Design Manager

We’re looking for a people-focused designer to join our growing team.

About you

Mentor

You’re motivated by the opportunity to build and nurture a team of designers, having spent part of your career formally mentoring designers.

You’re excited to help push our design team to the next level.

User experience design

You’ve spent a rich career championing user experience design as an integral part of the product development process.

You’re able to use these skills to pass onto colleagues and clients, educating them on the values of user-centric design.

User interface design

 

You’ve lead projects that centre around a complex design system, balancing multiple brands, devices or languages.

You’re able to teach your teammates best practices you’ve picked up through your experience and the industry’s latest approach.

Leadership

You’ll have conducted projects for large accounts, navigating through a difficult-to-please departments and C-level stakeholders.

You’re used to steering a project team of senior designers to produce their best work.

Our ideal candidate

  • At least 8 years’ experience in a professional design environment
  • Familiar with leading and mentoring teams in agency or in-house environments
  • A team leader who can inspire and bring out the best in others
  • An expert communicator who can instil trust in our team
  • Someone with an in-depth knowledge of the product life cycle and modern, agile product teams

Perks

  • All the tech + kit you need for a perfect WFH setup 💻
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata’d for part time employees) 🌴
  • Quarterly bonus scheme 💸
  • Pension plan for UK employees 🧓🏻
  • Flexible working 🤸‍♂️
  • Access to our lovely London office in Clerkenwell 🔑
  • Personal development budget 👩‍🏫
  • Year long agency training programme 📚🎟
  • Private health insurance for UK employees 👩‍⚕️
  • Weekly online yoga classes 🧘‍♂️
  • Regular social events (both remote and in-person) 🎤
  • Monthly online team lunches – the Deliveroos are on us 🍔

Location

We are a remote-first team with the majority of us based in and around London, UK.

You’re welcome to work from our lovely office –  located seconds from Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell – from a home setup or a mix of the two. Whatever works for you.

You don’t have to be UK-based, we will accept applications from any location, but would prefer people who work in similar time zones.

Interested?

Submit an application

(Please don’t contact us in any other way about the role, we have an anonymising process in place that relies on these form submissions.)

Please include for us

  • Your CV
  • A little bit about yourself
  • Some recent work that you’re proud of
  • A link to your portfolio

D&I

We’re committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, backgrounds, experiences and abilities.

Our anonymised hiring process helps to reduce any unconscious bias – all identifying information such as your name, age, gender, cultural and educational background will be hidden from us until we send out the invite to interview.

The boring small print

Salary is negotiable and will be based on skills and experience.

Sorry, but we are not interested in hearing from recruitment agencies. All enquiries will be ignored.