Principal Product Designer, The Telegraph
Product Design, 12 Month FT Contract
3-5 days a week in office
Multi-media news publisher
Job no longer available
Multi-media news publisher
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide content that inspires people to have the perspective they want to progress in life. It delivers quality, trusted, award-winning journalism, 24 hours a day, across its digital and print properties as well as through leading digital partners.
Role
Who you are
- Ambitious in your thinking and brave in your designs, whilst being able to create something that’s a pleasure to use
- Keen to learn and comfortable with experimenting to find the best possible outcome
- Comfortable working as part of a group, as well as alone, and able to articulate the rationale behind your design decisions to others
- Professional experience as a Designer
- A mastery of Figma
- Have experience owning projects and leading others working as part of a team
- Have extensive knowledge of design processes
- Have proven in-house/agency experience
- Thrive in a fast paced environment, working as part of a team and mentoring Designers
- Be confident and great at communicating
- Have an open minded and receptive approach to innovating and iterating your designs
- Experience with of Adobe CC (Indesign, Animate, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
- Art school/University background (BA or Master level)
- Have an outstanding portfolio of projects you've worked on, either individually and as part of a team
- An excellent understanding of typography, colours, usability and accessibility
- Have a clear vision and editorial awareness
- Have the ability to animate as well as design
- Be interested in current affairs and have a passion for telling stories
- Be energetic, have an appetite for experimentation and a good sense of fun
- Know how to create a consistent visual language that is beautiful, stylish and recognisable for the entirety of our customers' experience
- Be able to keep editorial objectives and the 'bigger picture' in mind when designing
- Have solid experience of the digital production process
- The ability to confidently multitask different projects at once
What the job involves
- We're looking for a highly creative and experienced design leader to join a multidisciplinary team leading across core web and app experiences, plus digital bespoke editorial as part of the Telegraph’s Product Design team
- As part of your role you will lead a variety of projects and initiatives, managing a team of designers, supporting the Creative Director of Product in the oversight of multiple workstreams and supporting the overall direction and vision for the team
- You will be responsible for the development of individuals and their skill sets, and maintaining the high standards and attention to detail across their projects as well as your own
- Working closely with other Lead Designers, plus the Design and Creative Directors; you'll be shaping how we tell stories digitally, working on innovative formats to create experiences that are a joy to read
- You’ll build on the heritage of the newspaper and its supplements by telling stories in a mobile-first environment
- You will collaborate with editorial desks and the visual journalism team, as well as providing visual guidance and support to producers, developers, editors and journalists to ensure excellence across all we do
- You’ll be unafraid to challenge briefs and push the boundaries of what is possible - elevating our digital storytelling to the highest standard
- Your role will be to lead and oversee projects owned and worked on by your team that go beyond 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
- Furthermore, you’ll contribute to and foster a strong team culture - driving collaboration, sharing inspiration and providing motivation
- You are independent, autonomous and demonstrate an exceptional eye for detail and have experience in dealing with many different stakeholders
- The successful candidate will be passionate about design and eager to work with wider teams in realising 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, social and video
- Designing the way The Telegraph tells stories across its platforms, using established as well as new technologies to elevate and enhance our storytelling visually
- Leading the art direction for all digital features content, ensuring stories are powerfully projected digitally
- Collaborating with editors, illustrators and picture desks, finding effective ways to illustrate the biggest and most topical stories across digital platforms
- Creating designs, animations, and art directing stories to bring your ideas to life
- Working on a range of projects, from the big to the small, the experimental to the practical. You’ll be comfortable juggling a few things at once, and always eager to try something new
- Part of a team, collaborating with other designers, developers and journalists to come up with the best possible solution
- Responsible for mentoring junior designers, sharing insights and providing guidance, feedback and support
- Overseeing and leading a team working on a variety projects within a team of multidisciplinary designers
- Work collaboratively with your team, managing others designers, and supporting the Design Director to ensure the team is operating effectively to meet deadlines
- Manage expectations of stakeholders and raise potential issues in a timely manner
- Turn concepts into working solutions for all digital channelsBe comfortable managing multiple projects and deadlines
- Liaise with key stakeholders/account managers to deliver creative requirements
- Continuously improve your designs, working with research and data tools to gain a deeper understanding of how your designs are working
- Steering the team through an internal restructure and supporting the implementation of new ways of working
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Telegraph was the first newspaper to report on a number of notable news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II and the 2009 MP expenses scandal. Now, the Telegraph Media Group has grown into a multimedia news brand, providing subscribers with access to journalism across The Telegraph website and app, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers.
The brand hit a £33.3M operating profit in 2021, indicating the group has managed to overcome the difficulties print media has struggled with since the turn of the millennium. Adapting to digital distribution has earned it over 100M individual readers a month globally, though the Daily Telegraph remains Britain's best-selling print broadsheet.
People's increased curiosity in current affairs has been the driving force behind The Telegraphs phenomenal growth and the company continues to invest in top-notch journalism.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Victoria, London, UK
Leadership
Anna Jones
(CEO)Anna joined The Telegraph in 2023 as a Strategic Consultant, becoming CEO in 2024. Prior to this, she co-founded WJV and worked as a United Nations Women UK Changemaker at the United Nations Association.
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