Role Targeting
Based on your profile, Alex — here's where to aim, where to stretch, and where to build.
Your strategy: apply to Best-fit roles first — they carry your highest interview probability. Add one Reach application per week, keep a Backup in play for momentum, and spend 2–3 hours weekly on your Skill-building move. Your Transition track is optional but unusually strong for your hybrid profile.
Junior Product Designer
Your Figma craft, research coursework, and case-study portfolio are exactly what junior PD roles screen for. Your React familiarity is a differentiator most junior designers lack.
Competitiveness: Strong — top 25% of the junior applicant pool once resume metrics are added.
UX Research Assistant
Your interview projects and synthesis-heavy writing map directly to assistant-researcher work. Entry bars are lower and your rigor signals are above average.
Competitiveness: Strong — research assistant roles value exactly your profile shape.
Product Designer (Mid-level)
Your craft is close, but mid-level roles expect 1–3 years of shipped, team-based work. A strong tailored resume and portfolio can bridge the gap at startups.
Competitiveness: Moderate — target startups over big companies; they weigh portfolios above years.
Web Designer
Your responsive web work and typography fundamentals make you immediately hireable at agencies. Slightly off your product-design track but builds transferable craft.
Competitiveness: Very strong — you exceed the typical agency junior bar.
Design Systems Contributor (open source / freelance)
Contributing to an open-source design system or a freelance component library closes your biggest resume gap and feeds every product-design application.
Competitiveness: N/A — this is a portfolio move, not a job application.
UX Engineer
Your design + React hybrid is rare and valuable. With TypeScript and one coded interactive demo, this track opens up — often at higher salaries than junior design.
Competitiveness: Promising — few candidates genuinely hold both skill sets.