About the Role
About the Role
We have an exciting new opportunity available for a Senior Product Designer to join our team at Harmsworth Media, working across both of our flagship publications The I Paper and New Scientist. You will play a pivotal role in elevating the end-to-end customer experience across all our digital touch-points; driving reader engagement and subscriber revenue growth. You'll work closely with editorial, technology, and marketing teams to deliver innovation and craft exceptional user experiences across our digital platforms.
We're seeking someone who understands and applies best practices in product and customer experience design. You're motivated to refine customer journeys, engage in UX research, and analyse user behaviours to maximise how our products impact actions and outcomes. You have a keen eye for user interface aesthetics and enjoy iteratively refining our product UIs based on observation and feedback. The ideal candidate is curious, collaborative, and passionate about problem-solving and simplifying processes.
Main Responsibilities
Guide the design process from concept to implementation, working closely with design leadership, product managers, editorial teams, developers, and stakeholders on hands-on UX and UI work across multiple touch-points; including website, app, newsletters, and other digital products
Collaborate with design leadership and team members to remove roadblocks and guide decision-making through ambiguity, ensuring choices are grounded in data and UX best practices
Create user personas, journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for new features and improvements
Contribute to and maintain a cohesive design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across all digital products
Confidently present design trade-offs to senior stakeholders, promoting compromise and clarity when delivery expectations shift
Person Specification
You thrive in a fast-paced environment where the brief is sometimes ambiguous but the goal is always clear: delivering world-class digital experiences.
5+ years in Product Design, with at least 2 years at a senior level. Experience in editorial, publishing, or news-led environments is a significant plus
You have a portfolio that showcases complex problem-solving, a clean aesthetic, and a deep commitment to accessibility and usability
Confident facilitating UX and design thinking workshops for key stakeholders across the business.
You have experience working with design systems, design tokens and atomic design principles.
Proficiency in industry-standard design and prototyping tools.
A thorough understanding and knowledge of UX & Accessibility best practices.
Experience with user research methodologies and usability testing.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience interfacing with a broad range of stakeholders
You embrace feedback, value teamwork over ego, and are eager to make this role your own as we grow
Package Description
Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:
25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
Pension plan and life cover
Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics
Plus much more...
Tech Stack
UX designUI designprototypingwireframingdesign systemsdesign tokensuser researchusability testingaccessibilityjourney mappinguser personasFigma