Design Director - Product Experience & Systems

Creation Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Creation Recruitment seeks a Head of Design to lead and elevate Product Design across a growing B2C eCommerce business. You’ll lead a team of four designers and drive excellence in UX, interaction and visual design, while positioning Design as a strategic partner to Product and Engineering.

This is a leadership role for someone who gets genuine satisfaction from helping talented designers become exceptional—someone with outstanding product design judgement, strong craft credibility and the

Qualifications

• Coaching and developing an experienced Product Design team.
• Creating a strong culture of critique, learning and high standards.
• Defining a clear design vision and principles.
• Raising UX, interaction and visual design quality across the product experience.
• Partnering with Product, Engineering, Data & AI leadership to shape product direction.
• Strengthening design systems, research and design practices.
• Connecting great design with measurable customer and commercial outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and developing an experienced Product Design team.
• Creating a strong culture of critique, learning and high standards.
• Defining a clear design vision and principles.
• Raising UX, interaction and visual design quality across the product experience.
• Partnering with Product, Engineering, Data & AI leadership to shape product direction.
• Strengthening design systems, research and design practices.
• Connecting great design with measurable customer and commercial outcomes.

Job description

Creation Recruitment seeks a Head of Design to lead and elevate Product Design across a growing B2C eCommerce business. You’ll lead a team of four designers and drive excellence in UX, interaction and visual design, while positioning Design as a strategic partner to Product and Engineering.

This is a leadership role for someone who gets genuine satisfaction from helping talented designers become exceptional—someone with outstanding product design judgement, strong craft credibility and the