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Senior Product Designer, Editorial Technology

Financial Times 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Onsite Full-time Senior

Lead end-to-end design of editorial tools, from problem discovery and research through prototyping, testing, and delivery, with a focus on complex workflows for journalists and editors. Collaborate with product, engineering, newsroom, and customer product teams to create accessible solutions, connect editorial systems with reader experiences, and explore AI support for editorial quality and accuracy.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end design of editorial tools, from problem discovery and research through prototyping, testing, and delivery, with a focus on complex workflows for journalists and editors. Collaborate with product, engineering, newsroom, and customer product teams to create accessible solutions, connect editorial systems with reader experiences, and explore AI support for editorial quality and accuracy.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have strong product design experience and a portfolio demonstrating high-quality work, individual contributions, and measurable impact, including complex products and internal tools for expert users. They should be skilled in research, systems thinking, Figma and prototyping, accessibility, technical collaboration, communication, and AI-assisted prototyping, and be comfortable working through ambiguity.

Benefits

  • Generous Annual Leave
  • Medical Cover
  • Inclusive Parental Leave
  • Subsidized Gym Membership
  • Community Volunteering Opportunities

Key Skills

Product design Editorial tool design User research Systems thinking Figma Prototyping Accessibility design Technical collaboration Communication AI‑assisted prototyping Complex workflow design Journalist and editor user empathy Design systems User testing Iterative design Problem discovery Stakeholder alignment Ambiguity navigation Cross‑functional teamwork

About Financial Times

About the Financial Times The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading business news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. The FT has a record paying readership of one million, three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions. It is part of Nikkei Inc., which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community. Learn more about the FT, including announcements and career opportunities, at aboutus.ft.com. Subscribe at subs.ft.com.

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