VP of Product Design

Job description

**🚀 Why Midnite?** Midnite is a next-generation sports betting and gaming platform built for a new wave of players. We combine sharp product thinking, bold brand, and fast execution to create experiences that feel modern, intuitive, and built for how people actually play today. Over 400,000 players have already made the move, and we’re only just getting started. We’re a high-performance team operating at pace. High ownership. Constant iteration. No hiding behind processes. We move quickly, test relentlessly, and turn ambitious ideas into real impact. If you’re driven, creative, and thrive in fast-moving environments where you can shape meaningful outcomes - keep reading. Not your grandad’s bookie. **👀 The Role** **Title:** VP of Product Design **Team:** Design **Location:** Remote, UK Experience quality is one of the clearest ways Midnite differentiates in a category that too often settles for functional and familiar. As our VP of Product Design, you'll own the creative vision and experience direction for Midnite, shaping how our products look, feel and evolve as we scale. You'll bring exceptional design taste, bold creative thinking and the ambition to build experiences that stand out in our industry. Working alongside our senior leadership team, you'll influence product strategy, champion design excellence and ensure creativity is at the heart of our biggest decisions. This is an opportunity to shape the future of Midnite's products, build a world-class design function and set a new standard for what great looks like. **You will:** - Own and define the creative vision and long-term design direction for Midnite, ensuring our products deliver distinctive, beautifully crafted experiences. - Set an exceptional standard for visual and interaction design, championing creativity, innovation and attention to detail across everything we build. - Shape the end-to-end customer experience across native apps, web and internal platforms, creating a cohesive and recognisable Midnite experience. - Partner with our executive leadership, Product and Engineering teams to influence company strategy, challenge thinking and shape our most important product decisions. - Provide creative direction on our most ambitious and high-impact initiatives, pushing boundaries and ensuring exceptional execution from concept through to delivery. - Lead, inspire and develop our Product Design function, building a culture of outstanding craft, creative ambition and ownership. - Drive the evolution of our design systems and principles, creating the foundations for exceptional design quality as our products and teams scale. - Work closely with Brand, Creative, Growth, CRM and Games to ensure a joined-up creative vision across the entire customer journey. - Champion emerging technologies, including AI, exploring how they can unlock new creative possibilities and transform how we design and build. - Shape the future of design at Midnite, influencing how we work, invest in talent and continuously raise the bar for product experiences. **The next Midniter:** - Is an exceptional design leader with a proven track record of shaping creative vision and product experiences at a senior or executive level. - Has outstanding design taste, strong creative instincts and a portfolio that demonstrates truly exceptional visual and interaction design. - Has experience owning design direction across complex, multi-platform products, ideally within fast-moving, consumer-focused technology businesses. - Thinks beyond individual features, bringing the vision and creativity to shape distinctive, cohesive product experiences at scale. - Combines creative ambition with strong commercial and product judgement, understanding how exceptional design drives engagement, retention and business growth. - Has a track record of influencing product strategy and driving meaningful change through design, working closely with executive leadership. - Is passionate about the craft of design, with the ability to challenge, inspire and elevate work from early concepts through to the finest details. - Has built and developed high-performing design teams, creating an environment where creativity, ownership and exceptional standards thrive. - Brings strong creative direction and the ability to get close to the work, guiding complex design challenges and leading by example. - Has experience shaping design systems, principles and practices that enable creativity, consistency and quality at scale. - Is a confident communicator who can articulate an ambitious creative vision, influence senior stakeholders and bring teams together around shared goals. - Is curious about emerging technologies, including AI, and how they can push the boundaries of digital product experiences. - Thrives in a high-growth environment, bringing bold thinking, ambition and the drive to create something genuinely different. **💰 Winnings** - Private health insurance with zero excess, including optical cover and optional dental. - Income protection to protect your earnings and give you peace of mind. - Tenure holiday policy. After three years you receive an extra two days leave, increasing to 30 days annually after five years. - Flexible working and a fully supported home office setup so you can do your best work from home. - Nursery salary sacrifice scheme helping parents save thousands each year on nursery fees. - Salary sacrifice schemes for tech and holidays so you can spread the cost of the things you want. - Retail discounts and subscription perks across a wide range of brands. - Quarterly team socials to connect, celebrate and have fun together. At Midnite, we’re committed to creating equal opportunities for everyone. We actively strive to build balanced teams that reflect the diversity of our communities, including ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and all genders. We aim to provide an inclusive and supportive interview experience for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know in advance so we can ensure you feel comfortable and set up for success.