Senior UX designer 

We are looking for a senior UX designer to join the Times and Sunday Times product design team.

You will collaborate with numerous teams across both titles – editorial, engineers, product management, product, commercial, marketing – as well as helping to form relationships with other design teams across the wider News UK business. You will join a team that defines the digital product experiences for thetimes.co.uk, mobile apps, newsletters, subscriber journeys and editorial publishing tools.

You will be self-motivated, have a fascination with solving problems, and be at ease working independently or collaboratively as part of a team. You will be passionate about developing a suite of products that will engage our subscribers so they get the best experience possible when reading The Times and The Sunday Times.

You will be brimming with creative ideas and have a demonstrable interest in current affairs and culture.

Please apply with a covering letter and your CV by May 29.

Skills and experience

• In-depth product design capabilities
  Experience and knowledge of industry-standard product design software, such as Figma, Sketch and Adobe Creative Cloud, as well as prototyping tools, and research tools such as Userzoom etc.

• Strong communication skills
  The ability to collaborate with other disciplines, and the ability to sell your ideas confidently, always knowing when to push and when to pull. Experience of facilitating working sessions with cross-functional teams.

• UX/UI standards
  Understanding of human-centred design principles. A track record of making impactful change through smart, data-driven UX implementation. Strong knowledge of the latest industry standards in web and app user experience.

• Research
  Happy taking part and conducting research with readers, interpreting results, identifying needs and putting them into action.

• Newskit
  Contribute to and be a champion of the Times Design System.

• Keeping a cool head
  The ability to deliver on time in a fast-paced environment with short and long-term deadlines.

• Think creatively
  The skill to think outside the box and solve problems, not just be an artworker. Be enthusiastic about an idea and bring people along with you.

• Attention to detail
  An awareness of product design trends and the desire to deliver beautiful, user-centred solutions. Be keen to self-evaluate your work, but always be open to feedback from peers.

• Industry experience
  Ideally editorial/publishing or subscriber-based product experience, but not essential.

• Coding
  An understanding of the structural components of the web, eg HTML and CSS.

• Collaboration
  Collaboration is key. A lot of stakeholders means a lot of discussions – it’s good to talk, but you should know when you need to crack on to hit that deadline.

This job is for you if…

• You love product design and you’re interested in news and current affairs.

• You enjoy collaborating with a variety of stakeholders from different disciplines/sections of the paper, all wanting their say. We don’t design by committee, but you love balancing all the opinions to create the best possible outcome.

• If you want the opposite of a small design agency experience.

About the design team

The product design team aims to deliver clean, engaging ways of attracting customers and telling stories. Our overarching aim is to deliver a beautiful product that serves our journalism in the best way possible, with new and innovative ways of reaching existing subscribers and attracting potential new readers. 

Life at News: At News UK we believe our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want the ways we work to enable people to thrive.  Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. We can’t promise to offer exactly what you want, but do provide multiple flexible working options.  Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.  

We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I  strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes.  We also have 8 employee-led networks; Cultural Diversity, News is Out, GenZ, Sustainability Champions, News for Parents, Women in Tech, News UK Christian Fellowship and we are awaiting the launch of our Women’s Steering Group. 

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counselling and legal support. 

In addition we also offer:

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;

• 30 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.