Lead Conceptual / Visual Designer

This is not a typical visual design role. We’re seeking a curious and ambitious Lead Conceptual Designer who can help us push boundaries and set new standards for what exceptional design means in the AI era. You will deliver game-changing design for the likes of Google, Snap, BBC, as well as innovative start-ups and challenger brands, whilst helping us lead the industry in AI-native design. You’ll be shaping a range of customer surfaces—from marketing platforms and products to next-generation, multimodal, and agentic experiences—translating complex business challenges into simple, human-first solutions. From concept to delivery, you’ll combine design thinking, craft, collaboration, and commercial impact to create work that is visionary, award-winning, and outcome-driven. If that sounds like you, reach out and show us what you’ve got. As a Lead Designer at Beyond, you will Lead creative direction and design beautiful, adaptive and intelligent experiences - translating complex business problems and goals into bold, differentiated ideas Create world-class client-facing deliverables with a focus on UI design, AI-driven interaction patterns, responsive frameworks, prototypes, and visual design systems that span digital products, AI interfaces and agentic services, across devices such as desktops, mobile devices, wearables, and embedded surfaces Inspire stakeholders through compelling storytelling and thought leadership Craft high-quality concepts, visuals, UI, and prototypes across digital products, AI interfaces and agentic services. Create compelling presentations, present your work, and communicate thought and reasoning behind it to all audiences Collaborate fluidly with UX designers, strategists, engineers, data scientists, and copywriters. Mentor other designers and foster a culture of creativity, inclusivity, and continuous AI upskilling. Creative Visionary – Track record of award-winning conceptual design, from vision through delivery. Commercially Sharp – Understands that customers buy outcomes, not outputs, and can design to drive business value. AI-Curious – Curiosity in AI creative tools, workflows, and optimisation AI-Native Mindset – Confident designing for intelligent, adaptive, and context-aware systems. Comfortable with LLMs, model orchestration, and multimodal interaction patterns. Design Thinker – Applies structured, user-centred thinking to solve business and human challenges. Hands-On Designer – Mastery of Figma, prototyping, and visual design systems. Motion design is a strong plus. Storyteller – Inspires through visual storytelling, with strong client-facing presentation skills. Collaborator – Works fluidly across disciplines, building trust at C-suite level and energising cross-functional teams. Taste & Craft – Exceptional eye for typography, layout, color, and hierarchy across platforms. Skills & Competencies Deep experience in digital/interactive design (8+ years, agency or in-house). Strong understanding of AI concepts, including conversational surfaces, multimodal interfaces, agentic systems, and responsible AI. Proven ability to translate business challenges into human-first, commercially valuable design. Ability to direct your vision to members of the design team: verbally, and in documentation/digitally Experience leading pitches and inspiring clients with visionary yet credible design solutions. Portfolio that showcases Conceptual and creative thinking - concepting, rapid prototyping, human-first problem solving Design exploration for AI and Emerging Tech - LLMs, multimodal interfaces, agentic workflows and responsible AI exploration Motion design capabilities Data visualisation, layout design visual hierarchy, use of colour and typography across platforms (online, screen, mobile etc) Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and localisation best practices. #J-18808-Ljbffr Beyond