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What do designers really want from product managers?

The truth revealed!

Jess Eddy
UX Collective
6 min readOct 23, 2018

The relationship between designer and product manager is an interesting one. We work closely together, and there is much overlap between what both people do and bring to the table. Pair this with no shortage of opinions and throw in a little sprinkling of ego and we have a party!

  • Both designers and product managers need to understand the business goals and user needs and have organizational awareness.
  • Both think about potential features to build, if and how we should build them, and who they serve.
  • Both people think about design and interactions — and in some cases both actually do design.

While our job descriptions draw a neater line in the sand, in reality, that line is much more blurred. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but the interplay can create some interesting if not tense moments.

To start, I can tell you that we like ourselves some autonomy. We enjoy using our heads to really think through problems and come up with neat, clean and innovative solutions.

The designs we make is an output of our

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Written by Jess Eddy

Jess, Sydney-based digital designer/mentor, uses her design & tech background to foster creativity, and drive innovation. Renowned for practical guidance.

Responses (4)

What are your thoughts?

Amazing article! This speaks to my situation to a ‘T’. Communication is key and more people need to understand that. Being open to other ideas or ways of solving issues make everyone’s jobs easier and more fun. Thanks for the good read I’ll be sharing this with many others.

I think this is a very nice article. Speaks to me from the soul, thank you Jess!

Hey Jess,
Thanks for sharing this article, I love it!
Would you like to share this with our community? We’d love to see it in our LinkedIn group with some interaction if possible :)