Product Design Director

Midnite; United States; Remote; USD 159,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Income protection

Tenure holiday policy with increased 2

Flexible working and home office setup

Nursery salary sacrifice scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes for tech andH

Retail discounts and subscriptionPerks

Quarterly team socials

Job summary

Midnite is seeking a Product Design Director to lead our design team and shape company-wide experience direction. You will oversee the craft and quality of design across native, web, and back-office surfaces, ensuring the product feels cohesive and well crafted.

You will partner with Product and Engineering leaders on strategy, mentor designers, and push for the adoption of scalable design systems while exploring emerging technologies like AI to add real value.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead design teams and scale practices across multiple squads.
• Strong understanding of design systems, visual language, and interaction patterns.
• Hands-on craft with ability to contribute to complex initiatives and mentor juniors.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Product Design team with five designers, setting standards for craft and ownership.
• Define experience direction across native, web, and back-office surfaces to ensure consistency.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Brand, Growth, and CRM to deliver cohesive end-to-end experiences.

Skills

Design leadership

Design systems

Hands-on craft

Collaboration with product/engineering

AI awareness

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Design systems tooling

Job description

Why the company? the company is a next-generation sports betting and gaming platform built for a new wave of players. We combine sharp product thinking, bold brand, and fast execution to create experiences that feel modern, intuitive, and built for how people actually play today. Over 400,000 players have already made the move, and we're only just getting started. We're a high-performance team operating at pace. High ownership. Constant iteration. No hiding behind processes. We move quickly, test relentlessly, and turn ambitious ideas into real impact. If you're driven, creative, and thrive in fast-moving environments where you can shape meaningful outcomes - keep reading. Not your grandad's bookie.

Role Title: Product Design Director

Team: Design Location: Remote, UK

Experience quality is one of the clearest ways the company differentiates in a category that too often settles for functional and familiar. As a Product Design Director, you will ensure craft, quality and ambition remain central to how we build, as we scale. You will lead Product Design, shape company wide experience direction, and embed Design in the most important product decisions. This is a role with real influence, accountable for how the company feels across every surface and responsible for raising the bar as we grow.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop our Product Design team, line managing five designers and setting a clear standard for craft, judgement and ownership.
• Define and uphold the experience bar across all product surfaces, from customer facing native and web to back office platforms.
• Ensure coherence across squads and journeys so the company feels like one joined up system rather than a collection of features.
• Shape the long term experience direction and codify principles that guide teams toward a shared north star.
• Mature and drive adoption of our design systems to enable both speed and consistency at scale.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership on strategy, early problem framing and complex trade offs.
• Contribute hands on to the company's most complex and high impact initiatives, elevating outcomes through strong visual and interaction design.
• Collaborate with Brand, Creative, Growth, CRM and Games to ensure the end to end customer experience is cohesive and well crafted.
• Explore and integrate emerging technologies, including AI, where they meaningfully improve how we design and build.
• Strengthen the structures and standards that allow experience quality to scale as the company grows.

The next Midniter

• Sets and defends a high bar for visual and interaction design, with exceptional taste and strong product instincts.
• Has operated at scale, shaping design direction across multiple teams and surfaces.
• Has built or matured design systems that improve consistency and enable teams to move faster without sacrificing quality.
• Brings hands on craft capability and is comfortable directly contributing to high stakes initiatives.
• Is a trusted strategic partner to Product and Engineering leaders, contributing meaningfully to roadmap direction and key decisions.
• Develops designers through thoughtful feedback, coaching and hiring, steadily raising overall team capability.
• Communicates clearly and practically, influencing across disciplines and levels of seniority.
• Is curious about emerging technologies, including AI, and thoughtful about where they add real value.
• Cares deeply about building well designed digital products, from simplifying complex systems to refining interaction, motion and hierarchy.

Benefits and Perks

• Private health insurance with zero excess, including optical cover and optional dental.
• Income protection to protect your earnings and give you peace of mind.
• Tenure holiday policy. After three years you receive an extra two days leave, increasing to 30 days annually after five years.
• Flexible working and a fully supported home office setup so you can do your best work from home.
• Nursery salary sacrifice scheme helping parents save thousands each year on nursery fees.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for tech and holidays so you can spread the cost of the things you want.
• Retail discounts and subscription perks across a wide range of brands.
• Quarterly team socials to connect, celebrate and have fun together.

At the company, we are committed to creating equal opportunities for everyone. We actively strive to build balanced teams that reflect the diversity of our communities, including ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and all genders. We aim to provide an inclusive and supportive interview experience for all candidates.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know in advance so we can ensure you feel comfortable and set up for success.