Product and design recruitment
Good product people can tell you what they stopped building and why. That’s the first thing we ask.
Roles we fill
Mid-level to head of department, contract and permanent, across the UK.
Product managers
Decide what to build next, and what not to, from evidence.
Product owners
Turn product decisions into a backlog a team can deliver.
UX designers
Design how a product works, from first click to finished task.
UI designers
Design how it looks, and build the systems that keep it consistent.
User researchers
Find out what users really do, and why.
Where product and design hires go wrong
We see the same mistakes again and again. If your brief is heading for one, we’ll tell you.
Calling a project manager a product manager
If the role is about delivering a fixed roadmap, it’s project management. Product people want to decide what goes on it.
Judging design by the portfolio alone
A beautiful portfolio shows the final screens, not the decisions. We ask designers to talk us through the trade-offs.
No time for research
If the team never talks to users, a researcher will leave in months. Hire one when you’re ready to act on what they find.
How we test for it
Before you meet anyone, we’ve asked the questions a generalist wouldn’t. Here are three we ask in every product and design search.
- “What did you stop building, and how did you know it was the right call?”
- “Talk me through a design decision you lost. What happened next?”
- “How do you work with engineers when the deadline won’t move?”
You’ll work with the founders. Every time.
No hand-offs to a junior team. The person you speak to first knows the market, knows your brief and stays with you until the hire is made.
Jay Despojo, Kenan Zarif and Luke Pentney
Questions hiring managers ask
Do you recruit designers as well as product managers?
Yes. We recruit product managers and owners, UX and UI designers, and user researchers.
Do you recruit for start-ups?
Yes. Many of our product hires are a start-up’s first or second product person, where the job is very different from a large company.
Do you recruit contract and permanent?
Yes, both, though most product roles are permanent.
Get in touch
Hiring, or looking for your next role? Send us a message.
What happens next
- We read every message ourselves.
- One of the founders gets back to you.
- If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so.