Design Director

Responsibilities

Creative / Design Direction

• Lead concept-led design across multiple projects, turning briefs into clear, compelling creative direction
• Own and direct high-profile, creatively ambitious work, setting the benchmark for quality and craft
• Raise creative standards across the studio, guiding teams toward fewer, stronger and more impactful ideas
• Lead reviews with clarity and decisiveness, balancing creative ambition with commercial reality
• Drive innovation and creative elevation within an area of specialist interest or strength

Leadership

• Mentor and develop Lead Designers, supporting growth through feedback, coaching and development
• Strengthen capability across the Creative Studio through exceptional creative direction and input
• Help build a high-performing creative culture through talent development, recruitment and raising standards
• Lead with confidence, accountability and clarity

Communication & Collaboration

• Translate briefs into clear creative direction and aligned outputs across teams
• Collaborate closely with Design Project Management to balance ambition with delivery
• Build trusted relationships with clients and internal stakeholders, guiding projects from briefing through to production
• Protect creative intent through every stage of delivery

What We’re Looking For

We’d love to hear from you if you are:

• A highly creative and experienced design leader with exceptional creative judgement and the ability to define strong ideas across multiple projects and teams
• Experienced within luxury brand, retail, experiential or agency environments, with a track record of mentoring creatives and elevating team capability
• A confident communicator, presenter and storyteller who can sell ideas and build trust with senior stakeholders
• Someone who balances bold ideas with commercial awareness and understands how to deliver impactful work at scale
• Deeply connected to culture, design and innovation, with curiosity about how our industry is evolving
• Technically confident across industry-standard tools (SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, rendering software etc.)

Bonus points for:

• Experience shaping new capabilities, services or ways of working
• Interest in emerging tools, AI or evolving creative processes
• Strength in a particular area that could help evolve our Creative Studio over time