Our visual language is editorial, specific, and consistent across every client we work with. A reader lands on something we built and should know, before reading a word, that this is not an app assembled by committee.…
Our visual language is editorial, specific, and consistent across every client we work with. A reader lands on something we built and should know, before reading a word, that this is not an app assembled by committee. This role protects and extends that language.
What you’d do
- Build and maintain the shared design system across projects (tokens, type scales, motion grammar)
- Occasional bespoke work — illustration, iconography, custom charts
What we’d expect
- 5+ years as a product designer at a studio, agency, or product company
- Portfolio that reads coherent across projects, not a sampler
- Deep familiarity with type, grid, and motion as design primitives — not just colour and spacing
- Comfort in a bespoke token system; happy to touch Tailwind config if that’s where the design lives
Nice to have
- Written-first disposition — the practice writes before it draws
- Experience designing for operational software (ERPs, dashboards, admin tools)
How we work
- Remote, UK time zones; occasional in-person client sessions in the UK
- Direct contact with clients from day one
Duration
Your own time
Stage 1 of 6
II
The first reading
Every application is read by a partner, not screened out by a filter.
A partner reads what you sent. You hear back within five working days — either an invitation to speak, an honest refusal with a short reason, or an ask for a specific thing we need to decide.
Duration
Within one week
Stage 2 of 6
III
The conversation
A proper meeting, not a screening call.
Two partners, you, a shared agenda sent twenty-four hours in advance. We talk about the work you have done, how we would work together, and the questions you have brought with you.
Duration
Thirty minutes, by video
Stage 3 of 6
IV
A short piece of work
Role-dependent. If it looks like work, we pay for it.
For technical and craft roles, a short brief returned in your own time. The brief is representative of what the house actually does — no synthetic puzzles. If the task reads as commercial-length work, we pay you a day rate for the time.
Duration
Two to four hours · paid when commercial-length
Stage 4 of 6
V
The final sitting
You meet all three readers of the house.
The three partners who run the practice sit with you. The decision is usually made in the room; where it is not, we tell you when to expect a reply.
Duration
Sixty minutes · video or in Cambridge
Stage 5 of 6
VI
The offer, in writing
Written terms, standard form, countersigned.
A short offer letter — role, start date, salary, holiday, notice. Signed by both sides. First day is usually within three weeks.
Duration
The same week
Stage 6 of 6
When you are ready
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