How you'll be contributing to Accurx as our Head of Design..
At Accurx, we believe great design can transform healthcare. Our tools enable healthcare professionals to deliver better care, helping over 60 million patients so far. Trusted by 98% of GP practices and 70% of NHS Trusts, we’ve built a reputation for making complex systems feel simple, intuitive, and human. Now, we’re looking for a Head of Design who shares our passion for outcomes and wants to create a lasting impact.
As Head of Design your role is to drive the creation of a world-class experience for healthcare professionals and patients, with the most diverse set of needs in the world - literally everyone is a patient at some point in their life. You will lead a team of 15+ designers split across 3 product “pods” and a Systems & Content team, reporting into the Chief Product Officer.
Your day to day tasks, should you choose to accept this mission ...
* Inspire belief: Lead with vision, showing our team and users what’s possible when design truly serves its purpose in healthcare.
* Simplify complexity: Healthcare has some of the hardest, and we believe most important, product and design problems in software today - translating healthcare’s unique systems into a product that feels effortless to use.
* Creating a culture of excellence: We care about every element of a user’s journey, every choice of pattern, every pixel of our components and every word of copy.
* Champion user’s needs: Work closely with User Research to deeply understand healthcare professionals and patients, turning their challenges into an elegant coherent design language and user-centered solutions.
* Lead and grow a world-class team: We have a passionate team of talented designers; nurturing them and growing the team as Accurx grows is crucial to delivering the best user experience in the industry.
* Refine how we work: Just enough process to support creative exploration while ensuring a high bar for quality and collaboration.
You'll love Accurx if...
* You want to have impact on the world - healthcare is the one industry that touches the lives of every person in the world at some point.
* You love a high-support, high-challenge environment and understand that challenge is a positive part of collaboration.
* You love getting into the detail and have an almost unhealthy obsession with even the smallest decision.
* You’re passionate about healthcare and enjoy working with a passionate team around you.
* You have a high bar - on design craft, on quality and on talent.
* You solve system design challenges before UI design.
* You enjoy solving new, unique problems on the basis of design taste and craft - we’re not a A/B testing factory.
We'd really like to hear from you, if ...
* You’re an experienced manager and manager-of-managers with a proven track record in fostering a culture of excellence.
* You’ve established a multi-disciplinary team across product design, design systems and content.
* You’ve solved new design problems and have experience untangling complexity and creating simplicity for users in high-stakes, collaborative environments.
* You’ve demonstrated strong cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering and research all the way from individual contributors to executive leadership.
What can we offer...
£120,000 - £180,000 salary + the value of 80,000 share options.
Access to Happl - a flexible benefits provider with a given budget of £600 to spend on perks of your choice. Options include private health insurance, wellness providers and more.
We are office first, all accuFolk come to our office in Shoreditch at least 3 days per week, with the option to work remotely 2 days a week. Read more about our policy here.
Allocated annual learning & development budget.
Enhanced parental leave policy.
Prayer, meditation and breastfeeding room.
Working abroad policy.
We have our very own Chef! Free healthy breakfasts, snacks and lunches will be provided, with the occasional sweet treat!
...And much more.
Like the sound of this role and want to know more about the company? Here's more about us...
We’re a fast-growing healthcare technology company which makes it easier for patients and healthcare teams to communicate.
Accurx is where conversations happen with and about patients. Our software helps doctors, nurses, pharmacists, administrators and other professionals to seamlessly connect with both patients and each other.
Our mission is simple: everything we do is to make patients healthier and healthcare staff happier. Today, Accurx is used in 98% of GP practices nationwide and every day more healthcare professionals are using our software in hospitals, pharmacies, care homes and the community.
We’re passionate about staying close to our users, which is why everyone at Accurx visits a GP practice at least twice a quarter to understand how a practice runs, the difficulties they face with technologies and how we can help.
Head over to our main careers page to find out more about the team and our candidate hub.
You can also find out more about us on Medium, LinkedIn and Twitter & Instagram.
Our YouTube channel is full of demos of our product, webinars we have held with our users and some clips about life at Accurx.
Diversity & Inclusion
Accurx is committed to being an inclusive employer. As part of this, we’re glad to accommodate candidates who need adjustments throughout the interview process.
Pre-employment Screening
All successful candidates are asked to complete a Basic DBS check along with other pre-employment checks (referencing & right to work). You can find more on our process here. If you’d like to ask questions before you apply please email .
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