At the South China Morning Post, we are redefining how the world consumes news. We aren't just building interfaces; we are crafting intelligent, personalized, and multi-modal experiences for a global audience.
Purpose of the Position:
As a Senior Product Designer, you will bridge the gap between complex editorial storytelling and cutting-edge technology, ensuring our digital ecosystem is intuitive, accessible, and high-performing. This is a hybrid role: you'll split your time between core product design (reader journeys, newsroom tools, design systems) and growth design (promotional campaigns, paywall and subscription experiences, conversion-focused creative).
We're looking for a versatile, craft-obsessed designer with 5+ years of experience who's genuinely energised by moving between structured product problems and high-visibility promotional creative — not someone doing one as a favour to the other.
In this role, you will:
- Product Design (~60%): Design end-to-end product flows across web, mobile, and internal newsroom tools, from exploration through shipped, polished product.
- Design System Contribution: Contribute to and help evolve SCMP's design system — components, accessibility, and consistency across product and promotional touchpoints.
- Internal Systems & Newsroom Tools: Design streamlined, efficient tools for newsroom and publishing workflows in partnership with editorial and engineering.
- Growth & Promotional Design (~40%): Design promotional campaigns, paywall experiences, and subscription conversion journeys. Create high-converting digital creative that supports acquisition and retention goals.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Mentorship: Partner with Product, Marketing, and Engineering to translate goals into design solutions across both product and growth work. Support junior and mid-level designers.
- Evidence-Based Design: Use research, A/B testing, and marketing performance data to validate decisions on both sides of the role.
Skills and Experience that will lead to success:
- Experience: 5+ years of digital product design experience, with genuine, demonstrated range across product UX and promotional/growth creative — not just one with a little of the other. Preferably in news media, publishing, or content platforms.
- Product & Strategic Thinking: You connect user flows and campaign work to business outcomes: subscription conversion, retention, and platform growth.
- AI-Forward Mindset: You use tools like Figma Make, Gemini, or Adobe Firefly for rapid prototyping and creative asset generation.
- The Toolset: Advanced Figma (design systems, prototyping, variables) and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator).
- Accessibility & Brand: Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 AA and brand guideline adherence across product and marketing surfaces.
Work location will be at Causeway Bay office.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of digital product design experience
- Demonstrated experience across product UX and promotional or growth creative
- Advanced Figma skills, including design systems, prototyping, and variables
- Adobe Creative Suite experience, including Photoshop and Illustrator
- Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards
- Experience using AI-forward tools such as Figma Make, Gemini, or Adobe Firefly
- Experience in news media, publishing, or content platforms
What We Do
The South China Morning Post is a leading news media company that has reported on China and Asia for more than a century with global impact. Founded in 1903, SCMP is headquartered in Hong Kong, where it is the city’s newspaper of record, with a growing correspondent staff across Asia and the United States. Our vision is to “Elevate Thought”, and our mission is to “Lead the global conversation about China”. The South China Morning Post is a global digital news leader with a unique role in championing the plurality of voices in Asia through its breadth and depth of news coverage. SCMP is committed to informing and inspiring through journalism of the highest standards. Apart from its flagship newspaper, SCMP also publishes news 24/7 on SCMP.com. In 2020, SCMP became the first news organisation in Asia to join the Trust Project, a consortium of top news companies developing global transparency standards for credible journalism. Additionally, SCMP publishes a portfolio of premium lifestyle and fashion titles in Hong Kong including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire and, Harper’s BAZAAR. SCMP is also home to Abacus, a digital news brand focused on China's tech industry; Inkstone, a daily news brief for those curious about China's growing impact around the world; and Goldthread, a content platform with a focus on food, travel and culture in China. For more information, please visit us at www.scmp.com. Our Privacy Notice aims to comply with all relevant data privacy and protection laws. You should read the Privacy Notice in full at http://corp.scmp.com/privacy-policy
