The 8 types of product designers I’ve worked with before
By: Lois Wang
Tags: Product Designer, Fun, Work Environment, Personality, Jokes

After all these years working as a product designer in tech I met so many designers who all have very unique personalities and work styles. This inspired me to make this list of 8 characters to represent these interesting people. Pure fun, nothing serious. Enjoy reading it and maybe you will find yourself here too. 😎

The Observer

Great listener. Always express their well-thought ideas after everyone. Detail-oriented and very rational. Treat everything very seriously but make jokes occasionally. Their critiques can be harsh sometimes but actionable.

Great listener. Always express their well-thought ideas after everyone. Detail-oriented and very rational. Treat everything very seriously but make jokes occasionally. Their critiques can be harsh sometimes but actionable. The Speaker

Always the first to talk in a meeting. Love to share and support others. Post industry trend articles on multiple slack channels. Attend a lot of design events and host their own. Probably an active medium writer or has their own podcast or Youtube channel.

Always the first to talk in a meeting. Love to share and support others. Post industry trend articles on multiple slack channels. Attend a lot of design events and host their own. Probably an active medium writer or has their own podcast or Youtube channel. The Artist

Love to draw and tell visual stories. Extreme sense of visual delight. Often share the coolest new UI trends or illustration styles. Super chill and relaxed. Their design reviews remind you of the good old art school time. Own a lot of plants and a cat/pug.

Love to draw and tell visual stories. Extreme sense of visual delight. Often share the coolest new UI trends or illustration styles. Super chill and relaxed. Their design reviews remind you of the good old art school time. Own a lot of plants and a cat/pug. The Technician

Strong eng background. They understand how everything works behind the scene. Have the fanciest collection of plugins and know all the short-cuts in figma or sketch. Photographer or filmmaker on the side. Probably own tones of cameras and gadgets.

Strong eng background. They understand how everything works behind the scene. Have the fanciest collection of plugins and know all the short-cuts in figma or sketch. Photographer or filmmaker on the side. Probably own tones of cameras and gadgets. The Facilitator

Always have control of the room/zoom. Their advice often really objective and open-minded. Good sense of time to the millisecond. Super organized meeting wise and file wise. Process and structure are their best friends. Big fan of perfecting the design system.

Always have control of the room/zoom. Their advice often really objective and open-minded. Good sense of time to the millisecond. Super organized meeting wise and file wise. Process and structure are their best friends. Big fan of perfecting the design system. The Go-to person

The veteran in the team. They know all the history of the design team and the company. When you got stuck in your projects, they are the people to ask for directions or solutions. Have close relationships with key people in the company. Can be gossip sometimes.

The veteran in the team. They know all the history of the design team and the company. When you got stuck in your projects, they are the people to ask for directions or solutions. Have close relationships with key people in the company. Can be gossip sometimes. The Hipster

Casual and fun. Always glowing even it’s Monday morning. Own and make natural glitters from eatable ingredients. Files can be messy but full of color and creativity. Probably the most “unicorn” person on the team.

Casual and fun. Always glowing even it’s Monday morning. Own and make natural glitters from eatable ingredients. Files can be messy but full of color and creativity. Probably the most “unicorn” person on the team. The Mentor

The people who onboard you on your first day or week. Super informative and patient. Love helping and supporting designers who are at their early career stage. Probably mentors outside of work as well. Always have the perfect book recommendations for any needs or interests.

The people who onboard you on your first day or week. Super informative and patient. Love helping and supporting designers who are at their early career stage. Probably mentors outside of work as well. Always have the perfect book recommendations for any needs or interests. The Influencer

Their words are powerful and motivational. Super experienced but very humble. Probably have worked on many game-changing projects or had several public speeches that you can find the recordings on YouTube. Always learning always inspiring.

Of course, we can’t categorize people and we all have our unique combinations of personality traits. This is why working with different people makes me happy and motivated. Hope you had fun reading this and have a nice day! 😉