Senior Digital Designer – Historic Newspapers

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Senior Digital Designer leading digital design projects and enhancing UI/UX for Historic Newspapers. Collaborating with teams to elevate brand standards and mentoring junior designers.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £50,000 - £60,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading the design of digital campaigns, including web banners, email and paid media assets
Overseeing UI and UX improvements across web and product experiences
Developing creative concepts and translating them into high-quality execution
Supporting the Creative Director on brand development and key creative initiatives
Providing guidance and feedback to midweight and junior designers
Ensuring consistency and quality across all creative output
Collaborating with marketing, product and content teams to deliver effective campaigns
Exploring and introducing new formats such as video and motion where appropriate
Managing multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environmentLeading the design of digital campaigns, including web banners, email and paid media assets

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience in a senior design role with a strong digital focus
A high-quality portfolio demonstrating impactful, consumer-facing work
Strong understanding of UI and UX principles
A keen interest in/experience working within Sport is highly beneficial due to the sheer volume of Sport related titles we release.
Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
Experience using Figma for digital design and collaboration
Experience with motion or video (eg After Effects) is highly desirable
Strong understanding of branding, layout, typography and visual storytelling
Ability to lead projects and support more junior team members
Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
Strong communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days a year holiday allowance (excluding public holidays)
Real mental health support with Spill
Free breakfast and a fully stocked fridge in our London office
5% pension contribution, with no cap on yours
Regular social events - theatre trips, beautiful sit down meals, Sports day, just to name a few
Quarterly all hands (with exceptional food, great company and a chance to reflect and plan).
£500 per year learning and development budget
Free books - and a lot of them!

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Hard Skills & Tools

digital campaign designUI principlesUX principlesbrandinglayouttypographyvisual storytellingmotion designvideo editingAdobe Creative Suite

Soft Skills

leadershipattention to detailorganizational skillscommunicationcollaborationguidancefeedbackproject management