UXUI Lead

About WebBeds

Launched in 2013 WebBeds is a global marketplace for the travel trade providing powerful distribution solutions that make selling and buying travel products easier. It sources accommodation and destination services from travel suppliers aggregates and merchandises that content in the WebBeds platform then distributes it to its global network of travel trade buyers who sell to the travelling public.

Hotels and other suppliers - global and regional hotel chains independent hotels apartments resorts attractions transfer and sightseeing companies and more - can sell their products to a global network of online and offline travel buyers through robust solutions that provide greater inventory control to simplify distribution and leverage WebBeds enhanced analytics to inform inventory optimisation choices saving costs and increasing revenue.

Travel buyers - online travel agencies retail travel agents corporate travel managers tour operators wholesalers tourism boards super apps DMCs group providers airlines and more - can integrate the hundreds of thousands of hotels and ground services in the WebBeds marketplace through simple and seamless API connectivity or they can search shop and book online through one of WebBeds trade only booking sites.

WebBeds operates globally through four geographic regions Europe Asia Pacific MEA (Middle East and Africa) and Americas - with over 1900 travel professionals working in 120 cities across 50 countries worldwide.

Find out more about the WebBeds business at

WebBeds is a travel brand of the Web Travel Group (ASX: WEB).

How will you make an impact

Were looking for a UX/UI Lead to own the design function across WebBeds retail platform. You will set the design vision lead a team of designers and partner with Product and Engineering leadership to raise the quality bar across every customer touchpoint.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the UI team — 1:1s performance reviews and career development for a team of UX/UI designers across regions. If needed down the road hiring and onboarding as well but no immediate plans to grow the team further given recent additions.
  
• Set the design vision and roadmap — align design priorities with product and business strategy and represent design in senior leadership forums.
• Drive the vision for WebBeds Design System — drive adoption across teams govern workflows and keep it aligned with modern design and accessibility standards.
• Raise the quality bar — set standards for research wireframes prototypes and design documentation; run critiques and design reviews; step in hands-on for the most critical flows.
• Partner cross-functionally — work closely with the Director of Retail Technology Product Owners Engineering leads and business stakeholders to balance usability business goals and technical feasibility.
• Shape design operations — tooling rituals handoff processes and design QA — so the team can ship high-quality work at speed.
• Champion user-centred thinking — bring research findings and analytics into decision-making and advocate for the end user in every conversation.

The skills we would love to see in your suitcase!

We expect a player- coach profile - someone who leads with clarity but can still roll up their sleeves when the moment calls for it

• 7 years in UX/UI design with at least 3 years leading or managing a design team. Portfolio showing work on complex B2B or enterprise platforms is essential.
  
• Proven people leadership — hiring growing and retaining designers; running performance and development conversations; building a healthy team culture.
• Experience scaling a design system across multiple products including governance contribution models and adoption strategy.
• Strong stakeholder influence at Director / Head of level — able to frame trade-offs push back constructively and drive alignment.
• Excellent visual and interaction design skills in Figma; strong grasp of user-centered design accessibility standards and UI best practices.
• Experience turning complex workflows into intuitive interfaces especially across responsive and adaptive surfaces.
• Comfortable with user research and analytics — knows when to commission research how to interpret findings and how to turn them into design decisions.
• Strong understanding of developer workflows and the ability to set high standards for design documentation and handoff.
• Experience in agile environments delivering design in iterative cycles across multiple product teams.
• Fluent in English written and spoken. Spanish is a plus but not required.

Why choose us as your next destination

We are super proud of our dedicated team of friendly energetic & passionate professionals. Our people are key to the success of our business & everybody at WebBeds has their own unique role to play as we continue to drive the company forward.

Over 50 different languages are spoken by our workforce but whether working from offices in Dubai or London or out in the field in Johannesburg or Buenos Aires we all share the common goal to take pride in what we do & to deliver our partners with unbeatable service & support.

• International highly skilled group of experts from all around the globe
• Dynamic environment with the chance to grow influence & impact change
• Disruptive fast-growing market leader within travel & endless possibilities
• Culture built on collaboration empowerment and innovation

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