Hey all,
Im looking to pivot my career from industrial design to product design or product management.
At the moment i manage a team of 5 industrial designers for b2b sustainable fashion and retail interiors. The methodologies and processes are quite similar between physical and digital design so i feel i should not start from a junior position, however my portfolio contains only physical. Did anybody else make a similar career switch? Any advice for switching to product is welcome. Thanks!

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Try to look at startups that could leverage your background. I would also have realistic expectations as there are already a lot of people currently in tech shuffling around looking for jobs. Definitely big oversupply of UI/UX designers. I would put in your portfolio some examples of how you would redesign digital experiences for some well-known consumer apps to make them more intuitive. Industrial design is going to be very different from tech product management, so I would try and move to UI/UX design first

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In tech “UX” and “Product” Designer pretty much mean the same thing. Graphic design can still be a bit hard to pivot to UX design. Physical design, I’m not sure as I’ve only worked on software products. I would say you could try pivoting by going to an e-commerce company, maybe first as a physical designer and then shifting over to the e-commerce, then moving over to full software if you want

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