Senior Designer (Digital Product / Editorial Special Projects)
We are seeking a full-time Senior Designer to join our digital team. You will have raw talent, fastidious attention to detail and an entrepreneurial drive.
Working closely with Lead Designers, Creative Directors and Visual Journalists; you'll be working on innovative mobile-first formats that are a joy to read. You’ll advocate for quality and consistency in our digital storytelling, whilst being unafraid to challenge briefs and push the boundaries where appropriate.You will be a team player with strong beliefs—loosely held.
In summary, we need an ambitious team-player to push our design forwards with brilliant creative ideas, amazing design skills, an exceptional eye for detail and smart strategic thinking.
About the role:
- There are three core pillars to this position
- Visual storytelling (aka Special Projects) - Designing custom digital experiences for high profile editorial moments (eg elections, Olympics, sports events, cultural moments). You’ll be working closely with other designers, motion specialists and data / visual journalists. Some examples of previous special projects include;
- Weapons of Ukraine
- Lockdown files
- Olympics
- Election
- Am I Rich
- App & web - Responsible for making iterative improvements to key parts of our app and web experience (especially the homepage, news, business and sport). This part of the role involves user research and testing to fine tune every part of our user experience. It’s about never settling and always questioning how we can enhance the experience for our users.
- Design system - Our design system is in its infancy so you have the opportunity to contribute and continue to shape it alongside the rest of the team.
Key responsibilities:
- Be primarily responsible for the visual thrust, but also contribute as much to the strategic thinking and conceptual rationale behind those ideas
- Be the lead creative on a particular project. This requires you to have the basic skills necessary to manage both yourself and the projects of other designers—leading and inspiring juniors and mids, and delivering compelling work from beginning to end
- Have your finger on the pulse of current trends in the world of design / news / creativity / culture and bring that information and enthusiasm into the team everyday
About you:
- You’re ambitious in your thinking and brave in your designs with an ability to confidently present and justify your ideas
- You’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves and get involved at all stages of a project
- You’re naturally proactive and can lead projects successfully through to completion either alone or with a team supporting you
- You’re keen to learn and comfortable with experimenting to find the best possible outcome
- You’re a stickler for detail with finesse in everything you do
- You’re interested in the news cycle and current affairs
- You have an instinct for when to follow design rules, and when to break them
Your Skills:
- Hands-on experience as a Designer (doesn’t have to be product design specifically but we are interested in your digital projects)
- Completely at home working in Figma
- Efficient, detail-oriented, organised, and able to work under tight deadlines
- Able to build personal relationships and trust with stakeholders
- Articulate, confident and assertive in presenting work
- Additional tools are a big plus: code, illustration, etc
- Professional experience as a Designer with project ownership and team leadership abilities
- Excellent understanding of typography, colours, usability, and accessibility
- Clear vision, editorial awareness, and interest in current affairs
- Ability to create a consistent visual language that is beautiful, stylish, and recognizable
Benefits
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 also have access to a variety of 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 we 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.