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About the Role
Landor is seeking a Design Director (Experience) to define and champion the creative vision and design strategy for experience-led projects, including spatial design, retail environments, branded spaces, pop-ups, exhibitions, and expos. This role involves translating insights into distinctive concepts and leading projects from brief to launch, shaping cohesive spatial experiences and acting as a senior creative partner to clients.
Responsibilities
- Define and champion the creative vision and design strategy for experience-led projects.
- Translate brand, business and audience insights into distinctive concepts and memorable experiences.
- Lead projects from initial brief, research and concept development through design development, prototyping, production, fabrication, installation and launch.
- Shape cohesive spatial experiences, guiding elements such as customer and visitor journeys, layouts, circulation, materials, lighting, graphics, signage, wayfinding, content and interactive technology.
- Lead multiple projects concurrently, delivering innovative, high-quality work.
- Collaborate with clients and multidisciplinary teams to develop integrated solutions.
- Oversee design reviews, technical coordination, prototypes, mock-ups and site implementation.
- Ensure solutions consider accessibility, inclusivity, sustainability, safety, operational needs and project requirements.
- Act as a senior creative partner to clients: build trusted relationships, lead workshops, present design strategies and communicate a clear point of view.
- Lead creative development for client pitches and new business opportunities.
- Partner with Client Services to align scope, resourcing, schedules and budgets with project and financial goals.
- Set a high standard for creative excellence, providing constructive critique and guidance to strengthen team output.
- Recruit, mentor and inspire designers, fostering a supportive, ambitious and collaborative creative culture.
- Identify opportunities to develop the team’s capabilities and support its future growth.
- Build strong relationships with client-side creative teams, production partners and suppliers.
- Serve as an internal leader in experience and spatial design, collaborating across the business to solve complex creative and strategic challenges.
Requirements
- Significant design experience in a brand-focused design agency or similar environment.
- A strong strategic and creative point of view, with the ability to turn bold ideas into distinctive, high-quality design.
- Excellent conceptual skills and a track record of developing innovative brand-led work.
- Confidence presenting design strategies and telling compelling stories to clients, stakeholders and teams.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the business acumen to manage stakeholders, grow client relationships and identify commercial opportunities.
- Financial awareness, including the ability to set and work towards financial goals for projects and teams.
- Proven ability to lead, motivate and encourage project teams with an optimistic, growth-oriented approach.
- A strong awareness of design and creative trends, as well as the cultural, industry and global shifts influencing how people engage with brands.
- A passion for design, branding and creative excellence.
Skills
- Proficiency with creative tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro and AI tools.
- Proficiency with relevant design and visualisation software, such as Cinema 4D, Rhino, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Vectorworks, 3D rendering and real-time visualisation tools.
- Experience in digital design and motion graphics, including leading the creation of impactful visual content across platforms.
- Experience with interactive or immersive platforms is an advantage.
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- World-leading brand experts, underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category.
- We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable.
- We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand.
- We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes.
- Landor companies also include amp (sonic branding), bdg (workplace & architectural experts), Deep Local (creative technologists) and ManvsMachine (3D motion design).
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
- We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
Equal Opportunity
- Landor, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics, committed to a culture of respect where everyone belongs and can progress in their careers.