Summary

  • Large enterprises and Startups are popular destinations.
  • Banking & capital markets and consumer products are attracting design talents.
  • The most common design team setup is a 2 - 10 people design team.
  • Majority of the designers are working for local companies.
  • The standard working arrangement is hybrid.

Type of company

 
Top destination for designers are in Large enterprises and Startups.
large enterprises (MNCs) make up 32.2% of the companies represented, followed by startups at 28.5% and agency / consulting firms at 20.4%.
 
 

Industry

Financial sector and consumer products are attracting design talents.
Banking & Capital markets take the top spot at 20.1%, followed closely by Consumer Products at 19.8%.
17% didn't indicate the industry they work for. The rest are distributed across various types of industries.
 
 

Company size

Designers are evenly spread across all sizes of companies except for small operations (1-10).
 
 

Design team size

2 - 10 people team is the most common design team setup.
Most design teams (54.2%) have 2 - 10 people in them. Followed by medium-large size teams of 11 - 50 people at 27.6%.
 

Company size x design team size

The appetite for design grows with the company size.
2 - 10 person design team seems to be the sweet spot for a company size of up to 1,000. Companies larger than build a larger design team.
It seems that larger and more complex companies may benefit from having a larger design team.
 
 

Working at HQ

 
Local companies are in the lead.
Majority of the designers are working for local companies.
66.2% have indicated they worked in the company HQ locally, while 30% indicated they are not working at HQ.
 

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