Lead Product Designer
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Accepting applications until:
8 August 2025Job Description
Lead Product Designer
We Are Global
At Global we think big work hard and never stand still. Were the proud home of the best media and entertainment driven by our talented and passionate people. Our mission To make everyones day brighter our Globallers our audiences our partners and our communities. Whether were in the studio building world-class technology or securing record Outdoor advertising partnerships we make sure were doing it as a team.
Overview Of Role
Global Player allows listeners to enjoyall ofGlobals radio brands award-winning podcasts and expertly curated playlists in one place in app on web on TV in car and on smart speakers.
As aLead Product Designerat Global you will head up a small product design team responsible for the portfolio of Global Player products used by millions each month. Working with multiple cross-functional squads your team will deliver new features and functionality to support the business in achieving its ambitious goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Management (20%): Youll lead and inspire a passionate team responsible for hiring career development and performance management.
- Strategy & Leadership (30%): Develop and present ideas designs and prototypes to stakeholders and peers with confidence ensuring day to day work is driving the product towards your clear vision for the design of the product. Work closely with digital product leadership on future planning build relationships and collaborate with other functions across the business.
- Delivery (30%): Oversee the product design output allocating and balancing resource identifying and addressing challenges. Ensure usage of a design system and consistency across the various platforms and squads.
- Product Design (20%): Youll be expected to carry out the role of Product designer to support delivery of key projects and ensure squads are well supported.
What Youll Love About This Role
Think Big: Youll be responsible for the design of products that are used and loved by millions of people. Own It: Youll have the authority to identify suggest and implement new initiatives process improvement and functionality. Better Together: Youll work with a high performing multi-disciplinary team to deliver industry leading products across web mobile TV in-car and smart speakers. Keep It Simple: Theres no red tape here youll collaborate with colleagues across the business make fast decisions and prioritise delivery.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months youll have:
- Gained a detailed understanding of the workings of Globals business across our Radio Commercial and Digital divisions.
- Fully understood the goals of the Global Player team and how these support Globals digital strategy and objectives.
- Taken ownership of and aligned your team and their goals ensuring delivery against them.
- Established strong working relationships with stakeholders across the business.
- Led the design of product features
- Established a vision and direction for the design of our core products
What Youll Need
- Deep knowledge and expertise in end-to-end (UX and UI) product design typically 8 years of professional experience
- Youll have demonstrable experience in designing products and features for some or all of these areas: native apps (iOS/Android) desktop and responsive web smart speakers and TV interface.
- A compelling portfolio of work that demonstrates both that you think deeply about design and that you can execute high-quality design work
- A passion for identifying measuring analysing and solving real user problems
- Experience in leadership of a Design team/function
- Experience of working with cross-functional Product development teams
- Understanding of Agile delivery methods and how the design process fits into the teams ways of working throughout the product lifecycle
- Experience with extending and maintaining component libraries across different products
- Ability to effectively prioritise your own and your teams work communicating progress to a range of stakeholders
- Strong command of industry standard design tools and prototyping software (e.g. InVision Sketch Figma)
- Strong skills in hand sketching templating rapid digital prototyping
- Experience with analytic and research tools such as Google Analytics Amplitude or equivalent. Applications such as UserZoom Optimal Workshop and Toluna would be ideal.
Please include a portfolio with work examples in your application.
Creating A Place We All Belong at Global
We are dedicated to creating a place where different voices are represented amplified and celebrated. We know that we cant serve our diverse audiences without first celebrating it in our people which is why were passionate about creating an inclusive culture where every Globaller can belong. So no matter who you are or where you are from you can find your place at Global.
As a business we believe in the importance of a healthy work-life balance and the value of a flexible and agile workforce. Therefore we operate a Smart Working approach. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments during your recruitment process drop us an email at well be happy to help.
Employment Type
Full-Time
