How to find Product Designers with Boolean search strings

Hire a Product Designer

Build a generic Boolean search string for product designers around terms like:

• -job -jobs -sample -examples, to exclude irrelevant results
• (intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) to discover candidates’ online resumes or CVs

Here’s an example of a simple string to find resumes:

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” -job -jobs -sample -templates

With this search string, the words “resume” or “CV” have to appear in the page title. And, excluding more terms will reduce false positives.

Find profiles and portfolios of Product Designers

By using Boolean search in Google you can discover profiles and portfolios on specific sites. Include the site: operator and terms found exclusively on member profiles. For example:

• site:coroflot.com “summary” “product designer”
• site:dribbble.com “product designer” “shots” -jobs
• site:behance.net “product designer” “project views”

Add more criteria in your search to find profiles that better match your requirements.

When sourcing EU candidates, please refer to guidance on using social media for recruiting and collecting candidate information as per the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.

Example Boolean strings for Product Designers by skills and experience

Search for Product Designers who:

Know about spatial design

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” “spatial design” -job -jobs -sample -templates

Have used specific CAD (computer-assisted design) software

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” (SolidWorks OR Rhinoceros) -job -jobs -sample -templates

Are familiar with certain prototyping platforms

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” Arduino -job -jobs -sample -templates

Have relevant industry experience

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” (medical OR pharma) -job -jobs -sample -templates

Know about user experience

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” (UX OR “user experience” OR “interaction design”) -job -jobs -sample -templates

Are familiar with user research

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” (“user research” OR “usability testing”) -job -jobs -sample -templates

Have worked in leadership roles

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (“senior product designer” OR “chief product designer” OR “managed team”) -job -jobs -sample -templates

Are familiar with the Block Element Modifier (BEM) methodology

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” (“block element modifier” OR bem) -job -jobs -sample -templates

Sample string to search for resumes of Product Designers in various formats

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc OR filetype:txt) “product designer” -job -jobs -sample -templates

Example Boolean search strings to find Product Designers by location

By state or city:

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” (“New York” OR NY) -job -jobs -sample -templates

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” London (UK OR “United Kingdom”) -job -jobs -sample -templates

By area code:

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “product designer” Boston 617 -job -jobs -sample -templates

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