Tom Scott

Thank you for looking at my LinkedIn! 

For the TL;DR folks:

I help companies build leadership teams to preserve and build their legacy. Want to meet or know more? https://linktr.ee/tomscottt

Longer version: 

I am a two-time founder. I sold my first company, Fearless, in 2023 after growing it from £0 to 10m in 4 years. In that time, some companies I've worked with (in many capacities) include BP, London Stock Exchange, Klarna, Skyscanner, Wise, Miro, Toyota, Google Ventures, Handshake, Fantasy, Jio, Attio, and Gravity Sketch. 

Now, I'm building Verified. We are an executive search company building the teams of tomorrow. 

Companies globally trust us to build world-class teams that have a lasting impact on their enterprises.

With our executive search and board advisory services, we build high-performance design and engineering teams for clients ranging from FTSE 100 companies to VC/PE portfolio companies, placing their senior teams.

I believe I've been put in this world to help others realise their purpose by finding great work and enabling companies to support them. 

My credentials:

- Advisory to global CEOs and VCs on building design teams.
- Public speaker on all things talent, design and building companies.
- Most followed design recruiter on social media
- Built my own design agency, so I understand design well.
- Interviewed the world’s best leaders on various topics.

Outside of work, I am a man of God, a devoted father and an Olympic weightlifter. Glory to God! 

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomscottt

Co-Founder & CCO

A list of REMOTE Design roles in Europe: 

1. Canonical - Visual Designer (EMEA remote)
2. GitHub - Senior Product Designer (Spain remote)
3. BJAK - Senior Motion Designer (UK remote)
4. ThriveCart - Product Designer (UK/EU remote)
5. SmartRecruiters - Senior Product Designer (France remote) 
6. HubSpot - Senior Product Designer (Ireland remote) 
7. Mozilla - Creative Lead (UK remote) 
8. Addepar - Senior Product Designer (UK remote) 
9. Consensys - Design Director (EMEA remote) 
10. Contentsquare - Staff Product Designer (UK/Italy/Germany/Spain remote)
11. Vivid - Senior Product Designer (EU remote) 
12 Kraken - Senior Product Designer (EMEA remote) 
13. Smartsheet - Senior Product Designer (Bulgaria remote) 
14. Hostaway - Senior Product Designer (EMEA remote) 
15. GitLab - Staff Product Designer (EMEA remote) 
16. Protex AI - Brand & Digital Designer (Hungary remote) 
17. LastPass - Product Designer (Hungary remote) 
18. Mediafly - Midweight Designer (UK remote) 
19. Metalab - Design Lead (Global remote) 
20. Prolific - Lead Product Designer (UK remote) 

Even though there is a lot of push to go back to 3-4 days in the office, there are still a ton of companies offering remote options which I know is vital for so many people. I hope this list helps! I'll continue to post remote roles. 

All links to jobs in the the comments. Happy Monday!

1x Exit. Building my 2nd company: Verified. Design and Exec Recruiting.

A real issue for design teams when hiring:

Some design teams are so far ahead, prototyping with newer AI tools and, in general, ways of working, that it’s difficult to find designers who have done this and meet every requirement. 

This is why we need to hire on potential, not just polished portfolios. 99.9% of the time, the perfect designer just does not exist. 

This is why hiring more interns and early-stage designers would be great, as they are often far ahead with AI understanding and the newer ways of working in design, as it’s all they’ve known.

I've been hiring designers for 10 years this year. 

What started as me needing a job has turned into a labour of love. 

I still love: 

- The buzz of taking on a new client brief.  
- Seeing someone you place get a 30k pay rise. 
- Help a company build a genuine world-class team. 
- Someone change their LinkedIn to the new company. 
- See someone you place becoming your hiring manager.

We're building a new design team in London from scratch for a client, and getting feedback that we've built an interesting team full of great design talent, and everyone is settling in well, is truly rewarding. Nothing beats that. 

Here's to another 10 years.

“We need more designers who wear hats" 

This is the best comment from a CEO recently.

In all seriousness, though, more companies than ever want to hire designers for deep, hard-earned product and interface design skills and are obsessed with their craft (not just visuals), sweat the details, and live and breathe making highly crafted products. No politics, just building.

Bonus points if they wear a hat and smoke a cigar when designing.

A list of live design leadership roles in EUROPE: 

1. PandaDoc - Design Director (EU remote)
2. Bolt - Head of Product Design (Tallinn) 
3. duvo.ai - Head of Design (Prague) 
4. Preply - Creative Brand Director (London/Barcelona) 
5. the LEGO Group - Global Creative Director, Masterbrand (Copenhagen) 
6. Sinch - Director, Product Design (Stockholm) 
7. iChoosr - Head of Product and Design (Amsterdam) 
8. Text - VP of Product Design (EU remote) 
9. AKQA - Product Design Director (London) 
10. Kraken - Product Design Director, Growth (EU remote) 
11. Zoopla - Head of Product Design (London) 
12. HSBC - Head of Product Design (London)
13. OpenTable - Director, Product Design (London) 
14. Nothing - Director of Software Product Design (London) 
15. Vinted - Area Director of Design (Berlin) 
16. The Trade Desk - Creative Director (London) 
17. Pattern® - Creative Director (London) 
18. SS&C Technologies - Product Director, UX & Design (London/Essex) 
19. King - Creative Director (Barcelona) 
20. Rapid7 - Director, Product Design (Belfast) 

All job links are in the comments. I hope this helps!

A live list of design INTERN jobs: 

1. Robinhood - Product Design Intern (NYC)
2. Cloudflare - Product Design Intern (Austin, TX)
3. Anduril Industries - Product Design Intern (Costa Mesa) 
4. Stripe - Product Design Intern (Toronto) 
5. Waymo - Digital Product Design Intern (Warsaw) 
6. Cresta - Design Intern (Toronto)
7. Agoda - Product Design Intern (Bangkok) 
8. Datadog - Product Design Intern (Madrid) 
9. GoFundMe - Product Design Intern (SF) 
10. GitHub - Product Design Intern (US remote) 
11. Microsoft - Product Design Intern (Dublin)
12. Diligent - Product Design Intern (Hungary) 
13. Notion - UX Research Intern (NYC) 
14. Tencent - Game User Research Intern (London) 
15. MongoDB - UX Research Intern (Dublin) 
16. Xometry - UX Research Intern (Waltham, Massachusetts) 
17. Picnic Technologies - Visual Design Intern (Amsterdam) 
18. Edenspiekermann - Digital Product Design Intern (Berlin) 
19. BYBORRE - Visual Design and Branding Intern (Amsterdam)
20. Revolut - Product Design Intern (Europe wide) 

We need to do what we can to help the next generation of designers, so the more intern programmes the better in my opinion. You can't beat learning from people on the job. 

I hope this helps!

Design hiring in 2025 had similar issues: 

- Many companies ran into the same problems. They needed “Super IC” unicorn designers, did not know what top designers actually earn, ran long, outdated interview processes, and were too slow and too vague when selling and closing.

- Many companies tried to hire without a clear view of what they actually wanted. 

- Hiring top-tier designers is not about volume. It’s about being targeted, intentional, knowing what you want and and being willing to pay for it.

Design hiring in 2026 looks like it will be busier than ever. 

I'm here for it.

The design hiring market has been wild. I’ve spoken about this from a candidate’s point of view. There’s a huge juxtaposition, and it’s not getting be

Open article: The playbook to hiring designers in 2026 by Tom Scott • 9 min read

I used to spend hours scrolling Dribbble back in the day. I found SO many world-class designers, a lot of them I still I work with today. 

Where is the design community these days?

I miss when Dribbble was good. Read.cv was the nearest thing before it got shut down. 

It seems like we have X where designers are posting cool things and Substack is growing. We need a place again for a great design community.

Hiring designers is constantly evolving, so it's important to share what I am observing to help people find great work. 

I thought I would put together a list of reasons I’ve seen candidates not pass recent interviews at a range of companies. 

TL;DR:

1. Not enough real product work
2. Weak craft
3. No product sense
4. Incoherent storytelling
5. Tied to old playbooks
6. Low ownership signal
7. Lack of technical depth
8. Not thinking like a product designer
9. Slow pace
10. Not enough experience in AI tools

If anyone has any additions to this, I would love to hear! Let's share and learn.

Open article: 10 reasons designers do not pass interview processes by verifiedinsider.substack.com

10 reasons designers do not pass interview processes

Most of the proposals for Hatch Conference have been from outside of Europe, mainly the US. 

Europe's start-up scene and the level of design quality is incredible at the moment, but we need to be better at talking about ourselves more. We need to share the work. 

Hatch is an incredible opportunity built for European Designers. 

The call ends February 15th. I know most submissions will come in the last 24 hours, but let's not wait. 

I've had a lot of messages about people wanting to submit proposals, do it. 

Help Damian Martone find the best facilitators and speakers in Europe, tagging them here so they apply.

10 observations on how to attract and hire great designers: 

(From working and interviewing world-class design teams) 

1. They seek to understand the market first
2. Spend time crafting hiring materials
3. Double down on top of the funnel
4. They don’t get on a call unless they are excited
5. Test for the right signals
6. Test for craft early in the process 
7. Focus on live work
8. High agency is a must
9. Everyone leads through the work
10. They double down on storytelling

Open article: How to attract and hire great designers in 2026 by verifiedinsider.substack.com

How to attract and hire great designers in 2026

I am actively involved - non-profit / pay forward - in 3 fields:
➔ FUTURE of WORK 👉🏻 HX, Design Jobs/Careers, Destination Jobs, HR 5.0, Skill-Driven Orgs
➔ ENTERPRISE INTERCONNECTIVITY 👉🏻 Enterprise/Ecosystem/Service Design, New Org Blueprints
➔ DESIGN RECRUITMENT (reimagine approach, vetting, work models)

As Chair of Service Design at SCAD, I am exploring ways to reimagine & future-proof Design Education and elevate Service Design – the new frontier for business today, as it defines the role of human experience within complex, interconnected, and ambiguous ecosystems. 

As a Global Head of Design, I am experienced with complex, ambiguous ecosystems: 
⇨ Building, integrating + scaling Design into Orgs
⇨ Solving complexity + driving transformation through anti-fragile strategy + design
⇨ Creating award-winning design, brand design & Innovation - 360, e2e, omni-channel

Including: 
Building an anti-fragile design vision & dynamic roadmap (incl DesignOps), linked to Business Strat Plan. Shifting Design from ad-hoc service to fully business-integrated profit center. Scaling from tasks & project to x-functional, enterprise-wide programs (capability, effectivity, efficiency) on platform/org/cross-org level. Rethinking org architectures & flows e2e adressing the challenges of networked/digital/skill-driven transformation. 

🎖 Transform BRAND STRATEGIST OF THE YEAR 2024
🎖 dmi LIST TOP 30 FEMALE DESIGN LEADERS, CORPORATE 2023
🎖 DESIGN MANAGEMENT EUROPE AWARD (Large Companies) 2012

2022 iF DESIGN AWARD - Jury
2023 TRANSFORM Award - Jury
2021 PENTAWARDS - Jury, Sustainability
2018 NAPA Baltics - Jury, Chairwoman
2015 DMI Design Value Award - Jury

SPEAKER at HBR, Davos, ESSEC, KPMG, CANNES, CMO Summit, Hatch, DMI, D&AD, dmc Digital Marketing Conf, Change by Design, HS DesignOps, Rosenfeld, etc

DIVERSIFIED EXPERIENCE: Business Acumen, international (HQ + Region), reporting (Mktg, Marcom, R&D, Supply Chain), corporate + agency side, global + regional brands, multi-billion icons, complex portfolios (+10 categories), mid-sized team lead, budget accountability.

COMPETENCIES: Design Leadership, DesignOps, Design Strategy. Large scale enterprise programs. 360 Brand Design & Experience Design (Activations, retail, digital, e-com). CX (Enterprise Design, Service Design, Customer Journeys). Design Thinking (Prototyping, Sprints). Design along entire stage-gate Business Process (Design Research, FEI, strategy, design to production). Agency Pool Mgmt, Processes, Tools, Systems, DAM, d2a, Talent Management.

Silke Bochat

Are Tech Companies in love with Design? ♥️ 

Meta just hired a Chief Design Officer. And not just anyone.

Two Design Leaders from Apple  will join Meta: Alan Dye (former VP HI Design) and Billy Sorrentino (former VP Product Design).

Mark Zuckerberg: “The new studio will bring together design, fashion, and technology to define the next generation of our products and experiences. Our idea is to treat intelligence as a new design material and imagine what becomes possible when it is abundant, capable, and human-centered. We plan to elevate design within Meta, and pull together a talented group with a combination of craft, creative vision, systems thinking, and deep experience building iconic products that bridge hardware and software.”

This comes only few months after Jony Ive joining OpenAI, and Mauro Porcini joining Samsung Electronics.

What struck me were 2 subtle choices: 
→ Fashion. They could have simply said Design & Technology. 🤔 
→ Intelligence as a design material. 

Gets close to "screenless devices" - the term used by OpenAI.

Alan's new role?
He will be in charge of design for hardware, software and AI integration for its interfaces. Alan will be reporting to Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth, who oversees Reality Labs. That group is tasked with developing wearable devices, such as smart glasses and virtual reality headsets. Dye’s major focus will be revamping Meta’s consumer devices with artificial intelligence features.
(bloomberg)

So what's up with Design at Apple?

Alan's successor is longtime Apple designer Stephen Lemay.

Giving Design a fresh start, with more power (reporting to the CEO) and in a dynamic environment (C-Suite churn).

Overall, News are seeing it as a net positive for Design at Apple. 

Technology expert John Gruber, author of Daring Fireball Apple blog, calls it "the best thing to happen to Apple’s HI design since Steve Jobs’s passing".

Right now, design is winning everywhere - and tech is clearly smitten ♥️.

Let’s 🤞🤞 this design romance survives past the honeymoon.

Sources, see comments.

Chair of Service Design | Global Head of Design | 2023 List Female Design Leaders (dmi) | Brand Strategist of the Year 2024 (Transform)

Alan Dye (former Apple, now Meta), Jony Ive (former Apple, now OpenAI) and Mauro Porcini (Samsung)

🔥 JOB ALERT: Adobe is hiring 32 roles in #USA 🇺🇸, #INDIA 🇮🇳: From VP OF DESIGN, DIRECTOR OF DESIGN, SR DESIGN MANAGER, STAFF PRODUCT DESIGNER to INTERNSHIP.👇

Let’s #payforward good vibes! 🤘 ✨

Lots of posts, see comments: Eric Snowden (SVP Design), Andy Parsons (Sr Director, Content Auth), Chris Hickey-Williams (Talent Partner), Emily Eriksson Giwa (Sr Design Mgr), Sarah Kaplan (Design Mgr), Alexa (Hernandez) King (Design Recruiter), Shannon McCready (Sr Design Mgr), Ryan Biega (Talent Partner) and Pia Blumenthal (Principal Designer), Marimar Suarez Penalva (Design Dir).

All posts, in the comments.

Hiring in USA 🇺🇸 -------------- 

▶ DIRECTOR OF DESIGN, GENSTUDIO, R160229 → https://lnkd.in/dHnWjQR8

▶ SR DESIGN MANAGER, DOCUMENT CLOUD, R158150 → https://lnkd.in/dYeQhbex

▶ SR DESIGN MANAGER, BRAND, R157974 → https://lnkd.in/eBHrwUEi

▶ SR DESIGN MANAGER, FIREFLY PLATFORM, R162065 → https://lnkd.in/dSC3V_jD

▶ SR DESIGN MANAGER, SPECTRUM DESIGN SYSTEM, R163286 → https://lnkd.in/dp3PhVwi

▶ PRINCIPAL DESIGNER, DOCUMENT CLOUD, R156181 → https://lnkd.in/efFvkd8P

▶ STAFF EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, EXPRESS EXTENSIBILITY, R162928 → https://lnkd.in/dHEQ_k_V

▶ STAFF EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, DIGITAL, VIDEO & AUDIO, R161793 → https://lnkd.in/dYDDYAeC

▶ STAFF EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, R161542 → https://lnkd.in/dmwEV3YF

▶ STAFF PRODUCT DESIGNER, FRAME.IO Asset Management, R162777 → https://lnkd.in/dnJq2JWv

▶ STAFF PRODUCT DESIGNER, B2B & PARTNERSHIPS, R162066 → https://lnkd.in/dgj3kThP

▶ STAFF DESIGNER, COLLAB & STORAGE, R163533 → https://lnkd.in/dKpetbcs

▶ STAFF DESIGNER, MONETIZATION PLATFORM, R163349 → https://lnkd.in/dYnJEKDP

▶ SR PRODUCT DESIGNER, FIREFLY CREATIVE PRODUCTION, R155725 → https://lnkd.in/e7s3NUPy

▶ SR DESIGNER, MONETIZATION PLATFORM, R163348 → https://lnkd.in/dWKiDyAU

▶ SR DESIGNER, BRAND, R159529 → https://lnkd.in/dzcQHym9

▶ PRODUCT DESIGNER, CONTENT AUTHENTICITY, R163221 → https://lnkd.in/djgchN-r

▶ PRODUCT DESIGNER, R162778 → https://lnkd.in/d7Vs7BYK

▶ EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, BRAND, R158653 → https://lnkd.in/dm5vGsSe

▶ INTERNSHIP, EXPERIENCE DESIGN, R161566 → https://lnkd.in/dT48jWUd

▶ CREATIVE DIRECTOR, R162293 → https://lnkd.in/duXMPQAh

▶ SR VIDEO PRODUCER, R163970 → https://lnkd.in/dWUr9D37

▶ UX CONTENT STRATEGIST, ADOBE EXPRESS, R162527 → https://lnkd.in/dTi72Bf5

Hiring in INDIA 🇮🇳 --------------

▶ VP OF DESIGN, R161259 → https://lnkd.in/d7D3Kjy7

▶ SR DESIGN MANAGER, R156895 → https://lnkd.in/eFic8iKy

▶ STAFF UX DESIGNER, R162152 → https://lnkd.in/d8dgk3Wm

▶ SR USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, R160299 → 
https://lnkd.in/d3viFVEb

▶ SR EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR, R156890 → https://lnkd.in/e9KdCGER

▶ SR EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, R161362 → https://lnkd.in/dx4AvsSw

▶ SR EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, R162642 → https://lnkd.in/dJXC5gUB

▶ USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, R161371 → https://lnkd.in/devQZZke

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🔥 JOB ALERT: Fidelity Investments is hiring in #USA 🇺🇸: From VP DESIGN STRATEGY, PRINCIPAL USER EXPERIENCE CONTENT STRATEGIST, SR UX DESIGNER to SR UX RESEARCHER.👇

Let’s #payforward good vibes! 🤘✨

Yuhgo Yamaguchi (SVP, Head of UX Research & Product Design Strategy) posted the VP DESIGN STRATEGY 3 days ago. Reposted by ilona M. (Digital Product Lead).

All posts, see comments.

Note: Fidelity has two Application Systems running. 

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▶ VP DESIGN STRATEGY, 2122079 - Boston 
→ Workday: https://lnkd.in/eU4jSCvR
→ 2nd ATS: https://lnkd.in/ePmRvbeV

▶ PRINCIPAL USER EXPERIENCE CONTENT STRATEGIST, 2117411 - Merrimack 
→ Workday: https://lnkd.in/ecgcC-Fx
→ 2nd ATS: https://lnkd.in/eBNT_3uy

▶ SR UX DESIGNER, MOBILE, 2121686 - Smithfield 
→ Workday: https://lnkd.in/egH6cg_X
→ 2nd ATS: https://lnkd.in/eXfYid_F

▶ SR UX RESEARCHER, 2120454 - Boston 
→ Workday: https://lnkd.in/eRESmR7H
→ 2nd ATS: https://lnkd.in/eYTccZUb

▶ RESEARCH OPS COORDINATOR, 2121932 - Smithfield 
→ Workday: https://lnkd.in/ewkKmRRK
→ 2nd ATS: https://lnkd.in/exbpuhuG

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🔥 JOB ALERT: GitLab is hiring 4 #remote roles: UX RESEARCHER
UX RESEARCHER, STAFF PRODUCT DESIGNER and PRODUCT DESIGNER.

Let’s #payforward good vibes! 🤘 ✨

Karen Y. LI, PhD (Sr UX Research Mgr) posted the UX RESEARCHER 1 day ago. 

All posts, see comments.
All roles are Remote in Canada, EMEA or US.

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▶ UX RESEARCHER → https://lnkd.in/ebTNeUpK

▶ UX RESEARCHER, AI → https://lnkd.in/evR6eVPe

▶ STAFF PRODUCT DESIGNER, Knowledge Graph → https://lnkd.in/e3jVF_KN

▶ PRODUCT DESIGNER, Growth Acquisition → https://lnkd.in/e4AJeDP3

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