Lead Product Designer

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Digitas UK, part of Publicis Groupe, seeks a Lead Product Designer with an entrepreneurial mindset to guide design across major client engagements. You will bridge problem understanding, experience definition, prototyping and delivery, while collaborating with Product and Tech teams to balance user needs, business value and technical feasibility.

You will champion AI-enabled workflows, elevate craft, and help raise the ambition and quality of our Experience Design work across projects.

Qualifications

• Exceptional product design craft across interaction, UX and visual design.
• Proven experience leading complex digital products from discovery to delivery.
• Experience working in Product, Design and Tech trios, guiding direction.
• Strong customer-centred, evidence-led thinking using research and data.

Responsibilities

• Lead product and experience design across significant client engagements, from discovery through to delivery.
• Frame problems with Product, Design and Engineering trios and prioritise opportunities.
• Translate customer insight, brand ambition and business objectives into distinctive product experiences.
• Map end-to-end experiences and deliver crafted journeys, features, flows and prototypes.
• Use research, testing and data to validate ideas and measure success.
• Collaborate with Developers through delivery to maintain quality and intent.
• Apply AI-enabled design workflows to accelerate exploration and prototyping.
• Lead workshops and present design recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Coach and inspire other designers to raise thinking and execution.
• Create, evolve and champion scalable design systems.
• Champion accessibility and inclusive design throughout the process.
• Demonstrate how design decisions create customer and business value.
• Support new business, pitches and the growth of our Experience Design practice.

Skills

Product design

Leadership

AI-enabled design

User research

Design systems

Accessibility

Pitching

Mentoring

Collaboration

Communication

Job description

Company description

At Digitas, we harness the power of connection to make positive impact everyday. We have a relentless focus on creating connections to help our clients’ businesses grow, connecting diverse people, ideas and expertise in innovative and exciting ways.

We are making positive impact with our amazing clients, through our capabilities in Consulting, Products & Platforms, Customer Engagement and Digital Media.

Part of Publicis Groupe, and a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies, we’re proud to work with some of the world’s leading brands.

Digitas. Experience the power of connection.

Our Commitment

Digitas is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Overview

Who are we?

At Digitas, we harness the power of connection to make positive impact everyday. We have a relentless focus on creating connections to help our clients’ businesses grow, connecting diverse people, ideas and expertise in innovative and exciting ways.

We are making positive impact with our amazing clients, through our capabilities in Consulting, Products & Platforms, Customer Engagement and Digital Media.

Part of Publicis Groupe, and a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies, we’re proud to work with some of the world’s leading brands.

Digitas. Experience the power of connection.

What we’re looking for

Digitas UK is looking for a Lead Product Designer with an entrepreneurial mindset, exceptional craft and strong product thinking. You’ll lead design across significant client engagements, moving confidently from understanding the problem and defining the experience through to prototyping, delivery and optimisation.

You’ll work as an equal partner within Product, Design and Tech trios, shaping what we build and why, while balancing customer needs, business value and technical feasibility. You’ll bring mature AI-enabled ways of working, using emerging tools to improve how you explore, create and deliver without compromising critical thinking or craft.

You’ll be comfortable leading clients and other designers, championing the value of Experience Design and raising the ambition and quality of the work around you.

Responsibilities

• Leading product and experience design across significant client engagements, from discovery through to delivery.
• Working as an equal partner within Product, Design and Engineering trios to frame problems, define outcomes, prioritise opportunities and make informed trade-offs.
• Translating customer insight, brand ambition and business objectives into distinctive product experiences.
• Mapping end-to-end experiences and delivering highly crafted journeys, features, flows and prototypes.
• Using research, testing and data to validate ideas, measure success and continuously improve the experience.
• Working closely with Developers through delivery to maintain the quality and intent of the experience.
• Using AI-enabled design workflows to accelerate research, exploration, prototyping and production while applying strong judgement around quality and craft.
• Leading collaborative workshops and confidently presenting and defending design recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Directing, critiquing, coaching and inspiring other designers to raise the quality of both thinking and execution.
• Creating, evolving and championing scalable design systems.
• Championing accessibility and inclusive design throughout the design process.
• Applying commercial thinking to product decisions and demonstrating how design creates value for customers and businesses.
• Supporting new business, pitches and the continued development of our Experience Design practice.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

• Exceptional product design craft, spanning interaction, UX and visual design.
• Proven experience leading complex digital products or experiences from discovery through to delivery.
• Experience working effectively within Product, Design and Technology trios, influencing product direction rather than simply responding to requirements.
• Strong customer-centred and evidence-led product thinking, using research, testing and data to inform decisions.
• A mature AI-enabled design practice, with experience integrating AI into your workflow to improve the speed, quality and breadth of exploration and delivery.
• Confidence leading clients, constructively challenging thinking and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and storytelling skills.
• Experience directing, critiquing, coaching and mentoring other designers.
• Strong commercial awareness, with evidence of connecting design decisions to customer and business outcomes.
• Experience creating and evolving design systems.
• Strong understanding of accessibility and inclusive design.
• Experience contributing to pitches and new-business opportunities.

Additional information

Digitas offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

At Digitas, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.