As our new Lead Digital Product Designer, you’ll be responsible for driving a project’s design to an exceptional level, helping to shape the next stage of our studio’s growth and reputation. You’ll solve complex business and customer challenges using design strategy. You’ll craft exceptional UX and UI design on a variety of projects.
You’ll help teams to craft useful and delightful products for some of the world's leading brands. You’ll work with and nurture an inspired design team, who’s teamwork, culture and user experience craft will be the envy of our industry.
About Pattrn
We’ve built trusted partnerships with the smartest startups and the world’s largest organisations. We partner with clients end-to-end from strategy, definition, execution and development on a wide range of different sectors and design challenges. We love complex design challenges. We would expect you to grow existing relationships and form new partnerships by being endlessly curious about our clients businesses and getting to know them and their customers.
Working with us feels collaborative. We listen intently, share ideas and communicate effectively. We think big, start small, learn fast. We develop with rigour and design with just enough insight so that you can go to market quickly and with confidence.
Strategy
Visionary Leadership
You inspire teams with your imagination and ambition. You shape and sell clear visions, set milestones, and map out the steps to reach long-term goals.
Product Strategy
You define strategies that drive business impact, delight users, and explore new tech. You partner with PMs to turn design vision into executable roadmaps.
Business Context
You dig deep into client goals and uncover what matters most. You seek data to inform your work and coach others in understanding business drivers.
Systems Thinking
You bring clarity to complexity through scalable systems-frameworks, journeys, and blueprints. You optimise how people, products, and services interact.
Craft
Breaking Down Complexity
You thrive in ambiguity. You simplify complex problems into clear, actionable solutions with structured reasoning.
Interaction Design
You set the bar for interaction design. You identify UX issues early, build frameworks and prototypes, and elevate your peers’ work.
Brand & Visual Design
You align brand expression with user experience. You push design quality through deep industry awareness, craft, and thought leadership.
Technology
You understand how your designs are built. You collaborate with developers and know when to adapt ideas to balance feasibility and quality.
Collaboration
Empathy & Humility
You create an environment where everyone feels included and valued. You listen well, support your team and help people feel understood and respected.
Objectivity & Adaptability
You let evidence guide decisions. You adapt, step in where needed, and help teams progress by breaking down big challenges.
Curiosity & Initiative
You ask the right questions at the right time. Your curiosity drives better thinking, and your energy motivates those around you.
Confident Communicator
You’re a clear communicator whether sharing ideas with stakeholders or collaborating with teammates. You help raise the standard of communication across the team.
Leadership & Impact
Stakeholder Management
You build strong, respectful relationships. You adapt your communication and defend great design while navigating complex priorities.
Hiring & Org Design
You lead hiring processes that bring in and retain great talent, balancing team needs with project demands.
Culture & Togetherness
You lead by example. You foster psychological safety, nurture team spirit, and help share that culture across Pattrn.
Developing Others
You openly share your methods. Your frameworks are adopted across teams, and you actively mentor others to grow.
Team Leadership
You guide large or multi-team projects across strategy, UX, and UI. You build trust by leading with humility, honesty, and clarity.