Bournemouth
Position: Design Lead Reports to: Managing Director, Creative Dept. Department: Gozney Creative Dept. Location: UK (hybrid - Bournemouth office) min 2 days a week at our Bournemouth office ABOUT US At Gozney, we're on a mission to change the way the world cooks outdoors. Since 2010, Gozney has made cooking with fire easy by pioneering next-level pizza ovens. Harnessing knowledge from our origins in commercial ovens, Gozney’s multi-award-winning outdoor pizza ovens are beautiful, high-performing, durable tools designed for chefs and made intuitive for beginners, so anyone can make, create, cook, connect, discover, and grow. We are creators of new experiences, and we’re seeking motivated individuals excited to join our expanding team and embark on an incredible journey. We are passionate, innovative, bold, and relentless. All while having a ton of fun. Whether you're excited about pizza, outstanding products, food culture, lifestyle, the outdoors, or thrill-seeking - or if you're simply looking for a company that values you — apply today. SUMMARY Gozney is looking for a Design Lead to lead the design function within our in-house creative studio. This is a senior role for someone who combines strong design instincts with operational excellence. You will be responsible for shaping how the design team works day to day - setting the standard for output, improving workflow, building scalable systems, and ensuring high-quality creative is delivered consistently across campaigns, launches, digital, retail, CRM, social, paid and packaging. You will bring structure to a fast-moving creative environment, helping the business move at pace without losing brand consistency or craft. From briefing and prioritisation through to templates, toolkits, handoffs and team development, you will play a central role in building a design function that can scale with the ambition of the brand. Working closely with Creative, Content, Social, E-commerce, CRM, Product Marketing and external partners, you will ensure Gozney shows up with clarity, quality and consistency across every touchpoint. RESPONSIBILITIES Design Function Leadership • Lead the day-to-day running of the design function within Gozney Creative Studio, • Set and maintain a high standard of design quality across all brand touchpoints, • Build clear processes and working rhythms that help the design team operate effectively, • Lead reviews and critiques, providing direct and actionable feedback that improves work and reduces rework, • Create clarity around priorities, ownership and delivery across multiple concurrent projects Systems, Toolkits & Scalability • Build and maintain templates, component libraries, toolkits and design systems that make the brand easier to execute at scale, • Ensure campaigns and creative ideas can be translated coherently across paid, social, web, CRM, retail and packaging, • Improve design operations, including briefing inputs, version control, file organisation, naming conventions and handoff quality, • Create systems that support speed, consistency and premium execution without unnecessary complexity, • Help future-proof the design team by building repeatable ways of working Cross-Functional Delivery • Partner closely with Content, Social, E-commerce, CRM, Channel Marketing and Product teams to align creative ambition with business needs, • Translate stakeholder goals into clear design direction, balancing quality with production realities and timelines, • Ensure design output is fit for channel while still feeling cohesive and on-brand, • Manage and brief external freelancers, agencies or support partners where needed, • Act as a key bridge between brand thinking and production delivery Team Leadership & Development • Lead, mentor and develop designers, helping raise both craft and capability across the team, • Set expectations and create a culture of clear ownership, strong collaboration and high standards, • Support hiring and onboarding as the design function grows, • Help shape the structure of the wider design team as Gozney Creative Dept. evolves, • Foster a low-ego, ambitious environment where the work is the priority and quality matters Creative Contribution • Stay connected to design, culture, fashion, photography, product and visual trends, bringing relevant ideas back into the business, • Contribute to major launches and campaign rollouts, ensuring the creative system is strong from concept through execution, • Partner with senior creative leadership to evolve Gozney’s overall visual standard WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR • 7–10+ years’ experience in design, brand systems or creative roles within a premium brand, agency or in-house studio, • Strong portfolio showing excellent craft, taste and multi-channel brand execution, • Proven experience leading designers or managing design output across multiple projects simultaneously, • Strong experience building scalable design systems, templates, toolkits and production-ready assets, • Deep understanding of typography, layout, hierarchy, brand consistency and execution detail, • Strong organisational and operational instincts, with the ability to improve process as well as creative output, • Confident working cross-functionally and balancing stakeholder needs with creative quality, • Clear communicator who can present work, defend decisions and bring structure to ambiguity, • A player-coach mindset: strategic enough to lead, practical enough to get into the work, • Calm, detail-oriented and comfortable in a fast-moving environment IDEALLY, YOU’LL ALSO HAVE • Experience helping build or evolve an in-house & off-shore design team, • Experience working with freelance, external or offshore design support, • Experience across campaign rollout, digital, paid, CRM, retail and packaging, • A strong instinct for how to maintain brand quality while increasing output volume, • Familiarity with how modern creative teams operate across both brand and performance needs A BIT ABOUT WHAT WE OFFER • Competitive salary, bonus scheme, pension, benefits, and pizza, • Flexible paid time off including 26+ days holiday, • Enhanced parental leave, • Fun hybrid work environment – 2 or 3 days a week in our Bournemouth office, • Free oven and Friends and Family discount on Gozney products Diversity and Inclusion Commitment Gozney is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We embrace individuals of varied nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. Our ongoing commitment is to foster an inclusive and supportive workplace, enabling you to excel in your career.
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