A Product Designer, or Retail Product Designer, develops and designs a wide variety of consumer products. Their main duties include building designs for new products, adding improvements to existing products and conducting market research for new product design ideas.
Product Designer 应该能够履行各种职责和责任。以下是 Product Designer 应该能够执行的一些职责和责任：
- Developing product design concepts from client requirements
- Confirming product design specifications with clients
- Preparing design specifications through sketches
- Budgeting for product designs with clients
- Setting schedules for project completion with clients and adhering to budgets and schedules
有竞争力的 Product Designer 将具备某些技能和资格，包括：
- The ability to use a computer and computer software including CAD software
- Spatial and visual awareness
- Knowledge of engineering science and technology if you are working as a product designer for a computer company
- Knowledge of the industrial processes and standards, as well as emerging new technology for the industry where you work
- Commercial awareness of the market for your product and how to place your product as marketable against your competitors
