Lead UX Designer

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JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios - User experience

LOCATION: London – TVC

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £66,000 - £76,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. Plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. (delete if not applicable)

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world's most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

You will be leading UX Research and Design for a new product group spanning BBC brands like Bluey, Doctor Who, and BBC Earth. You'll grow a developing UX practice, shaping how teams and the wider business approach user experience. By understanding user needs, you'll deliver impactful solutions that improve usability and engagement across global websites—enhancing experiences for millions of visitors. This is your chance to make a significant difference in digital storytelling.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

We craft exceptional digital experiences for BBC Studios, from BBC Player (our international streaming product) to Our talented UX team partners with product, editorial, and technical experts to design elegant, engaging solutions across multiple platforms. We're seeking imaginative, curious designers to help bring BBC's iconic brands to life through innovative, user-focused experiences. Join us to shape the future of digital storytelling for audiences worldwide.

Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Planning and carrying out user research & contributing to product briefs.
• Sizing and planning UX&D work across a number of products.
• Managing senior business stakeholders across several products.
• Enabling transition user centred and product centred models.
• Collaborating with the product team to deliver design work.
• Creating wireframes, prototypes & UI design in Figma.
• Collaborating with the wider UX&D team to solve problems.
• Engage with external design or research agencies, and develop their working practice to become an extension of the internal team.

Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Extensive experience in user experience design with strong knowledge of digital media.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver user-centered design and research initiatives.
• Skilled in creating Prototypes, wireframes, user flows, layouts, and applying principles of color and typography.
• Expert at leveraging industry insights, market trends, audience research, and analytics to shape design strategies.
• Adept at prioritizing audience needs and translating them into actionable design plans.
• Knowledge of setting up and running testing with users to challenge hypotheses and assumptions.
• Good understanding of Figma, Miro and other relevant technologies and best practices within the industry.

Desired But Not Required

• Experience of working in a commercially driven enviroment.
• Working knowledge of Design Systems.
• Hypothesis driven design.
• Multivarient testing tools.
• Accessible design practices.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.