Junior Product Designer

dmg media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension plan

Discounts on online shopping

Onsite gym

Job summary

dm g media Head Office in London seeks a Junior Product Designer to shape how millions experience Daily Mail products. You’ll report to the Head of Product Design and work across Web & App Games, Subscriptions, Registration, Account and Engagement, owning parts of the product from early thinking to shipped experiences.

You will collaborate with product managers, engineers and other designers to create wireframes, UI and prototypes in Figma, contributing to onboarding, paywalls and user retention

Qualifications

• A portfolio demonstrating strong product thinking and attention to detail.
• Understanding of UX principles and visual design.
• Proficiency with Figma for wireframes, UI and prototypes.
• Curiosity to understand user needs, business goals and technical constraints.
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn from others.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain design decisions.
• Passion for creating simple, intuitive experiences.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to product discovery, workshops and design discussions.
• Design user journeys, wireframes and high-fidelity interfaces in Figma.
• Create intuitive experiences across web, subscriptions, registration, account management, games and engagement features.
• Support improvements to onboarding, subscriptions, paywalls and user retention.
• Build interactive prototypes to communicate ideas and test solutions.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers throughout delivery.
• Use user research, analytics and experimentation to inform design decisions.
• Contribute to the design system and maintain consistency across products.

Skills

Product thinking

UX principles

Visual design

Figma

User research

Communication

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

Figma

Job description

Location: dmg::media Head Office - High Street Kensington, London

Position: Permanent

We’re looking for a talented Junior Product Designer to join the team and help shape how millions of users experience Daily Mail products.

You will report to the Head of Product design and work across key areas like Web & App Games, Subscriptions, Registration, Account and Engagement giving you the opportunity to contribute to a wide variety of products and experiences, owning part of the product from early thinking to shipped experiences.

The Role

You’ll work closely with product managers, engineers and designers to:

• Contributing to product discovery, workshops and design discussions.
• Designing user journeys, wireframes and high-fidelity interfaces in Figma.
• Creating intuitive experiences across web, subscriptions, registration, account management, games and engagement features.
• Supporting improvements to key journeys such as onboarding, subscriptions, paywalls and user retention.
• Building interactive prototypes to communicate ideas and test solutions.
• Working closely with Product Managers and Engineers throughout delivery.
• Using user research, analytics and experimentation to inform design decisions.
• Taking feedback on board and continually refining your work.
• Contributing to our growing design system and helping maintain consistency across products.

Learning how successful digital products evolve through continuous iteration.

About You

We're looking for someone who is excited by product design and wants to build experiences that millions of people use every day.

You’ll have:

• A portfolio demonstrating strong product thinking, problem solving and attention to detail.
• An understanding of UX principles and visual design.
• Confidence using Figma to create wireframes, UI and prototypes.
• Curiosity and a desire to understand user needs, business goals and technical constraints.
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to learn from others.
• Strong communication skills and confidence explaining your design decisions.
• A passion for creating simple, intuitive experiences.

We’d love it if you also have:

• An interest in digital publishing, media or consumer products.
• An interest in motion, interaction design or prototyping.
• An appreciation for data-informed design and experimentation.
• An interest in games and puzzles, with an understanding of what makes these experiences engaging and keeps users coming back.
• Curiosity about how products grow through subscriptions, personalisation and long-term engagement.

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Pension plan and life cover
• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more...

About Us

dmg media maintains an unwavering commitment to uncovering the stories that matter most. Its brands Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, The i Paper, MailOnline, and Mail+reach more than 9 million people daily in the UK.

Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power, and breadth of content formats, delivers highly engaging, trusted content to loyal and new audiences, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Mail brand reaches three in five Brits every month and is officially the best-read, most recognised, most engaged newsbrand in the country. It is the largest news publisher on TikTok with over 28 million total followers and nearly 45 billion views** in the past year.

www.dmgmedia.co.uk

*GA Sept 2024 **March 2024 - Feb 2025 inclusive

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.