Growth Path For Design Strategists ladder spread

Summary

The third department-ladder page: "Growth Path For Design Strategists" as a serif title on the left of a sage-green spread, with a pill-stack ladder on the right that splits one tier into two parallel "Researchers" and "Design Strategists" pills.

Visual description

One flat sage-green spread, same ladder template. Left page: a three-line serif title, "Growth Path For Design Strategists", top-left. Right page: a vertical stack of rounded pills with centered serif titles, but one tier branches into two side-by-side pills, "Researchers" and "Design Strategists", showing two parallel roles at the same level; the stack runs bottom-to-top "Strategy Fellows & Interns", then the branched "Researchers / Design Strategists" pair, "Senior Design Strategists" (highlighted in accent yellow), "Strategy Directors", to "Head of Strategy" at the top. Same tonal gradient as the other ladders. Footer: section letter "F" bottom-left, page numbers 70 and 71, copyright glyph bottom-right.

Key takeaway

Extending the simple pill-ladder to show a branch, two parallel roles sharing one tier, by splitting a single rung into two adjacent pills, without breaking the template. It is the most informative variant in the set and still reads in a glance.

Reuse notes

Part of the four-page department-ladder set (slides 33-36). The branching-tier trick is worth borrowing whenever a level has parallel tracks (specialist vs. generalist, IC vs. people-management). Keep the branch to one tier so the column still reads top-to-bottom. The highlighted rung marks the senior step.