Mid-weight Product Designer, London

We're looking for a highly creative and experienced Designer to join a multidisciplinary team working across our digital bespoke editorial and special projects as part of the Product Design team. In this role, you will own projects and mentor other designers.

Working closely with Senior Designers and the Design Director, you'll shape how we tell stories digitally, working on innovative formats to create experiences that are a joy to read. You'll use the newspaper and its supplements as a reference and be unafraid to challenge briefs, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to elevate and convey our journalism to the highest standard. Collaborating with editorial desks and the visual journalism team, you will provide visual guidance and support to producers, developers, editors, and journalists to ensure visual excellence across all we do. Your role will be to support and sometimes lead projects that exceed expectations across the concepts developed for our day-to-day and high-profile journalism. You will oversee work for one or more areas of the team's daily, weekly, and longer-term output.

You are independent, autonomous, and demonstrate an exceptional eye for detail. You have experience in dealing with many different stakeholders. The successful candidate will be passionate about design and eager to work with wider teams in realizing all design ideas through to delivery. Communication is important, so you will be comfortable presenting and able to confidently justify your design decisions. You will be expected to interpret and implement the creative vision across a broad range of projects ranging from digital, print, social, and video.

Key Responsibilities

1. Taking the lead on projects within a team of multidisciplinary designers.
2. Work collaboratively with your team, supporting other designers and senior designers to ensure the team operates effectively to meet deadlines.
3. Manage expectations of stakeholders and raise potential issues in a timely manner.
4. Turn concepts into working solutions for all digital channels as well as print.
5. Be comfortable managing multiple projects and deadlines.
6. Liaise with key stakeholders/account managers to deliver creative requirements.
7. Continuously improve your designs, working with research and data tools to gain a deeper understanding of how your designs are working.

Key Skills

1. Professional experience as a Designer.
2. Experience owning projects and leading others as part of a team.
3. Extensive knowledge of design processes.
4. Proven in-house/agency experience.
5. Thrive in a fast-paced environment, working as part of a team and mentoring Designers.
6. Confident and great at communicating.
7. Open-minded and receptive approach to innovating and iterating your designs.
8. Highly skilled in Framer and Adobe CC (InDesign, Animate, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects).
9. Art school/University background (BA or Master level).
10. Outstanding portfolio of projects you've worked on, either individually or as part of a team.
11. Excellent understanding of typography, colors, usability, and accessibility.
12. Clear vision and editorial awareness.
13. Ability to animate as well as design.
14. Interest in current affairs and passion for telling stories.
15. Knowledge of Instagram Stories and Snapchats.
16. Energetic, with an appetite for experimentation and a good sense of fun.
17. Ability to create a consistent visual language that is beautiful, stylish, and recognizable.
18. Ability to keep editorial objectives and the 'bigger picture' in mind when designing.
19. Solid experience of the print and digital production process.
20. Ability to confidently multitask different print and digital projects at once.

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and Development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll have access to various training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives, and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.