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Design & UX

Product design, brand, and user research shaping how software is used.

7 roles$146,286 avg salary14+ transitions
Roles

All Design & UX roles

Transitions

Popular transitions in Design & UX

easy75% overlap
Product Designer → Senior Product Designer

Natural progression from product-designer to senior-product-designer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+31% salary
moderate59% overlap
Product Designer → Design Lead

Fast-track jump from product-designer to design-lead — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

22 mo+37% salary
easy79% overlap
Senior Product Designer → Design Lead

Natural progression from senior-product-designer to design-lead — same track, higher scope and compensation.

7 mo+4% salary
moderate57% overlap
Senior Product Designer → Design Manager

Fast-track jump from senior-product-designer to design-manager — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

12 mo+16% salary
easy74% overlap
Design Lead → Design Manager

Natural progression from design-lead to design-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

10 mo+11% salary
easy78% overlap
UX Designer → Product Designer

Natural progression from ux-designer to product-designer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+8% salary
moderate56% overlap
UX Designer → Senior Product Designer

Fast-track jump from ux-designer to senior-product-designer — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

14 mo+42% salary
easy74% overlap
UI Designer → Product Designer

Natural progression from ui-designer to product-designer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

9 mo+19% salary
moderate56% overlap
UI Designer → Senior Product Designer

Fast-track jump from ui-designer to senior-product-designer — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

20 mo+56% salary
easy74% overlap
UX Researcher → Senior Product Designer

Natural progression from ux-researcher to senior-product-designer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

10 mo+27% salary
moderate54% overlap
UX Researcher → Design Lead

Fast-track jump from ux-researcher to design-lead — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

17 mo+33% salary
moderate55% overlap
Frontend Engineer → Product Designer

Cross into product design from a strong front-end foundation.

9 mo+8% salary
moderate45% overlap
Product Designer → Product Manager

Designer PMs are increasingly common at design-led companies.

12 mo+16% salary
moderate45% overlap
UX Researcher → Product Manager

Bring the voice of the user directly into decisions.

12 mo+12% salary