Global Design Lead (f/m/d)

Join Awin as Global Design Lead serving as most senior design authority within Marketing responsible for elevating and transforming how organisation approaches design across all channels and touchpoints. Set strategic direction for design excellence, oversee multi-disciplinary team, and partner cross-functionally to ensure Awin delivers world-class creative, UI/UX, and digital-native experiences. Act as both hands-on expert and strategic leader defining Awin's design standards, leading creation of scalable design system, and ensuring consistent high-quality execution that strengthens brand across markets.

• Show proven senior experience leading multi-disciplinary design teams across traditional design, digital design, UI, and UX. • Demonstrate strong portfolio showing excellence across branding, digital interfaces, motion, campaigns, and complex multi-channel design. • Have expertise in defining and implementing design systems at scale. • Demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management and ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders. • Show expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and other core production tools. • Demonstrate strong competence in Figma or other UI/UX design platforms. • Possess excellent communication skills with ability to articulate the why behind design decisions. • Show strong organisational skills able to manage multiple streams and drive projects from concept to delivery. • Be native English speaker with excellent communication abilities both written and verbal.

• Have experience working in affiliate marketing or partner ecosystem environments. • Show knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices. • Demonstrate familiarity with design operations and workflow optimization tools. • Have experience collaborating with product teams on user experience design.

• Define and drive global design strategy across Marketing ensuring creative excellence, innovation, and consistency across all markets. • Establish clear design vision that elevates Awin's brand and differentiates across all customer touchpoints. • Create and embed global design system that is scalable, intuitive, and used cross-functionally across Marketing, Product, Commercial, and Operations. • Lead, mentor, and develop global design team with responsibility for team structure, capability growth, coaching, and continuous improvement. • Oversee and contribute to creation of visual assets across all marketing channels including campaigns, events, brand content, social, video, motion graphics, CRM, paid media, and web. • Drive digital-native design practices across UI, UX, responsive web layouts, and interactive experiences. • Partner closely with Brand, Communications, Content, Product, and regional marketing teams to ensure design supports strategic goals. • Act as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders translating business objectives into compelling visual and digital experiences. • Own and optimise Awin's global design libraries, assets, guidelines, and documentation ensuring consistent application of brand across all markets.

• Work flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay with no reduction to annual holiday allowance. • Receive monthly remote working allowance to cover running costs with support for setting up remote workspace. • Work hybrid from London office with Flexi-Office arrangement and remote work possibilities across Awin regions. • Access extensive training suite Awin Academy covering wide range of professional and personal development skills. • Receive variety of different paid special leaves prioritising mental health and wellbeing. • Join dynamic, social and inclusive culture with virtual Life @ Awin hub connecting colleagues globally.

Awin is global affiliate marketing network established in 2000 and part of Axel Springer group. Company empowers brands of every size to partner with diverse range of over 1 million publishers, creating world's leading open partner ecosystem. Awin champions uniqueness and authenticity with strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, pursuing and hiring diverse team members. Company provides solutions that deliver sustainable growth for all through humanised marketing technology approach.