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Product Design Director

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AKQA

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United Kingdom, London

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IT - Software Development

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At AKQA, we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to design a better future. Our Product Design Directors craft the interfaces, systems, and experiences that define how brands behave in the modern world, across mobile, spatial, voice, wearables, and AI-powered environments. As a Product Design Director, you’ll lead the design of products and brand experiences for some of the world’s most influential organisations, from luxury ecosystems and cultural platforms to next-generation mobility and wellness systems. You’ll guide multi-disciplinary teams to create elegant, human-centred design solutions that are as intelligent as they are inspiring. You’ll define design direction across a portfolio of complex, high-impact digital products, establishing benchmarks in accessibility, interaction, and multi-modal experience. You’ll champion the new frontier of brand user interfaces: adaptive design languages that translate brand identity into behaviour, sound, motion, and intelligence. AKQA Product Design Directors operate at the intersection of brand, craft, and computation, working side-by-side with strategy, data, and engineering teams to shape products that learn, evolve, and earn love over time. This is a leadership role within AKQA’s London studio, part of a globally connected studio network shaping the future of digital experiences for brands including Nike, Rolls-Royce, Samsung, Airbnb, and Google. You’ll be at the forefront of AI-powered product design, helping redefine how creativity, intelligence, and empathy coexist in every interaction.

Job Responsibility:

  • Lead concept, design, and delivery of world-class digital products and connected experiences
  • Partner with UX, Creative Technology, and AI Engineering teams to shape AI-native interfaces, generative UI systems, and adaptive design components
  • Establish and evolve brand-led design systems that perform across screen, voice, gesture, and spatial interfaces
  • Embed accessibility and inclusivity from first principles
  • Drive experimentation across new modalities: voice and audio UX, wearable ecosystems, computer vision, and mixed reality
  • Mentor, grow, and inspire a diverse team of product designers
  • Collaborate closely with strategists and client partners to translate brand purpose into tangible, useful digital products
  • Represent AKQA in new business opportunities
  • Contribute to AKQA’s global culture of learning, sharing insights on design ethics, AI co-creation, and emerging interaction paradigms

Requirements:

  • 10+ years’ experience in product design or interaction design at leading studios or in-house teams
  • Proven leadership in delivering large-scale, multi-platform digital products from concept to launch
  • Mastery of Figma and contemporary design-system workflows
  • Strong understanding of human-centred design, accessibility, motion, and micro-interaction principles
  • Familiarity with AI design tools, prototyping in Framer, Principle, ProtoPie, or After Effects, and collaboration with machine-learning or data-science teams
  • Demonstrable success in uniting brand and product through interface design
  • Experience mentoring mid- and senior-level designers
  • Comfortable presenting to senior clients and executives
  • Systems thinker with a deep sensitivity to brand and narrative
  • Calm, credible communicator
  • Obsessed with emerging technologies and their human potential
  • Advocate for inclusive design and accessible innovation
  • Balances bold vision with precision in craft

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Job Posted:
December 16, 2025

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Hybrid work
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