Career Paths

Service Design 

The Service Design path shows how design can shape meaningful experiences in everyday life. You’ll explore how people interact with services and learn methods to uncover their needs, then translate those insights into creative solutions. Using Sketch, Figma, Processing and OpenFrameworks, you’ll prototype ideas and map journeys, while tools like Tableau and Power BI help you visualize complex systems in clear and engaging ways. In advanced studios, you’ll experiment with physical computing working with sensors, actuators and microcontrollers and create immersive service concepts through Unity, Unreal Engine and AI driven design tools. Along the way, you’ll practice how design decisions shape people’s emotions, trust and overall experience of a brand. 

Your skills won’t stop at screens, they extend into real environments. As digital displays and interactive signage become part of everyday services, you’ll learn how to integrate them seamlessly into healthcare, education, finance, retail and transportation. By the time you graduate, you’ll have a portfolio that shows not just your design craft, but also your ability to improve people’s lives through thoughtful, innovative service design.

Possible Job Titles

  • Core Service-Design Roles: 
  • Service Designer, Experience Manager/Director, Customer Experience Manager/Director, Interaction Designer, Design Strategist, Experience Strategist.
  • Research & Systems Roles:
     UX Designer/Researcher, Human-Centered Researcher, Service Blueprinting Specialist, Journey Mapping Specialist, Service Design Analyst/Consultant.
  • Innovation & Management Roles:
     Design Manager/Director, Innovation Manager/Director, Service Product Manager, System Designer/Strategist, Service-Design Consultant.
  • Cross-Disciplinary Roles:
     Interaction Design Lead (for physical-digital services), Business Design Lead, Service Entrepreneur.

Relevant Courses

  • Research Methods (Concept Development)
  • Physical Computing Design
  • Design Entrepreneurship (Capstone Design)
  • User Experience Design
  • Information Visualization for Business Intelligence
  • Web Design and Development (Capstone Design)

Extracurricular Activities

  • Presentation of a poster or team project at an academic forum or design conference.
  • Participation in service-design sprints or hackathons with industry partners.
  • Internship or field project with organisations in healthcare, transportation, fintech or public services to apply service-design methods in real contexts.