Sr. UX Architect, Publishing

Job Description:About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Team:Our Technology team drives the evolution of our Technology, Engineering, Data, Product and User Experience functions. With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions, we shape the digital landscape for our customers, readers, and users. From revolutionizing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data, mobile, video, and social platforms, our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints. Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners, we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies.About the Role:

As a Senior UX Architect, Publishing you will help our newsrooms connect with their platforms, both web and mobile, bringing your experience in usability, information design, and information architecture to create and document holistic experiences. The ideal candidate should have a passion for user-centric design and the tools and processes that make it happen. This is a hybrid role based in our Barcelona office.

In this role you will move projects from concept to concrete solutions by optimizing experiences for our newsrooms, working with Product teams and the Manager of UX Architecture, Publishing to conceptualize solutions, map user flows, implement information architecture, build prototypes for testing, and create wireframes and detailed functional specs. Your expertise should bring an understanding of modular design and design systems to contribute to a scalable, sustainable approach that enables speed to market, evolution, and optimization.

This will be a highly collaborative role requiring partnerships with SMEs, Editorial, UX Design, Engineering, Research, and Product.

The Senior UX Architect, Publishing role will report to the Manager of UX Architecture, Publishing.

You Will:

• Collaborate with our news rooms to understand and meet editorial goals, and ensure that editorial workload, dependencies, and sustainability are understood and factored in the solution to a project.
• Bring a strong culture of Information Architecture to our publishing products, creating wholistic navigational solutions that encourage site exploration and connect brands
• Think across multiple systems in order to solve cross-tool workflow issues

You Have:

• Experience working with Design Systems
• Experience working with Agile
• Experience working with Figma
• At least 3-5+ years experience in a similar role
• Experience in the design of News or Financial Services
• Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards and compliance
• Knowledge of Services Design and Service Mapping
• Experience with designing for CMS tools
• Understanding of best practices for mobile, web-based and responsive design
• Experience in user and screen flows, conceptual and detailed wireframing, and prototyping tools
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates your experience and UX skills, illustrating step by step solutions for features
• Experience in the design of News or Financial Services
• Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards and compliance
• Knowledge of Services Design and Service Mapping
• Experience with designing for CMS tools

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people with disabilities, and those from underrepresented groups. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Technology

Job Category:

Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Non-Union role