Head of Digital Design, Joseph Joseph
6-12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Offers company bonus scheme
3 days a week in office
Innovative and functional houseware
Posted today
Innovative and functional houseware
101-200 employees
Posted today
Offers company bonus scheme
3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create desirable products that enhance everyday life and stay true to our philosophy of creating Brilliantly Useful Design.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience leading digital design for a global brand, ecommerce platform, or design-focused consumer business
- Demonstrable advanced Figma, design systems, digital design animation knowledge
- A strong foundation in UX thinking, paired with sharp brand design sensibilities - this is not a UX-only role
- Experience building or evolving a full design system—from concept to implementation
- Strong conceptual ability with hands-on design skills
- Excited and passionate about the opportunity to be the lynch pin that pulls together internal and external collaborators to shape a unique digital design brand for the business
- Enthuse and inspire the team with your zeitgeist knowledge—bringing sharp awareness of design trends and references that reflect the best of digitial design within the home, design and lifestyle space
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Head of Digital Design to join us on an interim basis to lead a new phase in how our brand shows up across digital - joseph joseph.com, Amazon, B2B platforms, and digital marketing
- This role sits at the intersection of creative thinking, systems design, and executional rigour
- In your first months, you’ll immerse yourself in our current ways of working, auditing how the digital design system is currently executed and managed
- From there, you’ll become the main point of contact for our creative agency, working together to stress-test and translate our new brand direction across all digital applications
- Once final brand guidelines are delivered, you’ll be responsible for bringing them to life with the in-house team across our key channels
- Conduct a full audit of how the digital design system is currently executed and managed
- Identify what’s working, where consistency breaks down, and opportunities to improve quality and efficiency
- Partner with our creative agency to test and apply the proposed brand guidelines as part of the brand refresh
- Translate early concepts into usable systems, frameworks, and components
- Lead the creation of a digital design system that is scalable, adaptable, and fit for global use
- Build modular templates, UI components, and asset libraries
- Document the system clearly and structure it so it’s easy to access, implement, and evolve across ore digital brand world
- Work with cross-functional teams to embed the system into real workflows—ensuring it’s consistently adopted and applied
- Track usage and gather feedback to continuously improve clarity, usability, and performance
- Help to shape the future of digital production with eagerness to explore integration of AI into workflows
- Combine creative excellence with a strong understanding of performance, ensuring design supports both brand and commercial KPIs
- Stay informed on digital design best practices across Amazon, D2C, B2B, CRM, and paid media—and adapt designs accordingly
- Work closely with Art Directors, Copywriters, Brand Managers, and Channel Owners to push the work forward
- Foster a collaborative, delivery-focused creative culture rooted in clarity, consistency, and craft
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Based in London, family business Joseph Joseph pairs Cambridge University business and a Central St Martins Product Design graduates into a sleek and functional homeware and product manufacturing company. Founded in 2003, kitchen and homeware designed by Joseph Joseph are now available in leading department stores, independent shops, eCommerce channels, and in over 100 countries across the globe. In 2022, the founding brothers reported a turnover on its more than 450 products that exceeded £130M.
Joseph Joseph champions products that are effective and striking, using its blend of business and creative savvy to keep things stylish yet practical. The same can be said of its work culture, with the company announcing in 2023 that it has partnered with performance management and employee retention platform OpenBlend to manage its workforce. This highlights the company’s keen eye for tech innovations to enhance its activities.
With many awards under its belt, Joseph Joseph is still keeping a firm grip on its outgoings in light of inflation and economic trade stresses, all whilst reducing its packaging and carbon footprint. With rising costs throughout its supply chain, Joseph Joseph continues to keep its operations as efficient as its products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flexible working
- Mental wellbeing support
- Holiday trading
- Additional holiday for length of service
- Company bonus scheme
- Generous discounts for you and friends and family
- Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme
- Even more discounts with Perkbox
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Richard Joseph
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Business at Cambridge University.
Antony Joseph
(Co-Founder & Creative Director)Previously Studied Design at St Central Martins and worked as a Freelance product designer.
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