Nikki Godley

Head of Design

United Kingdom21 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 15 years in strategy and operations.
Expert in leading design and marketing initiatives.
Proven track record in team development and culture change.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DesignOps leader in the SaaS industry.

Contact

nikki.godley@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Design ManagementLeadershipTeam DevelopmentDesignopsIntegrated MarketingVideo ProductionProject ManagementProgram ManagementMotion Design

Other Skills

Brand ArchitectureBrand IdentityBrand StrategyBranding & IdentityBriefingBudget ManagementCreative Brief-writingCross-functional Team LeadershipCulture ChangeDesign Program ManagementDesign SystemsEditingGoal SettingHigh-quality design solutionsOrganizational Design

About

I’ve worked in strategy and ops on digital experiences for more than fifteen years, and there are a few things I’ve learned on the way. Believing in the mission, the brand, and the culture while collaborating with talented people is where I do my best work. My happy place is leading strategic initiatives across the tangled intersection of things - product and marketing, quality and speed, business goal and user goal. I drive change and bring people along; my bias for action, focus and momentum is often described as positively contagious.

Experience

Wise

2 roles

Design Director

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Leading our Expansion design pillar across Design Systems, Product Discovery and Wise Platform. Expansion grows customers’ understanding of how Wise can help solve their problems, by delivering relevant, cohesive, high-quality design solutions that make things simpler for everyone – internally and externally, wherever they are in the world.

Design SystemsProduct DiscoveryHigh-quality design solutionsDesign ManagementLeadership

Design Chief of Staff

Aug 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

Building a world-class design team. Culture change agent, special projects, master of coin.

Branding & IdentityTeam DevelopmentPlanning Budgeting & ForecastingBrand IdentityDesign Program ManagementLeadership+11

Skyscanner

3 roles

Director of DesignOps

Promoted

Aug 2021 – Jun 2022 · 10 mos

Building and running the DesignOps function, spanning eleven disciplines across brand and product.

Branding & IdentityTeam DevelopmentPlanning Budgeting & ForecastingBudget ManagementLeadershipBrand Strategy+11

DesignOps Group Lead

Dec 2019 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

Establishing operational foundations, building the DesignOps team across product and marketing, and developing the brand together with senior leadership.

Integrated MarketingTeam DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipPlanning Budgeting & ForecastingBudget ManagementLeadership+5

Senior DesignOps Manager

Feb 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

First hire in DesignOps. Established video as an effective part of digital strategy across the org, responsible for the development and delivery of macro and micro digital content. Hired the first half of the team.

Motion DesignTeam DevelopmentPlanning Budgeting & ForecastingVideo ProductionVideo EditingProgram Management+1

Createfuture

Freelance Producer

Aug 2017 – Feb 2018 · 6 mos · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Prototyped and produced a omnichannel, multi-market campaign that inspired travel to the USA through immersive 3D audio experiences, with Creative Edinburgh’s 2017 Commercial award-winner CreateFuture, Expedia’s Content Partnerships and Brand USA.

Motion DesignPlanning Budgeting & ForecastingProgram Management

Digitaslbi_uk

Senior Integrated Producer

Aug 2015 – Aug 2017 · 2 yrs · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

“The glue” for Client Services, Creative and third parties. Produced integrated campaigns which included online films, digital out-of-home, display, experiential, influencer content, and social. Key clients included Danone, Travelers, and Pringles.

Motion DesignPlanning Budgeting & ForecastingProgram Management

Lost boys

Social Producer

Nov 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

Producing innovative social content with a 25+ team under the DigitasLBi umbrella. In under two years, the agency went from nothing to a £3.5M revenue business and the work has been recognized with multiple international awards and agency of the year nominations.

Motion Design

Digitas uk

Creative Producer

Sep 2012 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos · Scotland

Producing primarily organic content through either production or hands-on video craft for Marriott, Sheraton, Farfetch, and Standard Life. Highlight was my creative team of eight winning a Webby for a side project.

Motion Design

Freelance

Freelance Multimedia Designer and Producer

Feb 2004 – Dec 2012 · 8 yrs 10 mos · Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom

From post-production lead (‘OOglies’ Season 3 - Bafta winner) to line producing a stop-motion TV series (‘Quiet Is…’ the second ever Disney Jr show to be commissioned in the UK), from designing game interfaces (Harmonix - makers of ‘Guitar Hero’) to producing an original interactive storybook for iPad (awarded the Digital Innovation Fund by Creative Scotland 2012) from assistant directing (Bafta Scotland award-winners “The Finger Trap” and “Mondo in Search of the Sun”) to directing animated online and TVC spots (CEDAR, Seafarers’ Rights International, Sun Harvester, University of Cumbria), I developed my craft before pursuing production in creative advertising.

Motion Design