Design team lead vs lead designer

The differences between design team leads and lead designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a design team lead, becoming a lead designer takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a lead designer has an average salary of $110,001, which is higher than the $94,522 average annual salary of a design team lead.

The top three skills for a design team lead include sketch, CAD and product design. The most important skills for a lead designer are sketch, user experience, and architecture.

Design team lead vs lead designer overview

	Design Team Lead	Lead Designer
Yearly salary	$94,522	$110,001
Hourly rate	$45.44	$52.89
Growth rate	21%	3%
Number of jobs	61,298	45,423
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	39	38
Years of experience	4	12

Design team lead vs lead designer salary

Design team leads and lead designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Design Team Lead	Lead Designer
Average salary	$94,522	$110,001
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $134,000	Between $78,000 And $154,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	New York	California
Best paying company	TEKsystems	Airbnb
Best paying industry	-	Start-up

Differences between design team lead and lead designer education

There are a few differences between a design team lead and a lead designer in terms of educational background:

	Design Team Lead	Lead Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Graphic Design
Most common college	Georgia Institute of Technology	University of Pennsylvania

Design team lead vs lead designer demographics

Here are the differences between design team leads' and lead designers' demographics:

	Design Team Lead	Lead Designer
Average age	39	38
Gender ratio	Male, 71.5% Female, 28.5%	Male, 73.2% Female, 26.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% Asian, 30.0% White, 52.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 10.4% White, 70.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	8%	13%

Differences between design team lead and lead designer duties and responsibilities

Design team lead example responsibilities.

Deliver high-level n-tier architecture design, managing project expectations and timetables throughout all phases of development process.
Simulate 3-D and 2-D Matlab contours.
Design high-quality HTML base sales and service email marketing campaigns in a fast pace/high volume atmosphere.
Adapt key attributes of HTML screens for translation into multiple languages and support on various browsers.
Assist in calculating, designing, drafting, and 3D modeling in SolidWorks of a roadside turbine.
Coordinate with QA to ensure that the solution develop is of acceptable quality as per the company standards.

Lead designer example responsibilities.

Lead development of HTML5, CSS3 and mobile platform prototypes.
Lead team in fit meetings and collaborate with TD on sketch updates.
Lead & design all creative content stemming from apparel design to web identity.
Prepare HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding guides and best practices, and implement, enforce through peer code reviews.
Provide expertise skills in CSS, dynamic HTML, java script, and Java development languages.
Develop interactive UI features, database schema design, security module design and development.

Design team lead vs lead designer skills

Common design team lead skills

Sketch, 10%
CAD, 10%
Product Design, 9%
Architecture, 8%
Design Concepts, 4%
Subject Matter Experts, 4%

Common lead designer skills

Sketch, 14%
User Experience, 6%
Architecture, 5%
UI, 5%
Design Solutions, 5%
Project Management, 4%