Head of Design

Legl is a fast-growing, vertical B2B SaaS platform with a mission to bring the legal industry into the 21st century. We closed our Series B (May 2022), and we are scaling quickly on our next phase of growth.

Boasting an award winning SaaS product which transforms the industry standard point solutions into a unique, all in one platform across operational, finance and compliance processes. Our best-in-class product solves real problems for law firms, which is reinforced by our 99%+ customer retention rate. We launched in October 2019 and have built a large law firm customer base who love our product and our team.

We have a creative, ambitious and innovative team. Agility and collaboration are core to our ways of working. With deep experience across product management, design, engineering and the legal industry, we have an extraordinary drive and commercial focus. We are pioneers of smart AI applications, constantly rethinking solutions to problems with new technology applications, learning as we go. We put our employees first and are looking for people who can grow with us. We rely heavily on data and first principles decision-making.

The Role

We are recruiting for an innovative and visionary Head of Design (maternity cover) to lead our Design team. In this role, you will design industry-changing products, lead a small team of Product Designers embedded in cross-functional agile squads, and act as a strategic thought leader for Legl’s leadership team. This hands-on leadership role, reporting to our Chief Product Officer, focuses on enhancing the user experience across our platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Identify opportunities, risks, and issues to inform and deliver our Design strategy. Lead and implement Product Design principles and best practices.
• Team Leadership: Support, coach, and inspire the Product Design team, fostering their development and providing a wealth of knowledge to assist with their solutions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with designers, squads, and cross-functional teams to own our Product Design function and deliver distinctive design deliverables.
• Design System Development: Mature and expand our Design System to maintain speed while ensuring a consistent user experience.
• User Engagement: Enable increased service adoption and user engagement with tailored solutions that support the evolving needs of law firms.

About You:

• Naturally collaborative - understanding that great design isn’t formed in a vacuum. Encouraging cross-functional collaboration and working closely with your team and the wider business to create innovative, user-centric solutions
• Actively curious - interested by the technicalities of the Legal industry’s competitive landscape
• Enjoys acting fast - understanding the fast paced nature of an agile startup, with the flexibility to approach user-centred design in both a proactive & reactive manner
• Proven experience in Product Design - taking the initiative in both strategic and hands-on challenges which arise in the Product Design lifecycle
• Expert in all aspects of Figma - from concepts to design system components into rapid prototyping and commenting on design critiques – it’s second nature

Benefits

• Legl has a dynamic, hybrid culture, with a focus on making work work for you.
• Annual offsite & regular events to socialise with your colleagues in person
• Opportunity to join a well-funded, post-Series B startup in our mission to make legal services better for everyone
• High impact work that really matters - success in this role will drive our growth and have a big impact on the business and our customers
• A focus on wellbeing with access to support sessions with a psychotherapist and a personal wellbeing budget of £250 per year
• A learning and development budget of £1,000 per year

Diversity

We believe that having diverse teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to our success. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.