Senior Designer in London

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Your role: Senior designers are responsible for delivering distinctive layouts and contributing to concepts for covers and visual story‑telling projects across all platforms for The Sunday Times Magazine. They will bring stories to life with clean, clear and engaging design, and help push the boundaries to find new and exciting ways of presenting our world‑class journalism while ensuring all output remains true to The Sunday Times aesthetics.

Day to day you will:

• Successfully manage a productive relationship with the design team, section editors and journalists across the title.
• Pitch creative ideas and provide inspiration to senior editors and design staff, coming up with alternative ideas where appropriate.
• Design and layout pages for digital and print across all sections of The Times and Sunday Times to tight deadlines.
• When required, step up to cover the senior design team, including magazine cover design.
• Able to translate and execute a design brief successfully and to strict deadlines.
• Forward‑plan, working with journalists, designers, photographers and art directors on long‑range projects.
• Follow current affairs and understand the papers perspectives and how they differ from one another.
• Think outside the box and solve problems, bring enthusiasm to your ideas and bring people along with you.
• Be at the forefront of emerging technologies and design trends in print and digital formats.
• Conceive, attend and direct photoshoots when required.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Experience working in a senior design position for a national newspaper or digital publisher.
• Expertise using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After Effects, Figma and an understanding of HTML.
• Strong level of expertise in multi‑platform design and digital products such as CHP, Shorthand, Kordiam, Edition Builder and Engine.
• Demonstrable interest in current affairs.
• Well‑developed interpersonal skills, with ability to communicate succinctly and effectively.
• Ability to articulate the importance of design and strong experience in pitching design ideas.
• An ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and with rigorous accuracy.
• Reliable and prepared to put in extra time and effort where necessary.
• Experience working collaboratively with multi‑skilled teams.
• Persuasive presentation skills, well‑developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to problem‑solve.
• A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues.

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks.
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre‑existing conditions.
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes.
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme.
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books.
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times.
• Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities.
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling.
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%.
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year.