On this site, you can read about the experiences of former students from your study in regard to their qualifications and how they use them in the job market.
The list is by no means exhaustive – there are plenty of students who have used their education to learn many other things and who have created a future that no one could have seen coming. But remember, the list is never ending.
Doing your study preparation, exam assignments and other study activities it can be difficult to find out, which competences all your hard work gives you.
A Master in IT – Product Design is an intense learning process in which you learn to:
- facilitate collaboration between people with different stakes in an organization using materials and conversation tools designed for the situation
- master the scientific methods of designing user interaction for product interfaces and services based on analysis and critical reflection of stakeholder interests and user empathy
- organize development situations that are complex, unpredictable and require new solutions and pilot them in an organization
- communicate research-based knowledge and discuss professional and scientific issues with both academic peers and non-specialists and thereby contribute to the continuous development of theories, methods, and technologies in the research fields of IT Product Design
- establish collaboration between professional disciplines within design teams and with stakeholders outside the development organization - users in particular
Perhaps you are now thinking that you are developing more skills and other exciting competences and that is very good because you’re the expert who can continue the "list" during your studies.
What will you work as when you’ve finished your education? This question has probably been given to you in numerous occasions without you knowing what to answer. It may also be a question you ask yourself. If you'd like some inspiration for an answer, it's good you're reading this. You have many possibilities with your competences.
Graduates of the Master's programme in IT Product Design will be able to take on different professional roles:
Design Anthropologist (or business anthropologist, design ethnographer, design researcher) Employed in user experience departments in larger organizations or in specialized design consultancies to study users and customers and provide market data for R&D functions.
User Innovator
Employed with marketing departments to innovate strategies for user/customer relations, to engage lead-users, to establish business models for novel product and service concepts, and to test new offerings with users and customers.
Service Design
Employed in user experience or marketing departments to develop new services with user involvement. Would also take responsibility for user studies and evaluation.
Interaction Designer (or User Experience Designer)
Employed in design departments and user experience departments of larger organizations or in design consultancies to develop interactive products, wearable devices, healthcare products, user interfaces and interactive services.
User-Centered Engineer (or usability engineer)
Employed in R&D departments in large and small organizations to develop user-friendly products and services. Would in smaller companies also take responsibility for user studies and user evaluation.
Several times during your studies, you may doubt what you’re doing - and if you have chosen correctly. Although doubts can be uncomfortable, doubts are a chance to think about what choices you have doing your studies. The options can help to tune your profile in the direction you think is exciting and makes sense in your career plans.
Perhaps you think it might be exciting to work with user experiences, interaction designing, in research, healthcare or something else entirely, but you don’t know if you have what it takes. Luckily you have a chance to figure it out during your studies.
It may be that you find it exciting to try a work placement/company-based internship and / or try studying abroad to get to know another culture, test your competences and discover new possibilities.
Or maybe you are considering trying a student job in which you can get the opportunity to solve tasks where you make use of some of your competences from your studies and discover new career opportunities that you didn’t know would be an opportunity for someone with your skills.
These and many other activities are the kind of possibilities that can help you profile yourself and shed new light on your career opportunities.
If you need an overview of your career opportunities or get feedback on how to get there, please contact our career advisors.
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