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Advance Your UX Career Beyond Senior

Progress to the next IC-level after senior—whether it's called Staff, Lead, or Principal at your organization.

Learn from the designers who've done it themselves.

Book rating is 5 of 5 2 reviews

An industry-backed approach to growth

Based on how 50+ companies evaluate employees, interviews with 19 designers on on their progression, and analysis of hundreds of design career paths.


What will you learn from this book?

From the author of the best-seller
Solving Product Design Exercises

Including insights from industry leaders

Natasha Tenggoro
Natasha Tenggoro
Staff at Figma (ex-Twitter)
Jen Pearce
Jen Pearce
Staff at Mercury (ex-Dropbox)
Johan Sjostrand
Johan Sjostrand
Senior Staff at Instacart
Joel Miller
Joel Miller
Principal at Figma
Josephine Lie
Josephine Lie
Head of Design at Trainline
Sarah Fox
Sarah Fox
Staff at Etsy
Charles Hu
Charles Hu
Staff at LinkedIn (ex-Unity)
Hanry Kluk
Hanry Kluk
Staff at Rangle.io
Elina Lin
Elina Lin
Staff at Lyra Health
Bruno Borella
Bruno Borella
Sr. Manager at Skyscanner
what's in the book

22 highly actionable chapters

  • Understanding the role

    • Titles, levelling, and career tracks
    • Management vs. IC tracks
    • Staff designer competencies
    • Staff projects examples
  • Planning the promotion

    • Steps to getting promoted
    • Asking for promotion
    • Evaluating your gaps
    • Building growth plan
  • What to work on

    • Creating a Growth Flywheel
    • Increasing visibility
    • Spotting project opportunities
    • Choosing right projects
  • Seeing the big picture

    • Understanding business
    • Applying leverage
    • Selling ideas
    • New responsbilities of Staff
    • Balancing quality and speed
    • Complexity and delegation
  • Working with people

    • Stakeholder management
    • Building consensus
    • Mentoring and getting help
    • Hiring
  • Communicating achievements

    • Performance reviews
    • Documenting achievements

What readers say

I wish I had access to something like this years ago. I know this book will help so many designers.
Marco Fabrega Senior Product Designer at Reddit
Just from the first pages, I gained more understanding of the role and the steps to get there than I have in the last few years on my own. Rather than relying solely on a manager to help me progress, I now have a map to define it for myself.
Kory Rozich Senior Product Designer at NHL
This book is an invaluable guide for growing into a strategic and influential design role. It offers clear insights, practical advice, and real-world examples that make the often ambiguous path to Staff Designer feel achievable.
Elisa B. Staff Product Designer at Pleo
Finally, a blueprint that gives you actionable steps to progress further as an IC. If you’ve plateaued at being a senior for a while, this book is for you!
Francis Alturas Lead UX Designer at GoDaddy
Why I wrote this book

Historically, management was the only option if you wanted to progress as a designer.

As a result, we have managers who aren't interested in or equipped to manage people just because they had no other way to progress.

Today, more companies have a track for individual contributors. Senior designers can finally get to the next level (often called Staff, Lead or Principal) without managing others.

This book will help you navigate that path and get promoted.


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Artiom Dashinsky

In the past 15 years I have led design at startups, owned a small agency, worked as a consultant, and built my own businesses.

In the last six years I've written about about design and UX industry in five books, including three Amazon bestsellers.

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