Senior Product Designer - Design Systems at Financial Times

The role

The Financial Times is seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer to join the Design Systems team in London. You will shape and evolve Origami, the FT’s design system, to ensure coherent and accessible digital experiences across web and mobile platforms. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and exploring how AI can enhance design system workflows.

What you'll do

• Evolve Origami shared foundations and design guidance to meet product team needs
• Lead design work from problem definition through to validation and implementation
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure designs translate into reliable technical implementations
• Create clear documentation and examples to support design system adoption
• Explore AI-assisted approaches for component development and documentation
• Test AI-enabled workflows against real product needs to assess quality and suitability

What you'll bring

• Significant product design experience with strong visual and interaction skills
• Proven experience creating or evolving design systems and reusable components
• Advanced proficiency in Figma including component libraries and design tokens
• Ability to build interactive prototypes using code with HTML and CSS knowledge
• Strong understanding of accessibility principles and web and mobile platform conventions

Your impact

You will ensure that Origami remains a dependable and relevant resource as the FT's products and technologies evolve. By improving design quality and adoption across the organization, you will help teams build products that feel distinctly FT. Additionally, your exploration of AI tools will modernize workflows and accelerate the development of high-quality digital experiences.