Lead Conceptual Designer

Beyond; London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design consultancy in London is seeking a Lead Conceptual Designer to create innovative design solutions for top brands. This remote-first role involves leading design direction, collaborating across teams, and mentoring designers. Candidates should have extensive experience in interactive design and a strong understanding of AI technologies. Join a vibrant culture that values inclusivity and creativity.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Flexible working

Inclusive company culture

Qualifications

• Track record of award-winning conceptual design.
• Strong understanding of AI concepts and technologies.
• Proven ability to translate business challenges into design solutions.
• Exceptional eye for design details.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative direction for design solutions.
• Create responsive frameworks and visual design systems.
• Mentor team members and foster an inclusive culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver design.

Skills

Creativity

Commercial acumen

AI curiosity

Collaboration

Storytelling

Prototyping mastery

Design thinking

Visual hierarchy

Education

8+ years in digital/interactive design

Tools

Figma

Job description

At Beyond, we partner with ambitious brands to design a better future. We’re a design and technology consultancy creating AI-native products, platforms, and experiences for the digital age. Our design team is at the forefront of creating bold, intelligent, and emotionally resonant work for some of the world's most innovative companies.

Role Overview

This is not a typical visual design role. We’re seeking a curious and ambitious Lead Conceptual Designer who can help us push boundaries and set new standards for what exceptional design means in the AI era. You will deliver game-changing design for the likes of Jaguar Land Rover, Snap, BBC, as well as innovative start-ups and challenger brands, whilst helping us lead the industry in AI-native design.

You’ll be shaping a range of customer surfaces—from marketing platforms and products to next-generation, multimodal, and agentic experiences—translating complex business challenges into simple, human-first solutions. From concept to delivery, you’ll combine design thinking, craft, collaboration, and commercial impact to create work that is visionary, award-winning, and outcome-driven.

Above all, you’re an awesome human who loves being surrounded by — and collaborating with — smart, talented folks in a fun, fast-paced environment. If that sounds like you, reach out and show us what you’ve got.

As a Lead Designer at Beyond, you will:

• Lead creative direction and design beautiful, adaptive and intelligent experiences - translating complex business problems and goals into bold, differentiated ideas
• Create world-class client-facing deliverables with a focus on UI design, AI-driven interaction patterns, responsive frameworks, prototypes, and visual design systems that span digital products, AI interfaces and agentic services, across devices such as desktops, mobile devices, wearables, and embedded surfaces
• Inspire stakeholders through compelling storytelling and thought leadership
• Craft high-quality concepts, visuals, UI, and prototypes across digital products, AI interfaces and agentic services.
• Create compelling presentations, present your work, and communicate thought and reasoning behind it to all audiences
• Collaborate fluidly with UX designers, strategists, engineers, data scientists, and copywriters.
• Mentor other designers and foster a culture of creativity, inclusivity, and continuous AI upskilling.

What We’re Looking For:

• Creative Visionary – Track record of award-winning conceptual design, from vision through delivery.
• Commercially Sharp – Understands that customers buy outcomes, not outputs, and can design to drive business value.
• AI-Curious – Curiosity in AI creative tools, workflows, and optimisation
• AI-Native Mindset – Confident designing for intelligent, adaptive, and context-aware systems. Comfortable with LLMs, model orchestration, and multimodal interaction patterns.
• Design Thinker – Applies structured, user-centred thinking to solve business and human challenges.
• Hands-On Designer – Mastery of Figma, prototyping, and visual design systems. Motion design is a strong plus.
• Storyteller – Inspires through visual storytelling, with strong client-facing presentation skills.
• Collaborator – Works fluidly across disciplines, building trust at C-suite level and energising cross-functional teams.
• Taste & Craft – Exceptional eye for typography, layout, color, and hierarchy across platforms.

Skills & Competencies:

• Deep experience in digital/interactive design (8+ years, agency or in-house).
• Strong understanding of AI concepts, including conversational surfaces, multimodal interfaces, agentic systems, and responsible AI.
• Proven ability to translate business challenges into human-first, commercially valuable design.
• Ability to direct your vision to members of the design team: verbally, and in documentation/digitally
• Experience leading pitches and inspiring clients with visionary yet credible design solutions.
• Portfolio that showcases
• Conceptual and creative thinking - concepting, rapid prototyping, human-first problem solving
• Design exploration for AI and Emerging Tech - LLMs, multimodal interfaces, agentic workflows and responsible AI exploration
• Motion design capabilities
• Data visualisation, layout design visual hierarchy, use of colour and typography across platforms (online, screen, mobile etc)
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and localisation best practices.

Remote-First at Beyond

We operate a remote-first model. This means your primary work location is remote, but you are expected to work out of our studios or client locations for:

• Collaboration sessions with customers and/or colleagues
• Customer meetings
• Internal workshops
• Mentoring and team sessions
• Cultural and social events
• On-site work

And in return, Beyond offers:

• A team of smart, passionate people who genuinely care about what they do and the standard of work they produce
• Competitive salary and benefits package, and a 5% matched contributions pension scheme
• 25 days’ annual leave, Juneteenth, your birthday off and a paid office closure between Christmas and New Years
• Flexible working to everyone, under our "Beyond Flexibility" program. Ask about this in the interview!
• A strong, inclusive company culture—remote-first, global, and people-centred.

We believe culture plays a large role in what we offer as an organisation. We promote diversity in all its forms across our Studios, and we proudly and passionately create a culture of inclusivity and openness for all our employees.

Beyond is committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation, or expression. Our mission is to remove exclusivity and barriers and encourage new thinking and perceptions in a space of belonging. It is not about race, gender, or age; it is about people. Without our people being their most creative and innovative selves, we are nothing.