Modeled career paths · Design

Where does a Design Director go next?

What employers are asking a Design Director for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement
VP of Design+30% typical comp change · ~4.5y typical
100% of modeled moves out of Design Director go here
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.