Digital Design Director

Role Overview

• Run UI/UX workshops with authority and conviction
• Participate and run brainstorming sessions and bring fresh ideas to the table
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity comps to communicate design ideas that illustrate UI and push the boundaries and expectations of digital design as a category
• Design UX / UI based on requirements from concept, to final hand-off to development
• Develop digital storyboards, motion concepts and animation boards as needed
• Work closely with account managers to translate low-fidelity wireframes, hand sketches, and/or rough requirements of an idea into well-designed user interfaces and experiences
• Present designs and design systems with confidence and clarity to clients
• Oversee our developer relationships to ensure execution and consistency of the experience
• Lead, mentor and galvanise other UX / UI designers in your team to provide input and help solve complex interaction problems
• Identify, interview and engage freelance digital designers and developers
• Represent the digital department in agency in client pitches, talks and networking events
• Lead the development and implementation of AI and new technologies in the digital production process

Requirements

• 8+ years hands-on experience as a UI / UX Designer
• 100% credible in our core discipline of digital design
• Strong motion design skills, with the ability (at the very least) to use motion to enhance narrative, usability and expression
• Notable experience designing complex user interfaces for web and/or mobile applications
• Thorough understanding of design systems, user-centred design, responsive design, mobile first design, and web standards
• Deep understanding of industry standard design tools (in particular Figma, After Effects)
• Strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of UX processes and methodologies
• Able to interpret analytics data to make informed design decisions
• Efficient, detail-oriented, organised, and able to work under tight deadlines
• Strong multi-tasking skills; able to prioritise own work (and ask questions when it's ambiguous)
• Strong creative instincts and willingness to push further through experimentation
• Advanced understanding of how to apply the methodologies of interaction design and research to business problems
• Proven experience in growing, leading and galvanising teams — Additional skills are a big plus: code, illustration, etc — Curious about brands and the positive impact they can have on the world — Interested in more than just design — Forward-thinking and comfortable engaging with new technologies, including AI — Ambitious self-starter who can thrive in ambiguity — Comfortable engaging with the strategic dimension of our work — Able to get under the skin of clients' issues, strong on content as well as visuals — Able to build personal relationships and trust with clients — Articulate, confident and assertive in presenting work — Strong creative instincts and willingness to push further through experimentation

Benefits

• We operate a profit share scheme with everyone in the agency, because we believe everyone should share in the success of the entire team
• We publish all our salary tiers internally and the same job roles are paid exactly the same. Because we think that's fair
• We contribute up to 3% of qualifying earnings to anyone who wants to engage in our pension scheme
• 39 Day Holiday allocation—28 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + Christmas shutdown
• We work from our bright and airy Shoreditch studio, with 2 days WFH per week
• Early finish Fridays
• Impact Days—as part of our B-Corp initiative, we give you an extra 2 days a year to make an impact and volunteer in a way that means something to you
• 2-week work-from-anywhere opportunities (time zone dependent)
• Sabbatical policy of up to 3 months after you've been with us for 3 years
• Monthly 1-2-1s, 3-month check-ins and 6-month reviews with your line manager to give honest feedback, celebrate wins, and make sure your efforts are recognised. Good work leads to good things, so if you’re doing a great job, you’ll see that reflected in your salary and opportunities to grow
• £1,000/year skills & training allowance
• Cross-skill training, giving you the ability to improve on overall performance
• We operate a Cycle to Work scheme, so you can spread the cost of a new bike, tax-free, through salary sacrifice
• We offer free breakfast, snacks and drinks in our beautiful kitchen
• We host regular studio learning lunches, head out to talks together, and hold studio courses accompanied by pizza & drinks
• We also cover tickets to events like It’s Nice That’s ‘Nicer Tuesdays’, or industry talks and design conferences
• Twice a year, we get our whole global team together in one place for epic Summer and Winter parties
• Visa Sponsorship—we can help sponsor your Visa in the UK!