Product Designer — End-to-End, Research-Driven UX

Taylor And Francis; Milton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company funded private medical cover

Pension scheme

Life assurance and wellbeing support

Share Match – two free shares per held

Job summary

Taylor & Francis is seeking a Product Designer to own end-to-end design from discovery to production-ready solutions, shaping user experiences across our platforms.

You will apply product thinking, conduct lightweight research and collaborate with Design, Product, Engineering and Data teams to deliver accessible, high-quality experiences. The role emphasises design craft, systems thinking and continuous improvement across the design function.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in product design or UX design with end-to-end ownership of digital product experiences.
• Portfolio demonstrating design thinking and craft, showing problem exploration and solutions.
• Strong interaction and visual design skills with focus on usability and accessibility.
• Genuine product instinct to contribute to problem definition and strategic discussions.
• Experience conducting user research and translating findings into design decisions.
• Proficiency in Figma and experience contributing to or maintaining design systems.
• Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary product teams with PMs and Engineers.
• Ability to interpret behavioural analytics and customer data to inform design decisions.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills to defend design decisions constructively.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design from discovery to production-ready solutions.
• Lead the design process from sketches to high-fidelity prototypes.
• Explore multiple design directions using evidence to guide decisions.
• Design interactions with careful attention to feedback, states, transitions and accessibility.
• Build and test prototypes at appropriate fidelity.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product to understand constraints and rules.
• Contribute to the design system and ensure consistency across products.

Skills

Product design

Portfolio ownership

Interaction design

Visual design

Product thinking

User research

Figma

Design systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Data and analytics

Communication

Tools

Figma

Design systems

Job description

Taylor & Francis is seeking a Product Designer to own end-to-end design from discovery to production-ready solutions, shaping user experiences across our platforms.

You will apply product thinking, conduct lightweight research and collaborate with Design, Product, Engineering and Data teams to deliver accessible, high-quality experiences. The role emphasises design craft, systems thinking and continuous improvement across the design function.