Lead UI Designer - Creative Director for Digital Experiences

Native Design; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Private healthcare (Bupa)

Wellbeing & fitness discounts

Professional development opportunities

Studio culture & events

Location: Shoreditch studio

Independent studio

Job summary

Native Design is seeking a Lead UI Designer to shape visual direction across multi-modal digital and AI experiences, including motion, AR/3D, and more. You will line-manage designers, own accounts, and contribute to new business while setting high standards for craft and collaboration.

You will work with designers, developers, anthropologists, strategists, and engineers who excel in their fields, and you will help grow the studio by winning work and delivering exceptional output.

Qualifications

• Track record delivering high-impact visual and UI work across industries in a fast-paced creative agency.
• Ability to set design direction and lead clients on a design journey.
• Experience line-managing designers and giving constructive feedback.
• Experience owning client relationships and accounts.
• Interest in new business and opportunities within existing accounts.
• Cross-disciplinary work spanning UI, motion, 3D, and UX thinking.
• Familiarity with AI tools and integrating them into workflows.
• Rigorous craft with typography, hierarchy, layout, and interaction.

Responsibilities

• Set visual design direction across multi-modal digital and AI experiences, including motion and 3D.
• Line-manage and mentor designers at senior and junior levels.
• Own accounts and contribute to new business opportunities.
• Lead client relationships, manage expectations and maintain trust.
• Collaborate with engineers, strategists, anthropologists, and developers to shape experiences.

Skills

Agency experience

Leadership

Client management

Visual design direction

Motion design

AI-fluent

Tools

Motion & 3D tooling

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Job description

Native Design is seeking a Lead UI Designer to shape visual direction across multi-modal digital and AI experiences, including motion, AR/3D, and more. You will line-manage designers, own accounts, and contribute to new business while setting high standards for craft and collaboration.

You will work with designers, developers, anthropologists, strategists, and engineers who excel in their fields, and you will help grow the studio by winning work and delivering exceptional output.