Job Openings Senior Designer

About the job Senior Designer

We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to lead the design of one of the product teams in teaching and learning. You will work directly with a product manager and engineers as the designer on the team, taking work from discovery through to delivery.

  • Working with a Design Lead and designers across other product teams, you will:
  • Drive the design of your product team, from understanding the problem to shipping and iterating
  • Run research with students and teachers so that design decisions are based on evidence
  • Keep your product team consistent with the wider product ecosystem
  • This role reports to the Design Lead.

What You Will Do:

  • Lead design for your product team end to end, including discovery, flows, prototypes, specifications, and iteration after launch
  • Work with your PM and engineers to shape scope, make trade-offs, and ship
  • Plan and run research and usability testing, and combine the findings with behavioural data
  • Work with education technology and curriculum specialists so designs support how students learn, including how content and UI work together
  • Use and contribute to shared patterns, and align with designers from other product teams, as well as with designers from other teams when there is a need to do so
  • Take part in critiques and support other designers through feedback

What We Are Looking For:

  • At least 8 years in digital product design, with a portfolio showing complex products shipped
  • Strong interaction design, visual design, and prototyping skills, including evidence of designing for accessibility and content-heavy interfaces
  • Experience owning design for a product area and working closely with PMs and engineers
  • Hands-on experience planning and running user research and usability testing
  • Sound judgement in ambiguous situations, and the ability to explain your design decisions clearly
  • Attention to detail combined with an eye for consistency across products
  • Thoughtful, intentional use of AI tools in your design workflow

Nice to Have:

  • Experience designing for education or learning platforms
  • Experience doing research with children or young people
  • Familiarity with the public sector or large-scale platforms