Design salary report results, launch party, and more!
Happy September! We have recently through a launch (+ birthday) party in Seattle and have many exciting programs launching soon (hint: working with startups to help give designers practical design experience, personalized career advice, merch, more world tours, and more)
Thank you all for filling out our anonymous design salary report. We have submissions from locations all around the world!
Some insights:
The reported salaries vary significantly, ranging from $10,000 in Makati, Philippines, to over $165,000 in San Francisco, indicating a wide disparity based on geographic location and possibly seniority or company size.
A significant number of respondents work in hybrid or remote settings
Skills perceived as valuable for 2024 include storytelling, interaction design (IxD), adaptability, and leveraging AI products.
Common pain points in the design field mentioned by respondents include market instability, unhealthy working environments, misunderstandings about the role of UX, and challenges with design culture.
Events
Join us on Tuesday Sep 3, 10 am PT (UTC-7) with Sera Tajima on Growth hacking, sustainability, and investing as a founder and designer interviewed by Grace Ling!
We'll be covering balancing growth hacking and sustainability, investing, climate tech, content creation, and more. Great for founders, designers, and investors to watch along~
Sera is a founder and designer focused on climate tech, growth, sustainability, and investing. She founded The Craft and also has a podcast, course, and newsletter. Connect with Sera on LinkedIn!
We have a new live podcast series, Grace Pace, focused on creativity and business. Host Grace Ling interviews cool designers who are also content creators and founders focusing on everything outside of the 9-5.
IRL events!
THANK YOU everyone for coming to our epic launch (+ Grace’s birthday) party in Seattle. Stay tuned for some epic programs coming with Design Buddies and UXGO (working with startups to help give you practical design experience and potentially jobs, merch, personalized career guidance, and more events around the globe)
We will also be in Seoul Sep 16-22, Singapore Sep 22-30, and Bali Oct 1-30 (+Adobe MAX in Miami in between). Reach out to Founder Grace Ling via grace@designbuddies.community if you’d like to hang out and join our meetups!
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Super interesting report -- thanks for sharing the data 📊