Designer, Mobile Apps

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The Economist is consolidating Product, Engineering, Delivery, Design and Quality into a single Technology organisation built around durable, cross-functional teams aligned to coherent product and platform domains. Designers work inside those teams alongside engineers and product managers, and a small number of Principal Designers set the design direction and quality bar across them, without line-management responsibility.

Mobile apps are a domain where that design leadership matters most. The Economist app and Espresso are where many of our most engaged subscribers read, listen, watch and return each day, so the quality of the app experience bears directly on habit, engagement and retention.

The Principal Designer, Mobile Apps role is created to give the app portfolio a single senior design authority: someone who owns the end-to-end experience vision across our apps, does the hardest design work personally, and raises the craft of every designer and team that touches them. The role works as the design counterpart to the Head of Product & Engineering, Apps.

The role holds design authority over the experience of The Economist’s mobile apps on iOS and Android, phone and tablet:

The role works across every team that builds on the apps, with the Head of Product & Engineering, Apps, Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Designers, User Research, Brand, Editorial, Marketing and Data as partners. It does not own a team or a roadmap; it owns the design direction those roadmaps deliver against.

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The majority of our roles operate on a hybrid working pattern, with 3+ days office attendance required.

AI usage for your application

We are an innovative organisation that encourages the use of technology. We recognise that candidates may utilise AI tools to support with their job application process. However, it is essential that all information you provide truthfully and accurately reflects your own experience, skills, and qualifications.

Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance. It includes a highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan, private health insurance, and 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Program.

We also offer a range of lifestyle benefits, including our Work From Anywhere program, which allows you to work from any location where you have the legal right to do so for up to 25 days per year. In addition, we provide generous annual and parental leave, as well as dedicated days off for volunteering and even for moving home.

You will also be given free access to all The Economist content, including an online subscription, our range of apps, podcasts and more.