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What are people looking for in a senior designer? Skills, experience, portfolio, leadership, etc.

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Self direction and independent work, cross functional/team collaboration and facilitation, systems thinking, and proof of true data-driven decision making. At the senior level, I generally expect someone to be able to drive complex design work without significant direction. I’ve been involved in the hiring of senior and staff designers.

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What examples do you see or look for when hiring?

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What kind of designer tho? UI/UX/Brand/etc?

Honestly looking for more UX/UI, but anything else would be interesting to hear too!

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