Careers at OpenRent

Lead Product Designer

See our benefits

About You

We're looking for a Lead Product Designer who’s passionate about creating beautiful, intuitive user experiences. You’re not just a designer—you’re a problem solver who thrives on turning complex challenges into seamless solutions.

Your skill set spans web design, UX, and UI expertise. You have a deep understanding of how design choices impact usability.
You’ll be a leader in shaping the look and feel of our platform, guiding the team in best practices and setting the bar for exceptional design.

What We're Looking For

• Extensive experience in web design and proven ability to create user-centric, visually appealing designs.

• Ability to quickly mock up designs to solve real user problems, and iterate based on feedback.

• Confidence to lead and maintain a consistent design language across a large platform. Practically speaking this means ownership of our design system and component library.

• Strong knowledge of HTML and SCSS/CSS. TypeScript/JavaScript competency is a plus, but not necessary.

• A keen problem-solving ability, and product improvement mindset. All our work stems from making the customer experience better.

• A collaborative mindset to guide the team in best practices and future direction.

• Excitement about reshaping the rental industry with innovative solutions.

About OpenRent

At OpenRent, we’re revolutionising the UK rental market. With over 8.4 million users, we’re the largest rental platform in the UK.

Our mission is to make renting fairer, safer and cheaper for everyone. We’ve replaced outdated, fee-heavy practices with technology-driven solutions that empower tenants and landlords alike.

Why Join Us?

• Impact: Your work will directly improve the rental experience for millions across the UK.

• Focus on technology: Work directly with our tech-oriented founders who understand programmers, and know how to deliver quality software

• Growth: Shape your role, develop and test your skills, and steer the direction of our technology and product.

• Culture: We're a small, collaborative team, which means quick decision-making and greater autonomy.

About The Role

As a Lead Product Designer you'll:

• Solve real-world problems with creativity and advanced product knowledge.

• Turn solutions into intuitive, workable products that seem obvious once used by millions of people nationwide.

• Lead design discussions, set best practices, and mentor the team on UX and UI.

• Collaborate across teams to deeply understand user needs and deliver revolutionary solutions.

• Be responsible for dramatically iterating our current processes and designs.

• Influence company-wide decisions and have a say in what we build and how we build it.

Details

Location

London

Department

Engineering

Hours

Full Time

Salary

£110k+ (upper limit negotiable based on experience)

Equity

0.00% - 0.25%

Bonus

Paid Quarterly

About OpenRent

OpenRent is the way people rent property online. Our platform empowers landlords and tenants to arrange successful tenancies quickly, cheaply, and efficiently. We’re dedicated to fixing an industry tarnished by rip-off agencies. Thanks to an unrelenting focus on technology and the customer experience, we now let more properties than any high street agency in the UK and continue to grow rapidly.

Although we’ve grown our user base to a vast 8.4 million users, we’re very much of the startup mindset - a close-knit team looking to transform an industry and have fun while we’re doing it. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small team who are having a huge impact and building a household name brand.

Perks of the job

Discover a new lease on life, not only through your career at OpenRent, but through our benefits package

Holidays & leave

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

• Annual company away weekend

• Annual pop-up away office in Europe

• Enhanced family leave: up to 18 weeks at 90% pay for the primary caregiver, and 4 weeks for a secondary caregiver

We're certified

• Not just a Great Place To Work®, but awarded one of the top 20 small companies to work at in the UK in 2023

Compensation

• Competitive salary

• Annual salary review to reflect growing responsibilities

• Up to 0.25% share option scheme

• Quarterly team bonus up to 20%

• Auto enrolled on our pension scheme with Smart Pension

Learning

• Unlimited learning & development budget – Access funding for courses, training, and resources to support your growth in your role

• Monthly 'Lunch and Learn' sessions from the team

• Office-based onboarding period with 1:1 team support

Flexibility

• Flexible working hours

• Hybrid work policy (our in-office days are every Tuesday and Thursday in Brixton)

• £250 annual work-from-home budget to help you work comfortably and efficiently

Wellbeing

• Paid sick leave

• Private health care including dental and optical cover from Vitality

• Weekly in-office massages

• Weekly yoga sessions

• Cycle-to-work scheme

Office environment

• Free breakfast, hot and cold drinks, snacks and fruit every day in our office

• Sociable office space with pool table, ping pong and wellness room

• Dog friendly office

Community

• Weekly team lunches every Thursday

• Monthly team socials and annual Christmas party

• Sports, book and music clubs

• Charitable Matched Giving Policy

• OpenRent merch bundle

Ready to apply?

You're just a few steps away from helping make the rental market fairer, safer and cheaper for everyone.

The recruitment process

• •

• •

• •

What to expect

We do a thorough review of your CV to ensure there's a good match with the skills and experience we're looking for. In our calls with you, we take the time to understand your background, focusing on your key accomplishments, qualifications, and how well they align with the role you're applying for. (Don't forget, this is also a time for you to get to know whether we are the right fit for you too!)

Beyond just the job titles, we're interested in understanding your unique journey and testing your skills and capabilities with exercises relevant to each opportunity. The whole process helps us identify those who can bring value to our team.

Our People Team is excited to meet you through a video call where we'll discuss your skills and how you can contribute to our team. It's an opportunity to understand more about OpenRent, our supportive and inclusive culture, ask questions, and see how you can have an impact here.

We'll dive into the specifics of the role you're applying for and provide insights into how you can grow with us. It's a casual, friendly conversation designed to help both you and us determine if we're a perfect fit for each other.

Once you have spoken to our People team we make a shortlist of candidates to meet with our team for an in-person interview. This is a unique opportunity for you to get a firsthand look at our work environment and meet some of the people you'll be collaborating with.