Lead Product Designer

Business Overview

KINESSO is the technology‑driven performance marketing agency that sits at very heart of IPG Mediabrands, providing actionable growth for both our agency partners and clients. We turn ‘action’ into ‘outcome’ for our clients, leveraging our unique capabilities in optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation. KINESSO has brought together the collective power of what was formerly Matterkind, Reprise, P3, and Kinesso under one collective entity that will serve as the most powerful delivery engine in the industry.

We have extensive offerings spanning across performance marketing and data and technology. Fueled by a deep understanding of consumer behavior, we offer an end‑to‑end engine of planning and optimization while also delivering on data‑driven strategy for social platforms, actionable growth in e‑commerce, and creating curated marketplaces specific to each client’s function and needs. The company has more than 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries.

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The Lead Product Designer for our Activation product group will lead and scale design strategy across multiple interrelated product lines within our larger suite of industry‑leading digital solutions. This role is ideal for a strong design individual contributor who leads by example and is highly collaborative, thriving at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and execution. We’re looking for someone who is curious, passionate and ready to grow in bringing a systems‑thinking mindset to complex product ecosystems.

As a product design lead, you will execute and advocate for improved quality of design standards across the team, and mentor a team of diverse designers. Our team is highly people‑centered – we are looking for someone who fits in with our culture of strong empathy, desire to understand challenges deeply, eats feedback for breakfast and always innovating on how we can better collaborate and align with each other.

You will champion user‑centered design practices and ensure a cohesive, state‑of‑the‑art experience across products. You look forward to daily close collaboration with other designers, product, engineering, product solutions, marketing, agency and executive stakeholders to align design with business goals and user needs.

You will report into the Director of Product Design, supporting and leading a team of designers across UX/UI and creative direction needs. You will be involved in every step of the design process – envisioning, creating, maintaining, and evolving products throughout the product life cycle. You take initiative in growing your research, wire framing, prototyping, designing, and team dynamics practice – leading by example.

We are looking for a lead that is excited about the opportunity to mentor a small team of designers by leading design reviews and deepen our relationships with product owners.

Design Execution and Leadership

• Actively design for multiple subproducts in the Activation product group, identifying common themes and best‑practice assets, templates and components for the product group
• Provide hands‑on feedback and creative direction to team members on key projects, particularly those with high strategic importance
• Champion human‑centered, accessible, inclusive and ethical design practices
• Work with the Director of Product Design on developing forward‑looking, holistic design vision across multiple product lines
• Translate company and product roadmaps into actionable design priorities, ensuring scalability, consistency, and excellence
• Advocate for design as a strategic advantage across the Activation product group

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to ship features that are intuitive, elegant, and impactful
• Act as the design voice in business and scrum meetings, providing insight into customer needs, usability, and experience metrics
• Work closely with marketing and brand teams to ensure seamless end‑to‑end user journeys

Innovation & User Insights

• Stay ahead of industry trends, tools, and technologies to keep the organization on the cutting edge of design excellence
• Promote research‑driven…