Lead Product Designer — AI-Powered News & Subscriptions

South China Morning Post; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 115,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

South China Morning Post is seeking a Lead Product Designer in Hong Kong who will stay hands-on and tackle ambiguous, cross-product challenges across news platforms, subscriptions, education, or new initiatives.

You will report to the Director of Product Design and work with product, engineering, editorial, and commercial teams to ship AI-powered experiences that are useful, trustworthy, and aligned with SCMP's brand.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio.
• Experience across media, subscription, education or similar products.
• Hands-on with AI in design and shipped products.

Responsibilities

• Lead design from concept to launch and iterate post-release.
• Frame problems clearly, prioritizing what to solve when briefs are unclear.
• Design AI-powered experiences that are useful and trustworthy.
• Leverage AI tools to speed up research, ideation, and prototyping.
• Use research and data to guide decisions and run studies.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure feasible designs within the design system.
• Set high design quality standards and mentor other designers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels to move ideas forward.

Skills

8+ years design

Shipped digital products

AI experience in design

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

South China Morning Post is seeking a Lead Product Designer in Hong Kong who will stay hands-on and tackle ambiguous, cross-product challenges across news platforms, subscriptions, education, or new initiatives.

You will report to the Director of Product Design and work with product, engineering, editorial, and commercial teams to ship AI-powered experiences that are useful, trustworthy, and aligned with SCMP's brand.