Senior Designer, Design and Build

Vovi is a branding and web studio on Chancery Lane, London. We work with venture-backed tech companies, deep-tech firms and universities, mostly in the US, including the University of Texas, FedTech, Liberty Fund, Energy One and Malayy, and we aim for the kind of work that gets sent round in "have you seen this?" messages.

Buyers now judge companies through search, AI assistants and websites before they speak to anyone, so we bring brand, web, content, search and AI under one roof. We're a Webflow Enterprise Partner and build our own AI products, starting with Brand Kernel, which lets a client's teams create on-brand work with any AI model. We even run the studio on an operating system we built on Claude.

We're a team of about 13 with more good work than hands. Each of these roles owns a whole part of the studio, so they suit ambitious people who learn new tools fast and want their work to be seen. What you can show us matters far more than the years on your CV.

The role

Reporting to Ryan Phillips, our Creative Director, you'll design websites and products and build them yourself with Claude Code, Webflow and whatever gets the best result fastest. You'll lead our highest-profile web projects from concept to live site, set how the studio designs and builds with AI, and make Vovi's own website our best showcase.

It suits someone who's happiest when the thing is live, with good taste, fast hands and a low ego.

What you'll do

- Lead the design of client websites and product interfaces, from concept routes through UI and motion.
- Build what you design with Claude Code, Webflow and front-end code, so the live site matches the design down to the interaction.
- Put working prototypes in front of clients early, so they decide on something they can click through.
- Own the Vovi website and case studies, and set up the studio's AI design-to-build workflow, coaching the other designers in it.
- Work with our developers on complex builds, animation and performance, and polish work before it reaches the client.

What good looks like after six months

- At least two client sites designed and built under your lead, on budget.
- A refreshed Vovi website you're proud to send to prospects.
- A written design-to-build workflow the design team uses day to day.

Salary

£65,000 to £80,000 as a guide, with offers based on experience. If your expectations sit a little outside the range but the fit is right, still apply.

How to apply

Send your CV or LinkedIn with links to two or three live sites you designed and helped build, saying what you did on each. We won't review applications without live links. If you're earlier in your career but your work is outstanding, apply anyway.

Requirements

- A portfolio of websites or digital products you designed and helped build, with strong visual craft in Figma across typography, layout and motion.
- Hands-on building: Claude Code or similar AI coding tools, Webflow, and enough HTML, CSS and JavaScript to ship and fix things yourself.
- An entrepreneurial streak: when you see a better way to work, you build it.
- Clear communication, and the confidence to present your own work to clients.

Nice to have: Rive or other interactive animation, 3D on the web, product design for SaaS or AI companies, or leading a small design team.

Benefits

- A small, close team that works hard and genuinely gets on.
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, rising by a day each year you're with us, up to 30.
- Flexible hours, with most of the week in our Chancery Lane studio and some at home.
- A learning budget, and the best tools for the job, including the latest AI kit.
- Monthly check-ins on how you're doing and where you want to grow.
- Team lunches, socials and studio nights out, plus a gym and sauna in the building.
- A discretionary bonus, and an options scheme for long-serving team members.