Product Designers do design work holistically across a product-- that means potentially working on visuals, interaction, product and maybe even a bit of code. You essentially craft products.
Imagine designing a physical product in a workshop:
You'll be juggling industrial design and mechanical engineering problems along with working and feeling with your hands. You'll conceptualize, sketch, sand, mold, polish and iterate. It's all one thing: you're designing a product.
As a product designer you aren't necessarily responsible for one aspect (visuals, interaction, etc) but rather the product as a whole.
My understanding:
Product Designers do design work holistically across a product-- that means potentially working on visuals, interaction, product and maybe even a bit of code. You essentially craft products.
Imagine designing a physical product in a workshop:
You'll be juggling industrial design and mechanical engineering problems along with working and feeling with your hands. You'll conceptualize, sketch, sand, mold, polish and iterate. It's all one thing: you're designing a product.
As a product designer you aren't necessarily responsible for one aspect (visuals, interaction, etc) but rather the product as a whole.