Leading design

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• explain the role of user-centred design in an organisation
• describe typical leadership responsibilities in design
• identify leaders in your organisation that designers need to work with

2. Working

You can:

• lead and coordinate design work in your team, with support
• communicate the value of user-centred design to your team or others in your organisation
• support other designers
• work with digital and data leaders in your organisation, when needed

3. Practitioner

You can:

• lead and coordinate design work for a team
• advocate for user-centred design with leaders outside of digital and data
• create an inclusive, productive environment for designers to work in
• mentor and coach other designers
• iterate and improve design processes within your team

4. Expert

You can:

• set a vision for and lead design across multiple teams or a whole organisation
• work effectively with senior leaders across your organisation or wider public sector
• support a culture of learning and experimentation in your organisation
• iterate and measurably improve design maturity within your organisation and its partners

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Closest ESCO skills

• design management (close match)
• lead others (broad match)

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