You participate in hiring processes as needed
You refer candidates you are interested in working with
Level 2
You regularly participate in design team meetings, critiques, and events
You seek to provide actionable feedback to others projects when possible
Level 3
Provides clear actionable feedback actively and regularly during critiques
Seeks opportunities to help others — offers assistance outside of their standard set of projects
Can start to help facilitate critiques if needed
Level 4
You can comfortably run and facilitate design team processes effectively
Others actively seek your feedback, and listen to your guidance
You've offered improvements to team processes like critiques and team meetings
Level 5
You inspire the team and attract top talent to the company
Regularly coach members of the design team
Help educate others outside of the design team on the value and processes of design
You've implemented improvements to team processes like critiques and team meetings
Level 6
Incredibly strong leadership and coaching abilities — regularly being sought out for mentorship, as well as proactively providing it to improve others ability to work
Demonstrates the value of design, helping non-designers understand its impact. When you work with others, they consistently learn from you and bring those learnings to other aspects of their work.
Learning from you is a reason some employees cite wanting to join the company
You've implemented and sometimes defined team processes like critiques and team meetings