The Economist Group - Senior Product Designer - Search & Discovery
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Requirements
• You have a portfolio that demonstrates your design process and core craft skills including interaction and visual design across app and web. • You know how to run, evaluate and interpret user research findings in order to wireframe or prototype solutions. • You have experience iterating or launching mobile app or web products by working collaboratively with engineers, product managers and other designers in an agile way. • You have a well-trained eye for design quality, usability and consistency. • You have an understanding of technologies used to build world-class mobile product experiences. You have experience in agile working and sprints, will be hands-on with user-acceptance testing (UAT) and have a familiarity with the fundamentals of accessibility and usability. • You have experience with prototyping and design tools like Miro, Protopie or Figma and can prioritise choosing the right tool at the right time. Experience in AI enabled prototyping tools would be a plus. • You are a motivated team player with the ability to perform well under pressure and take ownership of your work end-to-end. • You are a clear communicator both verbally and through text and have strong English language skills. • You seek opportunities to learn and grow your hard and soft skills through feedback and self reflection. • If you think you are qualified for this role but don’t necessarily tick every box, please submit an application. The ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. • Working Arrangements • The majority of our roles operate on a hybrid working pattern, with 3+ days office attendance required. • AI usage for your application • We are an innovative organisation that encourages the use of technology. We recognise that candidates may utilise AI tools to support with their job application process. However, it is essential that all information you provide truthfully and accurately reflects your own experience, skills, and qualifications.
Responsibilities
• Collaborate with key partners across the business (from product, editorial, marketing, data and commercial teams) to design and optimise experiences across discovery and personalisation areas to drive both user satisfaction and business outcomes. • Plan, manage and run user research alongside your team to understand user behaviour and identify needs. • Articulate key insights and translate them into testable artefacts like sketches, user flows or interactive prototypes that utilise The Economist brand to test assumptions and ideas. • Define user flows and journeys, ensuring clarity and alignment across teams. • Create production ready design assets and work with engineers to ensure a high quality experience is shipped. • Facilitate workshops and/or design sprints that bring stakeholders and others along the product development journey. • Communicate progress and product rationale to key partners by designing and delivering presentations; or through dialogue on an ad-hoc basis.
Benefits
• Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance. It includes a highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan, private health insurance, and 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Program. • We also offer a range of lifestyle benefits, including our Work From Anywhere program, which allows you to work from any location where you have the legal right to do so for up to 25 days per year. In addition, we provide generous annual and parental leave, as well as dedicated days off for volunteering and even for moving home. • You will also be given free access to all The Economist content, including an online subscription, our range of apps, podcasts and more.
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