Lyst is a global Fashion Tech company and premium shopping app, founded in London in 2010 and catering to over 200M shoppers per year. We offer our customers the largest assortment of premium & luxury fashion items & products in one place, via an assortment of 8.5M+ items from over 17,000 of the world’s leading brands. We are a scale-up business with a current team size of c.150 people in London, combining an agile mentality with a proven business model and over a decade of experience. This provides a balance between foundations and structure, and autonomy and pace.

At Lyst we obsess over the customer, providing a search & discovery experience which offers inspiration, fulfilment, and personalisation. We believe that fashion is amazing but shopping for fashion often isn’t, and use our technology, data and creativity to bring more joy, greater choice and fewer fails. Our mission is to help fashion shoppers make better decisions and help fashion partners find better audiences as the category-leading destination for every fashion shopper. Lyst has raised over $160m from leading investors including Accel, Balderton, Molten Ventures, Fidelity International, and LVMH.

The Role:

We are looking for a Product Design Lead to join the team in our London office. You will shape and lead on the design of products that communicate our vision and help people shop from over 11,000 designers and 8 million products.

You will bring leadership and direction to Design and be responsible for developing and managing the processes, controls and governance required to deliver these outcomes. You'll also be responsible for overseeing the resolution of complex design decisions across Lyst.

You will be accountable for design from concept through sketches and prototypes all the way to delivery and execution. You will have a strong aesthetic sense, an intuitive understanding of interface and UX design and be comfortable managing and developing Product Designers.

You will be an advocate within the company for the user & help the company develop a stronger sense of design thinking.

Responsibilities:

• Implementing design and brand strategies that support Lyst's product vision
• Building and scaling a user-first design team that supports our Product organisation, mentoring and managing Product Designers of varying skill levels
• Collaborating with the product team to design the UX and UI of our products, releases, and features, ensuring they're both functional and delightful
• Integrating Lyst's brand and values into our design aesthetics, creating a cohesive and recognisable visual identity
• Accountable for Lyst's design systems and infrastructure, enabling us to scale design efficiently across all our products
• Championing design thinking and advocating for design's role in driving business success, collaborating closely with our Marketing and Product teams
• Representing and promoting Lyst's design efforts outside the company, such as at industry events, conferences, or in publications