Product & Experience Design — P2

PRODUC1.PRODUCTED164.P2

P2P2 — Developing Professionalhigh0.90approvedglobalv1

Designs end-to-end user experiences and interfaces for complex software products, spanning UX research, interaction design, UI/visual design, prototyping, and design systems. Distinct from pure visual/brand design (focused on marketing aesthetics) and from product management (focused on requirements/roadmap ownership) — this focus owns the holistic usability, interaction quality, and design execution of the product in partnership with Product Managers and Engineers.

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Level

P2 · P2 — Developing Professional · 1–3 yrs

Function · Focus

Product & Experience Design · Product & Experience Design

Market pay (median)

$72k ($57k–$92k)

Pay basis

function-anchored · wide bars

Focus — Product & Experience Design

Material SKILL differential vs the function baseline.

Responsibilities by level

What this person actually does at each level on the professional track — escalating scope, not one generic blob. Your level is highlighted.

Creates wireframes, prototypes, and user interface screens under the supervision of senior designers, working on a small, well-scoped part of the full product experience.
Sketches ideas and produces simple mockups based on direction provided, iterating on feedback rather than independently identifying problems to solve.
Contributes to brainstorming sessions and design critiques to develop foundational UX and UI design skills.
Applies visual design fundamentals — layout, typography, color, and accessibility basics — to assigned screens using existing design system components.
Learns the team's tools and workflows (Figma, Sketch, prototyping libraries) to produce production-ready assets with detailed instruction.

P2this profile

Owns the user experience and interface of a defined product area, designing full product flows of average complexity in partnership with Product Managers and Engineers.
Articulates design decisions and rationale to cross-functional partners, ensuring the product is functional, aesthetically pleasing, and user-friendly.
Contributes across the product lifecycle from research and ideation through prototyping, design system contribution, and implementation handoff.
Defines expected qualitative and quantitative outcomes for designs and measures the impact of shipped work.
Conducts usability testing (Maze, UserTesting) and applies user research findings to validate and refine design solutions within defined procedures.

Leads design for diverse product problems with day-to-day independence, planning own work and shipping full flows reviewed at key milestones.
Collaborates with cross-functional teams to refine product design, evaluating identifiable user and business factors to select among design approaches.
Develops and maintains design system components and patterns in Figma, ensuring consistency and reuse across the product.
Coordinates design activities across research, prototyping, and engineering handoff, networking with senior designers and product partners.
Uses analytics (GA4, Mixpanel) and research tooling (Hotjar, Dovetail) alongside qualitative findings to inform design decisions and demonstrate measurable impact.

Leads complex, multi-flow design projects as a full-stack designer with deep product and customer understanding, driving functional impact across the team's domain.
Co-leads the team with the product manager and engineering manager to drive product discovery, framing problems and selecting design methods.
Mentors junior and mid-level designers, raising the quality bar through critique and direct coaching.
Contributes to roadmapping and strategic decisions in the product development process, influencing prioritization with design insight.
Reads and prototypes against the product's front-end stack (React, Vue.js, HTML/CSS, JavaScript) to scope feasibility and produce implementation-accurate designs with engineers.

Acts independently on broad, strategic design assignments that contribute to company objectives, resolving design problems where no established pattern or precedent exists.
Owns the design vision for a product area spanning multiple teams, setting interaction and system patterns that other designers adopt and build on.
Builds influential networks across product, engineering, and design, serving as the design spokesperson in cross-functional and leadership forums.
Drives product discovery across teams and mentors senior designers, elevating the craft and consistency of the design output.
Researches and prototypes with AI and emerging tools to uncover new interaction patterns and bring them into the team's design practice.

Operates at the strategic level on organization-wide or domain-defining design work, designing and rationalizing the most foundational systems used across products.
Autonomously identifies new problems and opportunities and drives impactful solutions across the design group with full independence.
Acts as a force multiplier for the entire design group, raising the bar and challenging both the team and the product.
Creates product design roadmaps and manages budgets across projects, ensuring teams have the systems, tooling, and direction they need.
Generates and implements strategic design thinking within teams, mentoring principal-level peers and shaping recognized design practice across the organization.

Sets long-term design direction for the function and anticipates emerging product and interaction challenges before they surface in roadmaps.
Exerts industry-wide influence on design practice without managing employees, defining patterns and standards that shape how products are designed beyond the company.
Solves precedent-free, ambiguous design problems with broad business consequences, developing new approaches, models, or AI-enabled design patterns.
Persuades and educates executive stakeholders on strategic design priorities, networking with industry leaders to shape company-wide design capability.
Provides high-level mentorship to senior and principal designers, growing the organization's design bench and standards.

Level guidelines

The universal leveling rubric applied to this function — how scope, complexity, collaboration, and experience step up across levels.

Level	Knowledge & Application	Complexity & Problem Solving	Collaboration & Interaction	Typical Degree & Years
P1	Applies foundational UX/UI principles, visual design fundamentals, and basic tool proficiency (Figma, Sketch) to routine, well-scoped tasks using existing design system components.	Solves routine design problems with standard answers, working on a small part of a product flow with detailed instruction.	Maintains stable internal relationships with the immediate design team; contributes to brainstorming and receives critique.	0–1 years; new graduate or intern.
P2	Applies UX, UI, prototyping, and usability testing knowledge to design full flows of average complexity using defined procedures and design system patterns.	Exercises judgment in familiar product contexts; articulates rationale and measures qualitative and quantitative outcomes of designs.	Builds productive working relationships with Product Managers and Engineers; communicates design decisions across the project.	2+ years with a BA, or MS/PhD with no prior experience.
P3	Applies broad product design and design-system expertise across diverse problems, evaluating identifiable user and business factors to select design approaches.	Evaluates a range of identifiable factors to design end-to-end flows; works independently with milestone review.	Networks with senior professionals; coordinates design activities across research, product, and engineering.	5+ years (BA), 3 years (MA), or PhD without experience.
P4	Applies deep full-stack design expertise — including front-end implementation literacy (React, Vue.js, HTML/CSS, JavaScript) — to complex issues with functional impact, selecting methods and frameworks for product discovery and end-to-end design.	Performs in-depth analysis of complex variables across user, technical, and business dimensions; co-leads discovery and may lead projects.	Coordinates across product, engineering, and design groups; influences prioritization and roadmapping decisions.	8+ years, often with graduate education.
P5	Applies expert design judgment to broad and special assignments, setting interaction and system patterns across multiple teams and bringing AI/emerging tools into practice.	Resolves high-uncertainty design problems with no established precedent; acts independently and establishes patterns others adopt.	Builds influential cross-functional networks and serves as the design spokesperson in leadership forums.	12+ years; extensive product design expertise.
P6	Applies field-shaping design expertise to organization-wide or domain-defining work, designing and rationalizing the most foundational systems and owning design roadmaps and budgets.	Visionary, field-shaping problem-solving; autonomously identifies and drives solutions across the design group with full independence.	Influences practice across the company as a recognized thought leader; mentors principal-level peers.	15+ years; principal design expert, often with industry leadership.
P7	Develops new design approaches, models, and AI-enabled patterns that advance the field and set long-term direction for the function.	Solves precedent-free, ambiguous problems with broad business and industry consequences; defines long-term roadmaps.	Networks with executives and industry leaders; persuades and educates senior stakeholders on strategic design priorities.	20+ years, or equivalent recognition through significant industry contributions.

Skills

Focus-specific skills the role applies — the relevance layer beyond the occupational base.

UX Design: Applies user-centered design principles, information architecture, and interaction design to structure usable end-to-end experiences.
UI Design: Applies composition, typography, layout, and brand consistency to produce polished, on-brand interface designs.
Prototyping: Creates interactive prototypes (Figma Prototypes, Framer, ProtoPie, Principle, Origami Studio, Axure, InVision) to communicate concepts and test flows.
Interaction Design: Designs nuanced, intuitive interactions and transitions that make complex product behavior feel simple.
Product Design: Designs end-to-end user experiences for complex software across the full product lifecycle from research to implementation.
User Research and Usability Testing: Researches and tests designs with users (Maze, UserTesting, Optimal Workshop, Dovetail) to validate and refine solutions.
Visual Design Fundamentals: Applies layout, typography, color theory, motion principles, and accessibility to craft clear visual hierarchy.
Design Systems: Develops, maintains, and contributes to design systems, component libraries, and style guides for consistency and reuse.
Engineering Literacy: Reads and reasons about the product's front-end stack (React, Vue.js, Bootstrap, HTML/CSS, JavaScript) to scope feasibility and communicate implementation detail with engineers.
Cross-functional Communication: Collaborates and communicates design decisions and rationale across product, engineering, and design teams.
Data-Informed Design: Uses analytics (GA4, Mixpanel) and behavioral data (Hotjar) to shape and measure the impact of design work.
AI and Emerging Tools: Researches, prototypes, and builds with AI to uncover new patterns for creativity and collaboration in design.

Provenance

The evidence base behind this profile — every layer is sourced; quality is scored by an adversarial review panel (1–5; passes at ≥4 on the minimum dimension).

Level differentiation5.0Focus specificity5.0Concreteness5.0Factual accuracy5.0Real-world coverage4.5

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Level — P2 — Developing Professional

Early-career professional; developing skills, handles routine tasks with some independence

Scope: Defined deliverables / small features
Autonomy: General supervision; reviewed at milestones
Complexity: Some non-routine problems; applies established patterns
Impact: Own and immediate-team deliverables
Decision rights: Routine technical choices within guidance
Leadership: May guide interns
Typical experience: 1–3 yrs

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