Job Title: Product Designer
Department: Findmypast
Reporting to: Design Manager
Locations: Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, or London, UK
Ways of Working: 1 day per month in Fleet Street, London office
Contract Type: Permanent
Findmypast, part of DC Thomson, is recruiting for an experienced Product Designer to join our team in any one of our Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, or London office hubs, with 1 day per month in our London office.
Design plays a central role in how we bring our product to life, connecting complex data, meaningful content, and intuitive experiences that help users make real discoveries.
This is an opportunity to work on complex, data-rich products that combine content, search, and storytelling at scale. You’ll operate in ambiguous problem spaces, contribute to product direction, and deliver high-quality solutions that balance user needs, product strategy, and business outcomes. You’ll also have the opportunity to support and mentor other designers, helping raise the bar across the team.
Description
Findmypast is a family history company with a mission to empower people to discover and share their family stories. With billions of historical records and a passionate community, we’re building tools that make research easier, more rewarding, and more engaging for both hobbyists and experienced researchers across B2C and B2B products.
This Product Designer role spans end-to-end product design, from discovery and research through to delivery, across a range of problem spaces including acquisition, onboarding, subscriptions, content experiences, and core product journeys, many of which directly impact activation, engagement, and retention.
The successful candidate will work across both customer-facing (B2C) and B2B product experiences, often designing across shared systems and components to create consistent, scalable experiences across the platform.
Key responsibilities include
Help define and shape design problems, breaking down objectives into clear, actionable work
Own or contribute to design problems end-to-end, from understanding user and business needs through to delivering polished, production-ready solutions
Design intuitive, scalable experiences across web and app, considering full user journeys rather than isolated screens
Contribute to shaping product direction in collaboration with Product, Engineering, Data, and Research
Use qualitative and quantitative insight to inform decisions and evaluate outcomes
Explore multiple solution directions, balancing speed, quality, and long-term product coherence
Contribute to improving key product outcomes such as activation, engagement, and retention through thoughtful design decisions
Design across a range of areas including:
Core product journeys (e.g. search, discovery, research workflows)
Onboarding and activation experiences
Subscription and value communication
Content and storytelling experiences
Contribute to and evolve the design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across the product
Share work openly, give and receive feedback, and contribute to a strong design culture
Skills
Understanding of how product decisions influence user behaviour and commercial outcomes (e.g. activation, engagement, retention)
Capable of independently owning work, with support where needed
Comfortable working across both discovery and delivery, knowing when to explore broadly and when to focus
Strong product thinking that balances user needs with business goals
Confident working with data and research to inform decisions (not just validate them)
Able to navigate ambiguity, helping define problems as well as solve them
Ability to design end-to-end experiences, not just individual screens
Strong interaction and visual design skills, with attention to detail and usability
Collaborative partner to Product, Engineering, and other disciplines
Curious about emerging technologies (including AI) and how they can improve product experiences
Ability to translate complex problems into clear, user-centred solutions
Strong communication skills, able to explain decisions and influence direction
Experience
Essential
Designing digital products across web and/or app, with a demonstrable portfolio of end-to-end product thinking and shipped work
Owning or contributing to design work from problem definition through to delivery
Working in cross-functional teams, contributing to product direction as well as execution
Using data and/or research to inform decisions, form hypotheses, and evaluate outcomes
Designing within or contributing to a design system, with an understanding of scalable and consistent design patterns
Applying AI tools in design workflows, with an understanding of when and how to use them appropriately
Desirable
Experience working on subscriptions, content, or data-rich products is a bonus
Working across both B2C and B2B products, or platform-based products serving multiple user types
Background in either a Saas or platform-based business
Behaviours that will help this role succeed
Collaborates effectively across disciplines to drive outcomes
Takes ownership of problems and follows them through to resolution
Navigates ambiguity with initiative and sound judgment
Continuously learns, adapts, and improves how work is delivered
Experiments thoughtfully, using insight and evidence to guide decisions
Brings curiosity and a proactive mindset to improving products and processes
To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a CV and cover letter.
Closing date for applications: 1st May, 2026 at 12:00noon