Head of Design

Role overview Lead design across a technical platform and the company’s broader brand and communications. This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll set direction, build reusable design systems, and work closely with product, engineering, marketing, commercial teams, and senior leaders to make complex infrastructure easier to understand and use.

Responsibilities - Set design strategy and quality standards across product, brand, and company communications. - Own design for the platform experience, including its console and supporting documentation. - Shape the visual identity, brand system, and creative direction in partnership with marketing leadership. - Build and maintain consistent design systems for product interfaces and company materials. - Partner with product and engineering from discovery to launch, using research, prototyping, and testing to improve complex workflows. - Guide design work for websites, campaigns, events, presentations, launches, and sales materials; develop designers as the team grows.

Requirements - Significant experience leading both product and brand design, ideally in technology, infrastructure, developer tools, or B2B software. - A portfolio that shows strong digital product work and visual identity or brand work. - Experience making complex technical products easier to use for knowledgeable users. - Strong skills in UX, interaction design, information architecture, prototyping, design systems, accessibility, visual identity, and user research. - Ability to work closely with product managers and engineers and influence senior stakeholders. - A high standard of craft, clear communication, and ownership from strategy through delivery.

Nice to have - Experience building or scaling a design function. - Experience managing, hiring, and developing designers or coordinating external creative partners.

Benefits and work setup The listing mentions 25 days of annual leave, dedicated learning time, private medical coverage, wellbeing and cycling schemes, a company share program, and enhanced parental leave and pay. It emphasizes open communication, regular feedback, and a focus on the quality of work.