Senior Designer - Apple Podcasts

Apple Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London is seeking a Senior Designer for the International Content Design team. This role involves managing design workflows, collaborating with editorial teams, and enhancing the visual design of Apple Podcasts. The ideal candidate has extensive design leadership experience, mastery in Adobe Creative Suite, and strong communication skills. Join us to impact the storytelling of media products for audiences globally.

Qualifications

• Significant design or leadership experience in publishing or content delivery.
• Experience in editorial design output.
• Fluency in graphic design and communication principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage workflow of internal design contractors.
• Liaise with podcast editorial and business teams.
• Collaborate with US design team on product enhancements.

Skills

Graphic design

Typography

Photography

Illustration

Design leadership

Prototyping

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionised entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.

Description

The International Content Design team conceptualises, designs and creates the content experiences for some of Apple’s most visible products. Your ideas can impact the way people consume media products, what they look and feel like and how they’re used by millions of people across the globe.There is a new opportunity for a world-class Senior Designer to join the International Content Design division on the Apple Podcasts design team. This is a role for the visual designer, communicator and problem-solver who can deliver end-to-end design across media types, screens, formats and technologies; and who can collaborate well with others. You will have the skills to enhance our creative storytelling and efficiencies as we continue to develop our Podcast offering globally.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day workflow of internal design contractors.
• Liaise with podcast editorial and business teams on product featuring.
• Collaborate with US design team on product developments and enhancements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Significant and demonstrable design or creative leadership experience; ideally within publishing, magazines or content creation/delivery.
• Extensive experience crafting and owning the output of editorial design product.
• Fluency across graphic design, typography, photography and illustration.
• A demonstrable command of visual and communication design principles.
• The ability to author, share and merchandise ideas in a cogent and inspiring manner.
• Mastery of Adobe Creative suite.
• The ability to prototype visual design work in situation.
• Demonstrable experience with sourcing, commissioning and briefing artists and illustrators.
• A keen ability to create work under minimal supervision, as well as package and present solutions to the wider creative team quickly and beautifully.

Preferred Qualifications

• A passion for a wide variety of editorial and digital design.
• A conceptual thinker who is strategically-focussed.
• Clear and concise communication and organisation skills.
• A passion for the Apple brand and relentless in preserving its authenticity.