Head of Design

Wild; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eco-friendly company in London is seeking a Head of Design to lead its creative team. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience and a flair for innovative design across multiple channels. This hands-on role focuses on guiding the team while delivering impactful creative outputs. The company offers a hybrid working model, generous holidays, and a commitment to diversity in the workplace.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays + 9 remote working days

Hybrid working model

4% Company Pension

Mental well-being support

Private healthcare

Annual L&D budget

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience within a creative team.
• Strong ability to translate briefs into bold ideas.
• Experience in managing and mentoring design teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate briefs into effective creative deliverables.
• Manage and inspire the design team.
• Create innovative designs for various channels.

Skills

Creative innovation

Leadership

Design for multiple channels

Art direction

Organisation

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

About Wild

Hi there 👋 We’re Wild. We’re on a mission to remove single-use plastic from the bathroom, armed with our refillable, natural and scent-sational deodorants, body wash, haircare and lip balm – and we’ve only just started. We launched in 2020 and as a high-growth company, we’re already one of Europe’s fastest-growing start-ups. So, fancy coming along for the ride?

We’re looking for a Head of Design to lead our in-house creative team. We’re after someone with proven experience building and evolving bold, fast-paced disruptive brands - whether at an agency or in-house - with a sharp instinct for big ideas, arresting creativity, and a thrill for a high-paced working environment.

As Head of Design at Wild, you’ll help to set the creative vision, ensuring every piece of work that leaves the building feels distinctly “Wild.” You’ll support in concepting, execution, and delivery across every channel and touchpoint, working closely with marketing, product, retail, and performance teams to ensure our creative is as impactful commercially as it is culturally. You’ll be a hands-on leader - comfortably working on the tools as you help to mentor the team. As an omni-channel brand, you’ll be managing designers in both the DTC and Retail space.

Whilst part of this role will manage direct reports and the output of the team, this is very much a hands-on role. The successful candidate will still be resourceful, creative with daily brief outputs.

Responsibilities

• Creative innovation - translate briefs into effective creative deliverables, inspiring the team with innovative executions for paid social, CRM, retail, campaign aesthetics and brand awareness projects which deliver a bold and impactful message
• Manage, lead and inspire the design team across digital and print collateral
• Create new ways to unlock respective audiences, from customer acquisition to retention
• Creative strategy - alongside our Creative Director you’ll bring a data lead approach to new product and new market growth
• Development and delivery of our retail design work to ensure our customer experience is consistent with our bold aesthetic, whilst informative enough to communicate our products
• Design for our physical products, analysing current trends and outputting them into product case designs
• Support in art direction across brand, design and photography to ensure our content lives up to our bold and engaging aesthetic

What we need from you

• 7+ years of experience within a creative team
• A resourceable do-er, this is a high-output role
• A confident leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments and can inspire a team to deliver their best work
• A strong ability to translate briefs into effective, bold, creative ideas
• Thorough experience with design for a range of channels and formats including packaging, CRM, paid/organic social, print media, OOH
• A deep understanding of creative for paid social
• Thorough experience within art direction
• A balance of creative instinct and commercial awareness — able to champion bold ideas while keeping business goals front and centre
• Experience in managing and mentoring, to develop the careers of our design team
• Expertise within the Adobe Creative Suite & Figma
• Rock solid organisational skills to ensure the teams briefs are hit on time, within an often fast-paced and reactive environment
• A guardian of the tiniest of details

What you’ll get from us

• 25 days holidays + bank holidays + 9 extra remote working days
• Hybrid working, 3 days a week in our shiny new London office
• 4% Company Pension
• Mental well-being support through Spill
• Private healthcare through Vitality
• Weekly early finishes and social events
• Annual L&D budget
• Free breakfast
• Free & discounted Wild products
• 2 x team volunteering days and 2 x personal volunteering days

Ready to become a Wild thing?!

At Wild, we know that diversity drives innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating and maintaining a workplace where all employees feel valued and empowered to bring their most authentic selves to work. We recognise that diversity goes beyond visible differences such as race, gender, age, and ethnicity and encompasses a broad spectrum of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply!