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The greatest challenge of our era is the climate crisis, so as the national champion for design, we focus our efforts on galvanizing and supporting the 1.97m people across the design sector to make sustainability central to their work, through our mission, Design for Planet.
Design shapes the world and will have a critical role to play in meeting Net Zero targets and beyond. As a design organisation we have the power and responsibility to make a difference.
At the heart of the Design Council are our colleagues. We offer a structured career path, great learning and development, exposure to unique and exciting projects and the opportunity to work with our leading Experts. In addition, our pension scheme goes up to a 7.5% employee and employer contribution, 28 days annual leave (including time off for everyone over the Christmas period) and a range of flexible ways to work as part of our Hybrid Working policy.
At more than any other time in our long and distinguished history, now is an incredibly exciting time to be at the Design Council.
Current Vacancies
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Chief Executive
- Salary: Competitive
- Closing Date: 28 November 2025
About the Design Council
The Design Council’s purpose is to make life better by design. And our new mission is to do that by focusing on Design for Planet. There can be no greater cause than fighting to save our precious planet.
Design for Planet will be a theme through all our work to create better places, better products and better processes, all of which lead to better performance. We commission pioneering evidence-based research, develop ground-breaking programmes and deliver influencing and policy work to demonstrate the power of design and how it impacts three key areas of the economy: business innovation, places and public services. We bring together designers and non-designers – from grassroots to government – and share with them our design expertise to transform the way they work.
Good design is inclusive design. We actively aim to employ a diverse workforce, and we have a commitment to do that. We encourage conversations around flexibility in terms of location, hours and other arrangement so we can welcome people with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives.
