Lead UX Designer

Thomson Reuters; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multimedia asset management company in London is seeking a Lead UX Designer to spearhead product design. This role involves collaborating with product managers and developers to enhance user experience through data-driven design. Candidates should have 5+ years in UX design, a strong portfolio, and proficiency in tools like Figma and Sketch. The position offers competitive benefits and a focus on work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Mental Health Days

Tuition reimbursement

Employee incentive programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in UX design, preferably in enterprise software.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating complex design solutions.
• Understanding of UX and Accessibility best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design from concept to implementation.
• Prioritize work based on user and business value.
• Develop user personas, journey maps, and high-fidelity designs.

Skills

UX design experience

Collaboration

Design tools proficiency

Communication skills

Agile processes knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in UX/HCI or equivalent

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Job description

Overview

Imagen is a leading multimedia asset management company that specializes in digital content management, focusing on intuitive design and powerful functionality for industries like sports, enterprise, and media.

We are looking for a Lead UX Designer to lead product design for our platform. The ideal candidate is curious, an avid sports fan, and experienced in content management systems.

About the role

As our Lead UX Designer, you will:

• Lead design from concept to implementation, collaborating with product managers and developers.
• Prioritize work based on user and business value.
• Collaborate with design leadership to make informed, data-driven decisions.
• Develop user personas, journey maps, and high-fidelity designs.
• Maintain a cohesive design system for platform consistency.
• Optimize user experience for features like asset organization and live content distribution.
• Enhance analytics and reporting with clear data visualizations.
• Improve platform responsiveness and mobile accessibility.

About you

To be our Lead UX Designer, you will likely have:

• 5+ years in UX design, preferably in enterprise software.
• Bachelor's degree in UX/HCI or equivalent experience.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating complex design solutions.
• A thorough understanding and working knowledge of UX and Accessibility best practices, UXR methods and service design.
• Confident in facilitating UX and design thinking-led workshops for key stakeholders across the business.
• Experience working with design systems, design tokens and atomic design principles.
• Proficiency in design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch).
• Strong communication skills and teamwork orientation.
• Experience in digital asset management or media production.
• Familiarity with agile development processes.
• Experience in SaaS product design and data visualization.

The Reuters Design Organisation is a growing team of global UX professionals, all excited to be part of a collaborative team environment. Team culture is a big deal to us, and we make a lot of effort to ensure that we can do our day-to-day work in a safe environment of curiosity, learning and collective sharing of ideas. Reuters is globally recognised for equality, diversity, inclusion and flexibility, and we embrace these as core principles of our team.

Interview Process

(please note this may change depending on the circumstances):

• Recruiter call (15 min)
• Stakeholder interviews (1 x 60 mins)
• Head of Product Interview (30 mins)

What’s in it For You?

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, contributing to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This includes work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year to empower employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and ESG initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact: We help customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency by upholding the rule of law, supporting commerce, catching bad actors, reporting facts, and providing trusted, unbiased information.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together trusted content and technology for professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world-leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. We pursue objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency as part of our mission. Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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