About the role
About Midnite
Midnite is a next-generation sports betting and gaming platform built for a new wave of players. The company combines sharp product thinking, a bold brand, and fast execution to create experiences that are modern, intuitive, and built for how people play today. Over 400,000 players have already made the move. Midnite is a high-performance team that operates at pace, prioritizing high ownership, constant iteration, and relentless testing.
The Role
VP of Product Design
Location: Remote, UK
Team: Design
Experience quality is a primary differentiator for Midnite in an industry that often settles for functional and familiar. The VP of Product Design will own the creative vision and experience direction, shaping how products look, feel, and evolve during scaling. The role involves bringing exceptional design taste, bold creative thinking, and the ambition to build industry-leading experiences. Working with the senior leadership team, this role will influence product strategy, champion design excellence, and ensure creativity is central to major decisions.
Responsibilities
- Own and define the creative vision and long-term design direction, ensuring products deliver distinctive, beautifully crafted experiences.
- Set an exceptional standard for visual and interaction design, championing creativity, innovation, and attention to detail.
- Shape the end-to-end customer experience across native apps, web, and internal platforms for a cohesive and recognisable experience.
- Partner with executive leadership, Product, and Engineering teams to influence company strategy, challenge thinking, and shape major product decisions.
- Provide creative direction on ambitious, high-impact initiatives, pushing boundaries and ensuring exceptional execution from concept to delivery.
- Lead, inspire, and develop the Product Design function, building a culture of outstanding craft, creative ambition, and ownership.
- Drive the evolution of design systems and principles to create foundations for high-quality design as the company scales.
- 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 design and build processes.
- Shape the future of design at Midnite, influencing working methods, talent investment, and standards for product experiences.
Requirements
- Exceptional design leader with a proven track record of shaping creative vision and product experiences at a senior or executive level.
- Outstanding design taste, strong creative instincts, and a portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual and interaction design.
- Experience owning design direction across complex, multi-platform products, ideally within fast-moving, consumer-focused technology businesses.
- Ability to think beyond individual features to shape distinctive, cohesive product experiences at scale.
- Combines creative ambition with strong commercial and product judgment, understanding how design drives engagement, retention, and growth.
- Proven track record of influencing product strategy and driving meaningful change through design in collaboration with executive leadership.
- Passionate about design craft, with the ability to challenge, inspire, and elevate work from early concepts to fine details.
- Experience building and developing high-performing design teams that foster creativity, ownership, and high standards.
- Strong creative direction capabilities with the ability to lead by example and guide complex design challenges.
- Experience shaping design systems, principles, and practices that enable consistency and quality at scale.
- Confident communicator capable of articulating an ambitious vision, influencing senior stakeholders, and aligning teams.
- Curiosity regarding emerging technologies and AI, and their application to digital product experiences.
- Thrives in a high-growth environment, bringing bold thinking and the drive to create something genuinely different.
Benefits and Perks
- Health and Wellbeing: Private health insurance with zero excess, including optical cover and optional dental.
- Income Protection: Coverage to protect earnings and provide peace of mind.
- Leave: Tenure-based holiday policy. Employees receive an extra two days of leave after three years, increasing to 30 days annually after five years.
- Work Environment: Flexible working with full support for a home office setup.
- Family Support: Nursery salary sacrifice scheme to assist with childcare costs.
- Financial Benefits: Salary sacrifice schemes for tech and holidays to spread costs.
- Lifestyle: Retail discounts and subscription perks across a wide range of brands.
- Team Culture: Quarterly team socials to connect and celebrate.
Commitment to Diversity
Midnite is committed to creating equal opportunities for all. The company strives to build balanced teams that reflect the diversity of its communities, including ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and all genders. The firm aims to provide an inclusive and supportive interview experience and encourages candidates to request reasonable adjustments in advance.