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I worked as a in-house graphic designer since the beginning of my career and now want to transition to a product designer. Unfortunately I couldn't find any opportunities yet. I believe I can learn more on the go so I am interested in junior roles. Do you have any advice for me?

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Make sure to study up on the fundamentals of components and componentized design. Learn as much as you can about how to create atomic & molecular designs; get up to speed on Figma, and demonstrate that you can create interactive prototypes. Become conversant in UX purpose, terminology, and methods. Understand what front end developers need to be successful, and learn how to communicate with them. And learn about why & how products create & deliver value; you're not just designing for aesthetics, content & communication anymore.

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As a career transitioner myself from graphic design (print) to UX [many companies use "product designer"], I can empathize the journey you undertake.

To be quite candid, receiving advice from a public forum is like playing the lottery, IMHO. There's very little effort going in, and zero end-results. Many will give subjective advice that worked for them, which may not work for you. This is a long journey ahead, similar to a marathon.

You should consider the services of a career coach. The good ones will enable you to discover the best solution for yourself. (And not give advice.) Ones that come to mind are Whitney Hess and Sarah Doody. Both have deep design backgrounds. Whitney is a certified career coach. Sarah runs a UX career coaching service.

Another route is finding a mentor via adplist.org. Again, this is getting free advice. You get what you pay for.

I hope this helps and best of luck.

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Hey I’m Sarah Doody (mentioned in this post)! If you have questions about my career coaching program, Career Strategy Lab, just send me a message! I’ve helped UX and Product people get hired at companies including Blue Origin, Home Depot, IBM, Intel, Wells Fargo and more.

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