I'm joining a small startup (reeeeally small, like 3 people) as their only design and product person. I know it's a recurring discussion in our industry that job titles are usually meaningless, but since I have the opportunity to choose my own here, I'd be grateful for any input on making it more purposeful.
The issue I'm having is that I need the job title to be clear that I'm in charge of the product direction/development as well as its design. I want to be simple about it and just say "product designer", but that doesn't encapsulate the business/product owner aspect of it enough.
Ideas I've kicked around:
- Product owner and designer (this makes "designer" feel like an afterthought)
- Director of product and design (This is probably most accurate and it's probably imposter syndrome that keep me from embracing the "director" title? Then again, it's only a few people at this startup, so it seems like hyperbole)
That's really all I've got, unfortunately. :(
I want to steer clear of the word "manager" as it implies people management, which I won't be doing.
Any ideas/advice/insight would be greatly appreciated.
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Submitted May 13, 2018 at 01:39PM by _halfway https://ift.tt/2wBoedA
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