About this role
Salary: £55,000 - 65,000 per year
Requirements: Strong experience in a senior creative, design leadership, Design Director or Head of Design positionDigital, integrated or creative agency experienceExperience leading multidisciplinary designers across areas such as UX/UI, digital, brand, campaigns and motionStrong creative direction experience, with the ability to guide and challenge work rather than needing to personally execute everythingExperience developing creative strategy and translating business, audience and client challenges into compelling creative directionStrong understanding of digital experiences and how Design works alongside DevelopmentExperience providing senior direction across website and digital product designExperience managing, coaching and developing designers at different levels of seniorityConfidence presenting creative thinking and recommendations to senior client stakeholdersExperience contributing to or leading pitches and new business opportunitiesStrong commercial understanding of agency delivery, including scope, budgets, utilisation and resourcingExperience working collaboratively across multiple disciplines and departmentsExperience across both UX/UI and wider brand or campaign creativeExposure to performance-led creative and an understanding of how creative contributes to measurable marketing outcomesExperience helping shape or evolve agency creative services and capabilitiesExperience improving design processes, systems and ways of workingAn understanding of emerging creative technology and the effective use of AI within Design Responsibilities: Lead a multidisciplinary Design team across UX/UI, digital design, brand, campaigns and motionSet and maintain the overall creative standard across the agencyProvide senior creative direction across high-profile and strategically important client projectsLead and contribute to creative strategy across websites, digital products, campaigns and performance-led creativeProvide senior direction across UX/UI, information architecture, interaction design, design systems and visual designWork closely with Development to balance creative ambition with technical feasibility, accessibility, scalability and performanceLead, coach and develop designers at different levels of seniorityManage team performance, progression, capability and developmentOversee departmental resourcing, utilisation, capacity and budgetsBuild trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and act as a senior creative partnerPlay a key role in pitches and new business opportunities, helping shape creative concepts, narratives and proposalsCollaborate with other department heads and senior leadership to influence wider agency strategy and capabilityImprove creative processes, ways of working and collaboration across teamsHelp the team make effective use of emerging technology and AI to improve creative quality, capability and efficiency Technologies: AIMarketingUX UI Design More:
We are a growing, employee-owned digital agency based in Leeds, working in a hybrid model with three days per week onsite. This is a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract for an experienced Head of Design. We offer a broad creative leadership opportunity with responsibility for the quality, direction and capability of our multidisciplinary Design team, working closely with senior leadership and teams across digital, development, performance marketing and client services on major client engagements, pitches and new business opportunities.
last updated 39 week of 2026