Lead Travel Product Designer – Escorted Tours

Better Placed; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Better Placed partners with an established premium travel business to hire a Senior Travel Product Designer to shape its next generation of escorted holidays. This hands-on role requires deep travel knowledge and the ability to convert destination insight into exceptional customer experiences, working with operations, contracting, marketing and digital teams to bring products to market.

The role focuses on designing itineraries across cruise, river, rail, coach and more, using trends and

Qualifications

• Knowledge of travel product design principles and best practices.
• Strong understanding of escorted tours and destination experiences.
• Ability to balance creativity with commercial and operational considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new escorted tours across multiple transport modes (cruise, river, rail, coach).
• Research destinations, trends and competitors to uncover opportunities.
• Create compelling itineraries for specific travel audiences.
• Collaborate with operations, contracting, marketing and digital teams to bring products to market.
• Use customer and sales insight to continually improve the product portfolio.

Skills

Travel product design

Destination knowledge

Creative thinking

Job description

Better Placed partners with an established premium travel business to hire a Senior Travel Product Designer to shape its next generation of escorted holidays. This hands-on role requires deep travel knowledge and the ability to convert destination insight into exceptional customer experiences, working with operations, contracting, marketing and digital teams to bring products to market.

The role focuses on designing itineraries across cruise, river, rail, coach and more, using trends and