Design

The ability or willingness to change in order to suit different conditions

The ability to focus on details and spot issues with your own and others' work

The ability to communicate well with those around you. Sensitivity to timeliness, medium, brevity and tone.

The desire to know or learn new things

The ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation.

The quality of caring more about what other people need and want than about what you yourself need and want

The ability to use your judgment to make decisions and do things without needing to be told what to do

The ability to deal with problems based on conditions that really exist, rather than following fixed theories, ideas, or rules

The ability to have good knowledge and judgment about yourself

The ability to imagine, create, communicate and execute against a creative vision.

The ability to accurately and efficiently create production-ready work with minimal errors or amendments.

The ability to respect, adhere to and work creatively within the guidelines of the brand you're designing for, or create/expand those guidelines where necessary.

The ability to write appropriate, on-brand and compelling copy across a variety of formats and mediums.

The ability to pull together, analyse and extract insights from qualitative research

The mindset that defaults to thinking about the needs of a user primarily, advocating for them and building real users into their everyday work

The ability to conduct rigorous research with individuals or groups without leading

An understanding of the power of data in informing their decisions, and an ability to harness that data.

The ability to describe and execute interfaces and problems to a high quality of craft

The ability to describe ideas, needs and concepts verbally in a way that encourages collaboration and understanding

The ability to create and use compelling, appropriate narrative imagery through animation.

The ability to create compelling, appropriate narratives through film

The ability to create and use compelling, appropriate narrative imagery through illustration.

The ability to create and use compelling, appropriate narrative imagery through photography

The ability to cope with, untangle and simplify complex problems and situations.

The ability to look for, understand and use the needs and constraints of the business in your work

The ability to understand layout, imagery, colour, typography and use them effectively in your everyday work. Familiarity with different mediums including digital and print.

The ability to understand, use and improve working process for yourself and others

The ability to consider and design for the wider context of their work, in terms of both time and peers.

The ability to empathise with engineers and technical peers, and write code

The ability to advocate for yourself and other people, projects and ideas. A positive attitude to change and progress.

The ability to bring groups together and foster a happy and productive environment

The ability to develop the skillsets and abilities of your team

The ability to consistently give good feedback, both positive and constructive

The ability to understand the needs of the business and ensure that your team can meet them

The ability to ensure that teams are protected and expectations are set correctly

The ability to maintain quality, efficiency and establish trust in your ability

The ability to imagine and design the future and proactively drive towards it