Product Designer

DC Thomson

Dundee

Hybrid

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A family history company is seeking a Product Designer to join our team. The role involves designing intuitive digital experiences and contributing to product direction across both B2C and B2B products. The successful candidate will work in a collaborative environment, guiding design from problem definition to delivery. Strong product thinking, interaction design skills, and a demonstrated design portfolio are essential. The position is based across several UK offices and involves minimal work in the London office.

Qualifications

Demonstrated experience designing digital products across web or app.
Capable of independently owning and delivering design work.
Experience working in cross-functional teams to guide product direction.

Responsibilities

Define and shape design problems and create actionable solutions.
Design intuitive, user-centred experiences across web and app.
Contribute to product direction and improve key product outcomes.

Skills

Product thinking

Understanding of user behaviour

Design end-to-end experiences

Strong interaction and visual design skills

Comfort in ambiguity

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Data-informed decision-making

Education

Portfolio of digital product designs

Tools

AI tools in design workflows

Job description

Job Title: Product Designer

Department: Findmypast

Reporting to: Design Manager

Locations: Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, or London, UK

Ways of Working: 1 day per month in Fleet Street, London office

Contract Type: Permanent

Findmypast, part of DC Thomson, is recruiting for an experienced Product Designer to join our team in any one of our Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, or London office hubs, with 1 day per month in our London office.

Design plays a central role in how we bring our product to life, connecting complex data, meaningful content, and intuitive experiences that help users make real discoveries.

This is an opportunity to work on complex, data-rich products that combine content, search, and storytelling at scale. You'll operate in ambiguous problem spaces, contribute to product direction, and deliver high-quality solutions that balance user needs, product strategy, and business outcomes. You'll also have the opportunity to support and mentor other designers, helping raise the bar across the team.

Description

Findmypast is a family history company with a mission to empower people to discover and share their family stories. With billions of historical records and a passionate community, we're building tools that make research easier, more rewarding, and more engaging for both hobbyists and experienced researchers across B2C and B2B products.

This Product Designer role spans end‑to‑end product design, from discovery and research through to delivery, across a range of problem spaces including acquisition, onboarding, subscriptions, content experiences, and core product journeys, many of which directly impact activation, engagement, and retention.

The successful candidate will work across both customer‑facing (B2C) and B2B product experiences, often designing across shared systems and components to create consistent, scalable experiences across the platform.

Key Responsibilities

Help define and shape design problems, breaking down objectives into clear, actionable work
Own or contribute to design problems end‑to‑end, from understanding user and business needs through to delivering polished, production‑ready solutions
Design intuitive, scalable experiences across web and app, considering full user journeys rather than isolated screens
Contribute to shaping product direction in collaboration with Product, Engineering, Data, and Research
Use qualitative and quantitative insight to inform decisions and evaluate outcomes
Explore multiple solution directions, balancing speed, quality, and long‑term product coherence
Contribute to improving key product outcomes such as activation, engagement, and retention through thoughtful design decisions
Design across a range of areas including:
- Core product journeys (e.g. search, discovery, research workflows)
- Onboarding and activation experiences
- Subscription and value communication
- Content and storytelling experiences
Contribute to and evolve the design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across the product
Share work openly, give and receive feedback, and contribute to a strong design culture

Requirements

Skills

Understanding of how product decisions influence user behaviour and commercial outcomes (e.g. activation, engagement, retention)
Capable of independently owning work, with support where needed
Comfortable working across both discovery and delivery, knowing when to explore broadly and when to focus
Strong product thinking that balances user needs with business goals
Confident working with data and research to inform decisions (not just validate them)
Able to navigate ambiguity, helping define problems as well as solve them
Ability to design end‑to‑end experiences, not just individual screens
Strong interaction and visual design skills, with attention to detail and usability
Collaborative partner to Product, Engineering, and other disciplines
Curious about emerging technologies (including AI) and how they can improve product experiences
Ability to translate complex problems into clear, user‑centred solutions
Strong communication skills, able to explain decisions and influence direction

Experience

Essential

Designing digital products across web and/or app, with a demonstrable portfolio of end‑to‑end product thinking and shipped work
Owning or contributing to design work from problem definition through to delivery
Working in cross‑functional teams, contributing to product direction as well as execution
Using data and/or research to inform decisions, form hypotheses, and evaluate outcomes
Designing within or contributing to a design system, with an understanding of scalable and consistent design patterns
Applying AI tools in design workflows, with an understanding of when and how to use them appropriately

Desirable

Experience working on subscriptions, content, or data‑rich products is a bonus
Working across both B2C and B2B products, or platform‑based products serving multiple user types
Background in either a SaaS or platform‑based business

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