Guidance

Head of graphic design: skills they need

The skills needed by heads of graphic design in government.

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This is the standardised cross-government guidance for the head of graphic design role.

There are 5 other role levels in graphic design:

  • lead graphic designer
  • senior graphic designer
  • graphic designer
  • junior graphic designer
  • associate graphic designer

Find out about the other specialist roles in the Digital, Data and Technology Profession.

Published 23 March 2017
Last updated 3 January 2019 + show all updates
  1. We have replaced content about the Civil Service Competency Framework with content about the new Civil Service Success Profile Framework.

  2. Following a change in naming conventions, we have changed 'capabilities' to 'skills' and 'levels of mastery' to 'skill levels'.

  3. Version 2 of this guidance contains updated capabilities and some remapping of Civil Service competencies to the job role.

  4. First published.