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Designer (UX)

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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, GBR
Mid level
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, GBR
Mid level
Design user-centred digital products across the full product lifecycle: plan and run user research and testing, create personas, journeys, wireframes and hi‑fi prototypes, collaborate with developers and specialists, iterate through experimentation and peer review, and deliver commercially viable, high-quality product experiences.
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About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. 

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

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Role Summary and Impact

Choreograph is WPP’s global data products and technology company. We’re on a mission to transform marketing by building the fastest, most connected data platform that bridges marketing strategy to scaled activation.

We work with agencies and clients to transform the value of data by bringing together technology, data and analytics capabilities. We deliver this through the Open Media Studio, an AI-enabled media and data platform for the next era of advertising.

We’re endlessly curious. Our team of thinkers, builders, creators and problem solvers are over 1,000 strong, across 20 markets around the world.  

Designer (UX)  

Working collaboratively with designers, developers, and other digital professionals within a product team, you’ll create world-class products and services that meet the needs of real people, and equally, provide commercially successful solutions for our clients.

Working in partnership with clients and peers, you will be working within the full product lifecycle by conducting a range of research, design, and experimentation methods. You will be proficient in explaining why your chosen design method is suitable in each individual situation.

From problem through to a solution, you will continue to progress the design through production, experimentation, and build ensuring the final product experience is delivered to the highest standards of craft and utility.

Skills and Experience

  • Collaborative - working with other disciplines and clients in your product team to define innovative and effective product experiences
  • Empathy – always forming and testing ideas, designs, and solutions with the needs of real people in mind.
  • Commercial experience design – balance user goals and business objectives with brand, time, budget, and technology.
  • See the big picture – Ensure your design activity is contributing to the wider product strategy and adds customer and commercial value.
  • Make effective decisions – use sound judgment, data, evidence, and peer support to arrive at decisions and advice

As a designer in UX, you will be able to call upon past experience working across a few clients or design problems to help you run your design activity.Essential

  • Select, plan and perform appropriate user research and testing activities
  • Create design artifacts as appropriate; for example personas, user journeys, sitemaps, process flow diagrams, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes
  • Working with specialists to shape the brand, content, and interaction layers
  • Establish and maintain productive working relationships with front-end developers
  • Peer review and critique projects throughout design and development for experience quality, usability

Desirable

  • Knowledge of modern product management and development practices
  • Utilise experimentation to help inform product decisions and guidance
  • Attend client meetings to present work and make recommendations

Leadership

Essential

  • Self-leadership – be responsible and accountable for your own actions and growth. Ensure you are always seeking to improve your work and the world
  • Design activity – be responsible for delegating or conducting appropriate design activity to drive the product forward.

Desirable

  • Programs of work – Select design methods and lead the definition of appropriate programs of work needed to meet any specific design challenge.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and Championing Growth and Development for every individual. This commitment allows WPP Media employees to leverage the extensive global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, build vital professional connections, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. 

We Create an Open environment built on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days. 

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. 

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location

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