers in this field. Some major roles of the graduates in these companies are:

Product Manager.
Product Designer.
Product Marketer.
Quality Control Manager.
Product Show Organiser.
Product Pattern Maker.
Product Illustrator.
Product Finisher.
CAD technician.
Clothing/textile Technologist.
Color Technologist.
Exhibition Designers.
Furniture Designers.
Interior Designers.

The popular roles are discussed below:

Product Manager:

A product manager understands the requirements of customers and teams up with their colleagues to fulfill customer requirements. They decide the product's business strategy, specify its functional requirements, and generally manage the product launch. They strive to improve the products by reviewing customer satisfaction, checking their competitors' products, and conducting surveys on the product's compatibility with the company's business model and goals. Graduates joining as freshers get paid nearly INR 50,000 per month.

Product Designer:

For a lucrative career in product design, a product design graduate can work as a product designer. It involves designing new products and improving existing ones. Some roles involved in the category of product design are designing, modeling, prototyping, and testing. Since designers are the key to crafting new products, they are required in all sectors, and the demand curve is rising every year. As a fresher joining a company, they get paid nearly INR 30,000 per month.

Product Marketer:

A product marketer aims to promote a product and convinces customers to buy them. A product marketer is hired to pitch a new product to the general public. These product marketers identify consumer interest with information through surveys and interviews, product usage, and competitive data. Graduates joining companies as a fresher will earn almost INR 50,000 per month.

Quality Control Manager:

A quality control manager holds an executive position in the company. They inspect and test the quality of the product that is manufactured by the company. They propose corrective measures to improve compliance with quality specifications. Companies recruiting freshers to this job pay nearly INR 30,000 per month.

Product Illustrator:

Usually, an illustrator refers to a person explaining the content in a simple and easily understandable way. The product illustrator is similar, but they explain products. Since product design graduates know designing, they can work as illustrators and help people understand its features. They will also explain the pros and cons of the product. Joining in a company as a fresher, a product illustrator will earn almost INR 30,000 per month.

Product Finisher:

A product finisher is someone who gives a finishing touch to the product. This is nearly the same as a quality control inspector. Before finally selling the product, the product finisher checks the product and corrects minute flaws. As a fresher in a company, a product finisher gets paid nearly INR 30,000 - 50,000 per month.