Lead Product Designer, 3-month engagement
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Led end-to-end design of the mobile experience
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Designed core flows including homepage discovery, search, and media playback
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Collaborated with stakeholders across journalism, business, and technology, and mentored a junior designer
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This platform is a B2B digital content marketplace used by a global news and media organization to distribute multimedia journalism at scale. It serves as a one-stop destination for text, video, photography, and audio content sourced internally and over 100 partner providers.
Designed for editorial teams and media companies, the platform enables users to discover, preview, and license high-quality content through a single subscription. Advanced search and AI-powered tooling support fast discovery, helping teams move efficiently from breaking news to archival content without disrupting workflows.
The primary users—journalists, editors, and reporters—often work on location or while traveling. The platform was desktop-only, limiting access to time-sensitive content and slowing workflows outside the newsroom. A mobile-first experience was needed to support on-the-go discovery, previewing, and usage of media assets, without compromising platform depth or editorial trust.
The platform serves as a single source of truth for global multimedia content, supporting images, videos, documents, audio, live streams, and archives. It enables fast discovery while maintaining content authenticity, consistency, and secure access.
Primary users include journalists, reporters, and content creators producing work for news organizations and digital publishers. They operate globally and often work on location, requiring reliable access to verified media outside traditional newsroom environments.