Product Designer - Sky Sports

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We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

And we do it all right here at Sky.

The role can be based in either the Leeds or Osterley office.

Role intro

Join the team shaping the future of Sky Sports. As a Product Designer, you’ll create fast, slick and unforgettable digital experiences across mobile, web and TV bringing live sport, breaking news and epic sporting moments to millions of fans. You’ll be part of the team behind Sky Sports award-winning digital products, pushing boundaries and setting new standards in how fans follow the sports they love. If you thrive on pace, love solving complex design challenges and want to work at the heart of the action, this is your chance to get involved.

What You'll Do: 

• Design end-to-end experiences that power one of the most exciting digital products at Sky, bringing the world of live sport, breaking news, stats, highlights and immersive content to millions of fans across mobile apps, web and TV experiences.

• Turn complex sporting moments, data, stories and fan behaviours into simple, intuitive and emotionally engaging designs that elevate how fans follow the teams, players and competitions they love.

• Collaborate closely with product owners, engineers, UX researchers, data specialists and editorial partners to bring ideas to life at pace, taking work from early exploration through to polished, production-ready UI.

• Explore and design for the future of sports viewing, including personalized feeds, interactive match centres, new content formats, companion experiences, mobile-to-TV interactions and experimental AI-powered features.

• Create clear user journeys, wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity visuals that shape the next generation of Sky Sports’ digital experiences, ensuring a seamless experience across all platforms.

• Drive forward the evolution of our shared design patterns and components, contributing to a coherent, scalable design system that supports both rapid delivery and creative innovation.

• Play an active role in championing design quality, accessibility and user-centred thinking within the squads, helping maintain a strong, collaborative design culture.

What You'll Bring: 

• Proven experience already working as a digital product designer (UX/UI), with day-to-day practice in UX and UI design and a track record of delivering work from early discovery through to high-quality visual execution.

• A portfolio available for review at the point of application, demonstrating user-centred design thinking, clear problem-solving and high-quality work across mobile, web or multi-surface digital experiences.

• Ability to produce user journeys, wireframes, prototypes and polished UI, using insights from user research and analytics to inform meaningful and considered design decisions.

• Experience collaborating in iterative delivery environments (e.g., Agile), partnering effectively with engineers, product managers, UX researchers and other cross-functional roles.

• Experience working with design systems, including contributing to, maintaining or evolving components and patterns to ensure scalable and consistent experiences across platforms.

• Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale to stakeholders and contribute positively to collaborative team culture.

• Awareness of emerging design and technology trends, with curiosity to explore new opportunities and bring fresh thinking into Sky Sports experiences.

• Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma) and a good understanding of accessibility principles.

These capabilities represent the minimum requirements needed to perform the role effectively and will be used as the basis for shortlisting and appointment decisions.

Team Overview:

Global Design

Coming up with fresh ideas. Pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Creating unforgettable customer experiences. Our Global Design team make things happen. That’s why we’re at the heart of delivering the hardware and software for devices that keep our customers entertained. From UX and UI to product strategy and hardware engineering, we bring new devices like Sky Glass and Sky Live to life at top speed and support them throughout the product and engineering lifecycles.

The Rewards: 

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky! Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few: 

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place 

• A generous pension package 

• Private healthcare 

• Discounted mobile and broadband 

• Access a wide range of best-in-class Sky VIP rewards and experiences 

How you’ll work

At Sky, we want to be a community that thrives by being together. Flexible working remains a key part of that. We want our people to have the best of both worlds – time working at home, as well as time in the office. 

The hybrid working expectations for this role are 2 days in the office per week.

Your Office Base:

The role can be based in either Leeds or Osterley office.

Leeds:

Our spacious tech hub is under a mile away from Leeds train station. There’s plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark.

You can also blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym.

Osterley:

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion: 

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working. We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all,  and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can. 

We'd love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.