Senior Product Designer, Editorial Technology

About Us

The Financial Times ranks among the world’s foremost news organisations. It is known globally for its authority, integrity, and accuracy. Its mission is to provide quality information and services across the globe.

At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, build work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world.

In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing.

Your future at the FT will be filled with opportunities that challenge and encourage you. With no fixed path, you’ll discover new skills and forge a career that can take you anywhere.

Develop a newsworthy career at the FT.

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The role

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our Editorial Technology team, helping build the tools journalists and editors use to compose, manage, and publish world-class journalism.

You’ll build experiences across Spark, our newsroom content management system (CMS), and related editorial tools supporting written stories, video and audio.

This role involves working on intricate products that directly aid journalism production at the FT. Work often starts without a clear brief or defined project. You will need to be comfortable investigating problems, grasping detailed workflows, and helping decide the appropriate course.

Collaborating with product managers, engineers, and newsroom colleagues, you'll merge user research, systems thinking, and strong design skills to develop intuitive, accessible tools for expert users.

You'll also consider how editorial tools interact with the reader experiences they facilitate across our website and apps, partnering with our Customer Products teams as needed.

AI is increasingly crafting editorial workflows, and you'll have chances to explore how new technologies can assist journalists and editors. These include tools that improve editorial qual...

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