Lead Digital Product Designer

Type

Permanent

Salary

£80K - £100k

Based on experience

Location

Gensurco House, 3–5 Spafield St,Exmouth Market, London, EC1R 4QB (with hybrid working)

Core responsibilities

  • Run workshops to guide client strategy and product direction
  • Sketch, prototype, test and iterate user journeys
  • Build or extend design systems
  • Participate and drive new business meetings and proposals
  • Collaborate with developers throughout projects
  • Mentor junior talent within the company
  • Scope new projects, manage client expectations, budgets, and delivery
  • Write and present design ideas clearly
  • Design graphic systems: typography, colour, iconography and imagery
  • Map services to define both front‑stage and back‑stage processes
  • Map user experiences, information architecture and user journeys
  • Work in agile design and development sprints

Essentials

  • 8-10 years in Digital Product Design
  • Ability to independently lead a large, complex and fast-paced
  • 2+ years in a Lead or Senior Design role
  • Confident presenter who can mentor peers and influence senior stakeholders
  • Expert proficiency in Figma and design systems
  • Experience in shaping designs with user research & usability testing
  • Excellent portfolio of UX, UI and system-based work with a positive impact
  • Broad understanding of HTML/CSS

Benefits

  • Access to the Pattrn new business intro fee scheme (£15,250k per client)
  • Access to the recruitment fee scheme (£1,000 per successful hire)
  • Annual subscription to LinkedIn Learning or similar development platform Annual subscription to Audible (12 Book Annual Membership)
  • Health Care Cash Plan for cash back on dental, opticians, physio etc
  • Discretionary company bonus scheme
  • Closed studio with additional holiday over Christmas
  • Time off for company socials
  • Work from anywhere for a week
  • Team days out like Figma Config or AI Summit

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.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to shape outstanding digital experiences together, we’d love to hear from you.

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