On Nov 14, 2008, at 11:10 AM, David Shaw wrote:
Currently I am a senior
IxDer and starting to plot out my career path. Would love to hear
from
those who were in my shoes before that made the transition to the
next step.
The hard part is at the top. It's a fairly straightforward path from
junior designer --> designer --> sr. designer. After that, the career
paths start moving in different directions: towards management
(creative director type roles) or some kind of super specialist (lead
designer). Or, you can go start your own firm and do a bit of both.
How the transitions happens vary pretty widely depending on the
company. Larger agencies and companies usually have fairly defined
career paths, while smaller ones often don't. The simple answer is
often to be already doing the next step in your career path. If your
company doesn't recognize that and promote you, probably somewhere
else will (all things being equal and stable).
Dan
Dan Saffer
Principal, Kicker Studio
http://www.kickerstudio.com
http://www.odannyboy.com
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