Lead Product Designer

Zebra People | B Corp™; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Zebra People | B Corp™ is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape premium experiences across global media brands. This senior role focuses on hands-on execution and system refinement, moving quickly to elevate content experience and subscription performance.

This role requires 4 days a week in the London office. Candidates should have strong experience in CMS-driven environments and design systems.

The estimated salary is circa £90,000, with no sponsorship offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in media or publishing is ideal.
• Ability to translate editorial and commercial needs into design solutions.
• Experience working in multi-brand environments.

Responsibilities

• Elevate visual and interaction quality of content-heavy and subscription experiences.
• Design and extend design systems and component libraries.
• Improve end-to-end subscription journeys.
• Align storytelling with subscription performance.
• Identify and deliver high-impact design improvements.

Skills

Strong experience in CMS-driven, content-rich digital environments

Strong editorial design craft - typography, hierarchy, composition, and content-led UX

Experience working with design systems/component libraries at scale

Ability to balance brand expression with system constraints

Experience improving conversion and retention journeys through design

Proficiency in Figma

Tools

Figma

Job description

Lead Product Designer needed to help shape premium, content-rich and subscription-driven experiences across a portfolio of global media brands. This role sits at the intersection of editorial storytelling, CMS-driven design systems, and subscription product design, balancing strong brand expression with scalable platform consistency.

This is a senior individual contributor role focused on hands‑on execution, craft, and system refinement, not management. You’ll be expected to move quickly, improve quality across multiple brands, and elevate both content experience and subscription performance.

4 days a week needed in London office.

Circa £90,000 (possibly a little more for the right person, if needed)

Sponsorship is not being offered.

THE ROLE

• Elevate the visual and interaction quality of content-heavy and subscription experiences, with a focus on hierarchy, typography, and layout.
• Design within and extend design systems and component libraries used across CMS-driven platforms.
• Improve end‑to‑end subscription journeys (acquisition, paywalls, onboarding, retention, account).
• Translate editorial, commercial, and brand needs into clear, scalable design solutions.
• Partner closely with editorial, product, engineering, and marketing teams to align storytelling with subscription performance.
• Identify and deliver high‑impact design improvements across multiple brands.

THE CANDIDATE

• Strong experience in CMS-driven, content-rich digital environments, ideally media or publishing.
• Strong editorial design craft - typography, hierarchy, composition, and content‑led UX.
• Experience working with design systems / component libraries at scale.
• Ability to balance brand expression with system constraints in multi‑brand environments.
• Experience improving conversion and retention journeys through design.
• Confident working hands‑on in Figma and collaborating closely with engineers.

If this sounds like you and you have the relevant experience shown/mentioned in your portfolio and CV, then please do apply!