OBJECTIVE

Build a scalable junior design
talent pipeline

OUTCOME

Pioneered the creation of a two-year Design Development Program and Summer Internship, achieving strong satisfaction with 90%+ retention rate for 42 Analysts and Interns, accelerating career progression within the Firm, and global adoption in the US and India.

YEAR
2022-Present

ROLE
Program Manager

CAPABILITIES
Program Management
Strategic Communication
Budget Management
Stakeholder Management

PARTNERS
Design leadership
Product teams
Human resources
Finance

Timeline

“JUNIOR-IZING” THE ORGANIZATION

Partnered with design and business leadership to accelerate the development and contributions of junior designers at scale

FROM…

  • No entry-point for purely entry-level design professionals

  • Lack of familiarity within the organizations to manage early career professionals

  • No onboarding and training offered to new hires

  • No structure to evaluate and advance junior designers

  • Formal entry-point into junior roles with robust end-to-end recruitment and screening process

  • Formulated best practices to manage and develop early career professionals

  • 3-month comprehensive and hands-on training program to accelerate junior designers’ craft and integration into the business

  • Built out multi-year career pathway for junior designers

TO…

CONTINUING TO SCALE

After the success of the program, design leadership continued to invest in growing design talent at a global level and tasked the team to evolve training and onboarding for all junior and associate designers