A day in the life of a product designer at Uber

[@gvyyuy]

After many “a day in the life of...”, this was the first one that actually provided interesting insights of flows, processes, tools etc.... well done!

[@natoutete]

I second that. Less about "the person", more about "the process".

[@tuyentruong639]

I’m also a product designer and this is definitely a very realistic overview of my day 2 day as well!!! Lots of meetings and slack conversations

[@latinstuff1]

Do you like it ? ;)

[@besingue]

Even in the middle of a global pandemic, I felt inspired by your day. Thanks for sharing it! :D

[@4TheCreatives]

Thanks for sharing and I agree 10000% about the focus blocks of time. It’s imperative to not be continuously distracted when you are in the creative zone☺️

[@saadistik]

This was very insightful. Unlike yours, most a-day-in-life videos tend to focus on the person's lifestyle rather than the actual work that they do.

[@charlimarieTV]

Loooved this video Fem!!

[@elynkuang380]

She is smart

[@elynkuang380]

She is a nice guy

[@cascaII]

Thank you, I am a PD and this is almost exactly how we work as well and finally, I can show my folks what we do (usually)

[@LorettaBangBang]

Hey Femke! Really good video. Finally one that shows the actual work (vs eating lunch and snacks like in other "a day in the life of" videos)

[@vyhuynh7230]

thanks a lot! I'm going to have my first interview for the internship position as a product designer. This is super helpful for my preparation :D

[@joshhouben1181]

Great vid, thanks for putting it together :) Not a designer yet, about to start a UX/UI bootcamp in a few weeks but I've found the Pomodoro technique super helpful for making the most of my focus blocks. I started with the standard 25mins focus 5 mins break but moved to 50 & 10 as I found I could get into the zone a bit more

[@samiulhaquesohan8821]

I am a newbie. Got a random suggestion of this video on my feed yesterday. Now guess what, I have watched 85% videos of your channel just in one night! Really loving your contents. Thanks a lot for making these! You are really amaaaaazing!

[@greyandpink1]

Thank you so much for sharing your day! I have decided to challenge myself to become a product designer. Your video has helped me a lot to get an idea of what a product designer's daily life look like during this quarantine period. Besides, your cat is just so ADORABLE!

[@AndyMoon98]

This has been one of the most informative videos I've seen in a while. Very well detailed and it sure gave me a better glimpse into what a product designer does. Thank you so much.

[@TheKondinho]

Just started my new job as a product designer a couple of months ago. It's my first ever job so this is all very insightful. I'm really glad you do a lot of the same stuff I do :) Thank you.

[@ahmedabohay6322]

Could you share your linkedin

[@MIKE-yq1co]

brooo how is it for you now, are you liking it ?? just discoverd about this today and i feel like it relates to me.

[@elizabethmessina6322]

This was one of the most realistic, thorough DITLs for a designer. So helpful. Thank you!

[@ikalennyy6986]

Thank you for providing this very insightful video. It made me realize two things: if I had a work schedule like you do I would ruin my health in no time. The second thing is that I don’t think I would like to be a product designer. I wish I could’ve seen this years ago. Your video is golden

[@femkedesign]

Glad my video was helpful! Thanks for watching :)

[@technosteed4644]

5:35 That water bottle is perfectly aligned.

[@SomeUnremarkableGuy]

How do you organize, artboards (frames), pages, layers and of course how do you name them. If you could make video about that. In depth if it is possible :D

[@SomeUnremarkableGuy]

@@femkedesign Thanks :)

[@HanBang]

We use Dovetail for all of our raw user research notes so love that they're sponsoring this video.. 👀 on the bag of chips on the desk; work snackies are a must have within arm's reach of any work day haha

[@MsAlison]

love the way you organized and narrated this, super interesting and informative!

[@magicle]

So insightful! 😄 I love seeing videos like this-keep them coming!! 🤍

[@imran__molla]

as always loved your video because you always try real-life problem solutions that were great !! also, another cute mika loved it 💕 all the best to you & Happy Designing keep sharing more awesome videos 💕

[@femkedesign]

Thank you!

[@natyb]

Wow, so cool to see how it works in Uber. It quite differs from what I do as UX/UI designer in a smaller company.

[@beckwilde]

Really liked this video !! A great insight on what working from home as a designer is like

[@carlosreyes6612]

I love your honesty! I have the same standing desk (from Ikea)

[@MsWarriorchick]

Thank you! This is the most realistic day in the life of a designer ive seen thus far on here. Great insight!

[@richardottley4611]

Femke I'm a regular listen of your design life podcast.. I just happened to find this video in my usual sometimes occasional rabbit hole on KZbin 😅😅 great job on this video 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@manharbhola]

I felt really good and inspired after watching this and i also want to choose a designer oriented career thank you! Love from India

[@asif_mojtoba]

*I just found you randomly! This is such an insightful video. Thanks for sharing.*

[@Routtuqe]

Your day looks similar to my job, but because I start work as UI Designer in small company, I'm at first UX/UI, next UI now someone who are UI/Product Designer I guess. We have every day at 9:30 am virtual meeting it's great starting point in job, next I have next conference to 10:30-11, preparing stuff, ending small things or do job at chill to 12:30-13, lunch and start deep work form 14 to 16, little pause to 17 and next 17-18 deep work. Sometimes at quarantine hard has discipline and I don't wort after first meeting, start afternoon or doing things at 20-22 pm but walking and riding on bike helps me doing things in right time. At first I don't like quarantine because destroy my all routine, but now I love it, I have more time (spend 2 and half hour in the bus), more chill and what's most important I can work fully in my way and it's rock for creativity and my efficiency.

[@LateNightCruisers]

What’s school did you go for ux/ui design?

[@Lnetta2Lteezy]

Haha when you said 3-4 hours of meetings per day, i felt that! I have a pretty similar day as a product designer, standup daily, product sync, and various other meetings and user testing sessions. I too am trying to figure out the balance of it all to be most productive, will update you if I figure it out 😆💕

[@Lnetta2Lteezy]

@@femkedesign it is! I realize this more and more everyday!

[@AshishKumar-si6mo]

Very insightful for someone like me who wants to work in the design field. Thank you for this. Keep it up. Love

[@ephelan]

This video made me aware of much I could improve physical movement throughout the work day, even when busy. I try to walk during lunch, but otherwise I struggle to get out of my chair. 😬

[@rosieway5811]

Thanks Femke for your sharing! It’s inspiring and get to know how a project is developed daily! I love your cat ❤️ so cute!!!! It’s a great thing to have your cat sleeping while you’re working 💕then when you take break, you can play with your cat 💕

[@HelloImAlexa]

Killin it! This was sooooo great.

[@DesignGal]

Great video! It's always interesting to watch another designer's daily work life. 😀

[@calebsanderson2351]

This was so helpful and affirming. Thank you for your transparency!

[@ruli6045]

Love your video! Thanks for sharing! BTW, really like your liftable desk!!!!

[@jakespeakz]

Very in-depth video! Thanks for this!

[@parkerrex]

Hey Femke - that 8:00 walk and chat is SO true for new designers. New subscriber gained. Really enjoyed this video. I work in tech too.. Finding fellow tech youtubers is refreshing 😀

[@parkerrex]

Also - tell me about the mouse you have?

[@parkerrex]

Femke / Design KZbinr I thought I recognized it! I got the Mx master 2s recently. Do you ever experience connection issues or is it all love for the mouse?

[@radbit4661]

i love how your cat keeps you company

[@CarlHeaton]

Awesome video, great thanks ! one thing that inspired me was how you took even 20 mins to go for a walk. I will start using that.

[@raghavendraj3758]

I wish you all the best in your future works responsibilities and super explanation.

[@benabotsi7708]

i love how go about your work.💌

[@benedhk9119]

another well structured contents came from product designer! aside from that i love your aesthetic and your editing style!

[@crystalshan2478]

Hi Femke, thanks for sharing! It's very helpful to know how your day looks like. I just started my job as a UX Designer and feel very curious about the Design QA part (9:26) you briefly mentioned in this video. I am wondering if you are gonna make a video about this topic in the near future. Looking forward to knowing your process, tools, and tips! :)

[@crystalshan2478]

@@femkedesign Yayyyyy!! Looking forward!! 😍

[@nicolasimagine]

Hi Femke, could you do a video talking about the QA process in depth? Like, when you are reviewing the engineer's work, how do you send your feedback? And how does that whole tracking work? Thanks! Big fan from Colombia.

[@KabbaModern03]

Digital Designer and photographer here, my struggle is getting up and taking breaks. Get thrown so many projects. From animations, social media designs, UI designs to doing photography stuff.

[@richard-social8125]

cranking that desk like the engine is about to fire up😂😂😂

[@shre9]

You really motivate me to work! ❤️

[@MarkYaasi]

Great video, it provides a lot insight

[@PureToneMusic]

I'm a UI/UX designer for a company called Zoovu. We build ai-based digital assistants for companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Whirlpool, Kitchenaid, Maytag, Bed Bath & Beyond, Trek Bikes, Canon, and a bunch of others. I'd love to start making videos like this, I just need to find things that are exciting enough to talk about without discussing confidential stuff.

[@rotienoxoxo]

This was really well done. Thank you! I am deciding on grad schools for UX. This is super exciting/inspiring!

[@rotienoxoxo]

@@femkedesign thank you!!

[@PureToneMusic]

You might be able to get a job in the industry and gain the real world experience rather than spending more money on college. I didn't even graduate with my bachelor's and I'm working on projects for Amazon, Microsoft, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc. Just something to consider instead of additional college debt.

[@swissarmykits7182]

I loved your setup 😍, What monitor is that?

[@ruth8014]

I'm starting in a new job, this was definitely useful. Nice info and video, going to check more of your videos! 😉

[@ruth8014]

@@femkedesign Thanks! And indeed as your video my day started with 3 meetings. My camera stopped working for a while, but everything is going well so far 😄.

[@brainfood20]

Thank you so much for your day in a life

[@femkedesign]

You're welcome Dyon!

[@mr_cupcakes1808]

Hi, Femke! If you want to you could try to extract the pulp of the kiwi with a spoon after cutting it in half. You might be surprised with the results

[@AshleyBlake-m7j]

Thank you for this peep into your workflows! Where did you get your hoodie from? It looks so cozy

[@femkedesign]

Kotn kotn.com/

[@vlahman_]

extremely useful, thank you very much!

[@femkedesign]

You're welcome!

[@martinmn3667]

Great Video, thanks for sharing your experiences.... my best from Perú!

[@femkedesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@royennev]

Great vid! And aweesome work ui designer

[@AndreaEppy]

Oh hey gal! I follow you on twitter and didn't realize you have a YT channel! There's a special place in my heart for fellow designers who are on twitter AND have a YT channel😁

[@robsondssilva]

Thanks for video, thanks for share a lot information about his day workday. Obviously there is classified information but, is this enough to get an idea of what it's like to work at Uber. A lot of meeting and daily! :D Great! Thanks, Femke!

[@robsondssilva]

@@femkedesign Thanks for the correction! :D My Portuguese keyboard always has the broker enabled. Hehehehehe

[@gomezbakwene887]

Thanks so much, really appreciate it

[@akashchoudhary5736]

Product designer's day is full of meetings !!

[@mahdhashemi]

Hi thanks for your insightful video. Im also a designer. Im looking for some pest practices on the structure of a design team or the proceses that makes the final approved design(chekins within the design team and the lead designer). I would be happy to hear your advices.

[@VaishnavVharkat]

The video was quite insightful, I loved it!

[@daviktran4742]

I loved this video! Your videos very useful with me to learn more about a day in Uber company. Also, I'm from Vietnam and working in product company like you, but I've difficult with organize files and design pages scientifically (easy to clone to other flatform, layout for dev implement, spec,...). Could you share with me some tip about structure files like Uber, how to manage pages to easy find, layout components in a pages with separate task,...??? Thank you for your helping

[@femkedesign]

Hiya! This video may be helpful for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5bVeZWljKZ6Z6c&lc=UgxyySUaPT80HSyjeGt4AaABAg

[@stephencarroll312]

can you do a video on every day core tasks of UX UI designers .. what can we newbies expect in work for first time.. what type of tasks.. so we can work on it . thanks Femke

[@femkedesign]

Hey Stephen! Thanks for the suggestion :)

[@praisefabilola]

Had fun watching! Never knew you guys stand while working also, Thanks for the tips on Calendar and Google sheets 🌹🌹🌹

[@praisefabilola]

@@femkedesign oh I'll try adjusting my set up to try that. And I wasn't reffering to you as a guy though lol... I just meant product designers like you. Sorry for the misunderstanding...

[@nizamilputra]

Loved it! Thanks for sharing Fem! I have a question, so when do you working on side project?

[@DearThomas]

Hey Femke, great video! I'm curious, can you point to anywhere I can read more about the checkpoints you have throughout the development process in Uber? I work as a product designer in a startup, we do something similar ish a bit adhoc and would love to have it a bit more formalised + see if we can learn something new :) Thanks!

[@ammonn9930]

Amazing video! And this cat is to sweet for existence 😍

[@boacmusic]

Great video, thanks for the look into your day. I'm a UX designer working for a mid-size design agency in San Francisco and my tasks for a typical work day are virtually identical. I take part in the entire lifecycle from project brief to shipped product. I feel like our roles are the same, except in title. Would you say UX and product are interchangeable roles or do you see them as different?

[@davidgrant7729]

Great video! I was really interested with your Scenario's in the Mural app. I like the idea of creating blanked out scenarios for the user to answer. Would it be possible to share this as a template please?

[@davidgrant7729]

@@femkedesign Thank you! Looking forward to more of your content

[@Figma55]

All those meetings and no caffeine? More power to you! Fascinating to see how other designers at home day-to-day. Mine has way more distractions ;)

[@maxxthedesigner]

I appreciate the insights.

[@GHOST-xj1in]

The best "a day in the life..." Video !!

[@femkedesign]

Cheers ✌️

[@DaveRino]

Great video Femke!

[@RafaelHEscobar]

Nice content here! Your workflow is very similar to mine. The only thing that for me is a no-no is to have lunch in front of the computer. I really like to taste the flavours of the food I cook and personally love the idea of sitting elsewhere, and besides, I discovered that after eating without distractions tend to feel less hungry during the rest of the day.

[@dyziplen.]

This is absolutely wonderful, would love a follow-up if anythings changed a year or so down the line!

[@femkedesign]

Yeah! For starters I'm at a different company now :) Will keep this in mind for a future vid.

[@m1y912]

An off-topic question, I love your mouse! Would you recommend the brand? Thanks Femke!

[@sidtorres5099]

Curious to know how many times a week will you have user research sessions? And is it always first thing in the morning? Also, what are your tasks as a product designer during the research session (since you have a dedicated UX researcher)? Loved the vid 🤘

[@michaeltretiak5950]

Please do a video on the checkpoint system if you can!

[@rominav20]

Thanks for your video!! I realize that your day is similar to mine. Can't say that I'm officially a product designer (role position) but somewhere between in UX/UI - product design, and I relief that I'm not alone in that feeling of "many session" per day to define new products/status, etc. I was wondering how many projects you work at the same time? Actually, I'm dealing with be assign in at least 4 projects (definition stage) and lead a design team. It is a kind of challenge for me.

[@rominav20]

@@femkedesign Thanks for answer!

[@ajeyasharma26]

This is so cool 🤩💫

[@femkedesign]

Thanks!

[@samoda]

Could you elaborate on Checkpoints? What is Checkpoint 1,2,3,4 and the structure of each?

[@ams9439]

Hello Femka, seeing your April video in the future in October as you said but nothing has changed since then. About the name MURAL, just wondering how it got its name 🤔. As you are into design and are interested in different cultures, I'm sure you know about mural paintings. Check out "Gajendra Moksham" mural painting at Krishnapuram Palace in case if you are interested. 👍

[@ams9439]

@@femkedesign 😆

[@ItsCarleaJean]

love! subbed!

[@femkedesign]

Thanks for subbing!

[@damianhans5463]

This is a great in-depth UX/UI work environment. Do still do paper-based prototype testing and how do you cope with mental health?

[@femkedesign]

Haven't been doing paper based prototyping since COVID :(

[@damianhans5463]

Is it mandatory to use it to your daily work flow?

[@Capibaramelomano]

I learn Industrial designer in The university and I learn english at academy, IT's a pleasure to make you acquaintance, You are nice, I tried to understood everything but probably I"ll watch again

[@bitmegs8809]

okay but why did you put the smoothie in 2 glasses

[@femkedesign]

Because I made one for myself and one for my partner.

[@bitmegs8809]

@@femkedesign now it all makes sense 😹 I was like why is she wasting 2 glasses when it could fit in one ! Lol . Great vid tho . Keep workin hard

[@danielcoverdale8079]

I'm trying to figure out where I sit after transitioning from a "Digital designer" role, when you do visual layouts, do you tend to use an existing design system? or do you make changes/create new components.

[@femkedesign]

Yep I do use an existing design system! I'm now on the platform team so I have liberty to make new components, but when I wasn't on the the team it was bringing proposals or ideas to the platform team for consideration.

[@makaritoblues2]

thanks for sharing!

[@l.e.nichols9382]

Thanks! I’m a product designer and a ui engineer! Our days are very similar at the org I’m at. I’ll look for your workspace setup vid! Just sub’d too.

[@femkedesign]

Thanks so much!

[@ThiagoRamosal]

Hi, Femke. I am curious, which monitor is this that you are using? Could you share the model? Thanks. Love this video.

[@MaxWeir]

When your reviewing your designs after they come back from development how different are they and what things usually tend not to the design you created? Would they be following the actual Airbnb design system spec and guidelines so everything is consistent.

[@brittneyswinton]

The checkpoints sound like a really good idea to keep each team up to date! What are the 4 checkpoints that you use?

[@leoratzlaff]

Hey Femke, great content! How do you keep track of your tasks?

[@mateusznawrot8941]

Hey, great video! Is that Bekant standing desk from Ikea?