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What's the designer-to-engineer ratio where you work?
almost 7 years ago from David Simpson, Founder @ Designed.org
Curious to hear more about updated stats as of this year, most of what you find on Quora is quite dated.
66 comments
Trevor Young, almost 7 years ago (edited almost 7 years ago ) 1:20 :(
Nate v, almost 7 years ago
I feel ya... 1:20 here as well.
Tyson Kingsbury, almost 7 years ago
1:50
creative director, designer, branding UI/UX etc etc...im a dept of one...me.... it's......busy.
David Thorn, almost 7 years ago
I feel you.
:) thanks dude ...
David Simpson, almost 7 years ago
How big is the company?
just over 50 people at this point...maybe 60 all told.
Nurit Bahat, almost 7 years ago same story over here. i'm doing it all... on my own. And proud of it!!!
good for you! well done!
Anand Chowdhary, almost 7 years ago At Oswald Foundation, it's 1:1. We're very proud of that. :)
eduardo ribeiro, almost 7 years ago
1:7, but when you are the only designer in the company, it's more like 1:all company
Nurit Bahat, almost 7 years ago love that
Julie Ho, almost 7 years ago (edited almost 7 years ago ) 1 designer (me) for a lean dev team of 5
Jason Etcovitch, almost 7 years ago
0.5/3
(I count as a designer and dev, so there's 1 of me and 2 other devs)
Ariel Verber, almost 7 years ago (edited almost 7 years ago )
so it's basically 0.5:2.5 ?
There's a reason I'm in design, not math :P
Dave Janes, almost 7 years ago About 1:15 where I am. We have 5 designers for about 75 engineers.
Ray Sensebach, almost 7 years ago (edited almost 7 years ago )
1:9 (edit: +1, forgot about Matt)
Miraj Patel, almost 7 years ago
So, 1:10?
(Iseewhatyoudidthere)
James Futhey, almost 7 years ago
~1.5:7 (I am a product designer who hires a part-time researcher and graphic designer). Previously I was a UX program manager and our ratio was closer to 1:18 (painful but manageable, although I believe it significantly impacted the quality of our product).
Antoine Plu, almost 7 years ago (edited almost 7 years ago )
~ 1:12
At Algolia, we are 3 designers for something around 35 engineers.
I feel ya, same here :)
Joe Blau, almost 7 years ago 2:6 - And I love our designers.
Nurit Bahat, almost 7 years ago 1:15
art director, web designer, branding, UI/UX of Webydo platform, marketing designer = ME :)
Ryan B, almost 7 years ago 1:1 although we're in the process of hiring a new dev.
Marek L, almost 7 years ago
1:4 (2:8, small digital studio)
Account deleted almost 7 years ago 1:4
Umit Kayabas, almost 7 years ago
1:25 i think
Marvin Hagemeister, almost 7 years ago 8:3 For our current project. Company wide it looks a lot different: 13:40
Wil Nichols, almost 7 years ago
1 (me) : 7 (total engineers)
Art Vandelay, almost 7 years ago
We are roughly 3:1. Then again, we're a "design agency" and I'm a dev so there's that.
How many total designers and devs do you have?
5 devs, designers.
5 devs, 15 designers.
Norissa Kyin, almost 7 years ago 1(myself):6 UI Devs on my team + 2 Back-End + (no one really knows how many) off-shore folks.
Steve Berry, almost 7 years ago Through my consulting career at many different start-ups and emerging companies 1:10 is the norm. If the company is more product focused and needs to create lots of physical marketing materials there will be more brand designers bringing the ratio down to 1:8.
Jen Pearce, almost 7 years ago 1:6 (half iOS, half Android).
Kyle Mitchell, almost 7 years ago
1:4 here
How many engineers do you have?
For my product, 2 designers 8 devs 3 front end 5 back end.
Wow noiice. How many company wide?
Hmm good question. It's run like a conglomerate so I am not totally sure how big other engineering depts are.
Braden Hamm, almost 7 years ago
~1:30 just for the department I'm in. Not sure company wide since we have a lot of oversees devs.
CJ Cipriano, almost 7 years ago
1:6 at TravelBank
Trev Morris, almost 7 years ago
3 designers : 3 developers (one front-end, two back-end) But when working with development companies, it tends to be 1:8
Tobin Harris, almost 7 years ago
1:7
As the founder I think 3:7 would be much better.
We're a service business building stuff for clients.
John Anzelc, almost 7 years ago
Hijack: What about designer to engineer to PM?
Andrew Conn, almost 7 years ago (edited almost 7 years ago )
If you're in an Agile Scrum environment, person:person ratio doesn't tell you much. What's more useful is role:scrum. For example, 1 product designer : 2 scrum teams or 1 researcher : 4 scrum teams.
We are a scrum shop, and I don't disagree. However, I think there is inherent value around discussion points when you the abstract "teams" from the convo and focus on, "our company has a 1:50 design to eng ratio", in understanding the corporate dynamic of how fast a product can improve.
While I don't think there is an exclusive answer around a golden ratio here, it is simple to correlate many things with just this number.
John P, almost 7 years ago
If you're in an Agile Scrum environment, person:person ratio doesn't tell you much. What's more useful is manager:do-er
fixed
1:37 for me
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