Head of Product Design/ Founding Product Designer
Hands-on design lead, responsible for both execution and direction, working for a premium consumer brand
The client
We’re hiring a Founding Product Designer to take ownership of a high-growth digital product at a premium consumer brand undergoing a major transformation.
This is not a management role.
This is for someone who designs, ships, and moves metrics.
You’ll be the first in-house product design hire, taking over from an external agency, and working alongside Product and Engineering to define and deliver the next phase of the digital experience – including a new mobile app and a replatformed ecommerce journey.
3-4 days a week in London office required.
The role
You’ll operate as a hands-on design lead, responsible for both execution and direction.
- Designing and shipping end-to-end ecommerce experiences, with a focus on checkout, conversion, and revenue performance
- Taking ownership of a mobile app build, from early direction through to launch
- Building a design system from scratch to enable speed and consistency
- Identifying friction in key journeys and fixing what’s impacting conversion and retention
- Working closely with Product Managers – challenging roadmap decisions when needed
- Collaborating with engineers to ship quickly and iterate continuously
- Bridging brand and product – ensuring a high-quality, premium experience across all touchpoints
This is a high-pace environment. You’ll be expected to ship regularly, learn from real usage, and improve continuously.
The candidate
Strong background in ecommerce or consumer products, with clear ownership of transactional journeys (especially checkout)
Proven track record of improving commercial metrics – conversion, retention, revenue
Experience building or owning a design system from the ground up
- Prior experience up to Principal/Head of (but hands-on) level
Mindset & Approach
Commercially minded – you think in terms of revenue impact, not just user experience
Bias to action – you ship, test, and iterate rather than over-planning
Comfortable working in startup-style environments with ambiguity and pace
Confident enough to challenge product decisions and influence direction
Hands-on and detail-oriented – you care about craft, but not at the expense of speed
If this sounds like you, then please apply ASAP with your CV & PORTFOLIO to stand the best chance of getting an interview!
We welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences. Our team includes parents, the self-taught, the university-educated, and people of a wide variety of nationalities, ages, and socio-economic backgrounds.
Obviously, we’re looking to ensure it’s a solid fit from both sides: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day for work.
We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply to be part of life at Zebra People. We are committed to a fair and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. We would be happy to meet any accommodation requests during the application or interview process, please just let us know.
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