UI Designer

The role of the UI Designer, Sky News is fundamentally the creative execution of design work across multiple projects and focuses around three core areas:

Creative Delivery

• Support the Senior and Lead UI designer in shaping the day-to-day delivery and visionary experience for Sky News products, ensuring it's in line with wider product and brand strategy.
• Demonstrate a knowledge and desire to investigate, innovate and develop emerging design, UI and technology trends
• An ability to come up with innovative ideas, solve problems creatively and shape these into logical, coherent solutions that centre around our customer's needs.
• Help to maintain an efficient design delivery process, through regular clear communication with delivery teams and consistently delivering to schedule.

Relationships & Networks

• Communicates design solutions and rationale with group product stakeholders to build support and agreement.
• Represent the UI design team and advocate the value of user-centred design practices with stakeholder groups across the business, and externally when required

Teams & Collaborations

• Help drive our creative culture by being a highly visible advocate for all things design
• Collaborate with design and development teams in order to create new experiences and evolve patterns

• Demonstrate an ability to come up with innovative ideas, solve problems creatively and shape these into logical, coherent solutions that centre around our customer's needs.
• Shown via a portfolio review at application.
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills in order to convey complex design concepts clearly to different delivery skill sets within the business
• Solid understanding of visual and user-centred design, and how best practices apply to various platforms and devices.
• Attention to detail, striving to deliver pixel perfect designs, that deliver.
• A keen interest in current trends in design and communications and help translate them into relevant design experiences.
• Experience of designing with accessibility in mind and meeting WCAG 2.1 level AA.
• Contribute to the consistency of Sky's brand guidelines, principles, templates and assets
• Proficient with the latest tools and applications such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite

Coming up with fresh ideas. Pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Creating unforgettable customer experiences. Our Global Design team make things happen. That's why we're at the heart of delivering the hardware and software for devices that keep our customers entertained. From UX and UI to product strategy and hardware engineering, we bring new devices like Sky Glass and Sky Live to life at top speed and support them throughout the product and engineering lifecycles.

The rewards

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate., Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Leeds Leeds is home to two Sky offices; our contact centre and digital tech hub at Whitehall, and our Central Square customer sales centre right at the heart of the city. Our modern spaces, with subsidised cafes and dedicated break-out spaces, provide a balance for our hybrid working teams. Need a break? You can blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, or stay fit with local gym discounts We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.