Senior UX/UI Designer

About the position

Pearson is a design-centric product company whose mission is to have a direct relationship with millions of lifelong learners. As the world's learning company with more than 20,000 employees operating in 70 countries, we provide content, assessment, and digital services to learners, educational institutions, employers, governments and other partners globally. We are committed to helping equip learners with the skills they need to enhance their world of opportunities. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people. We are looking for a Senior UX Designer with a portfolio rich in engaging marketing and eCommerce solutions, complemented by a process effectively communicated through presentation and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Driving Design Excellence: By performing research, journey mapping, wireframing, and crafting high-fidelity design solutions.
• Prototyping and Validation: Take charge of designing and presenting high-fidelity solutions, and/or prototypes for validation and feedback, ensuring a robust and user-centric approach.
• Smooth Hand-off and Oversight: Transition validated designs seamlessly to development teams, overseeing the implementation phase for alignment with the envisioned design.
• Mentorship and Leadership: Informally guide and mentor junior designers, sharing best practices, processes, and methodologies to help support their growth.
• Research: Experience leading and facilitating design research, design sprints & ideation sessions.
• User Advocacy and Quality Assurance: Champion user needs throughout the design process, consistently advocating for high-quality, user-centric solutions.
• Collaborative Integration: Collaborate actively with your design peers to ensure seamless integration of your work within our broader ecosystem.
• Exceptional Skills: Demonstrate excellent communication, self-management, organizational, and presentation skills to effectively convey and advocate for design concepts.
• Positive Collaborator: Embrace a highly collaborative nature, fostering a positive mindset that contributes to a dynamic team environment.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years' experience in a Senior Individual Contributor role.
• Very hands-on: A Senior-level thinker who is exceptionally fast with Figma.
• Excitement: Driven to create something exceptional.
• Attention to detail: Ability to balance accuracy and efficiency.
• Experience working autonomously and leading independent initiatives.
• Strong design point-of-view and comfort challenging personal opinions.
• Ability to translate conceptual thinking into tangible design solutions.
• Effective communication of ideas and design decisions.
• Craftsperson: Strong skills in UX/UI, proficient in Figma and design prototyping tools.
• Experience in marketing and eCommerce experience design.
• Experience contributing to established design systems/design language.
• Experience collaborating directly with engineers and product managers in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• The salary for this full-time role falls between $110,000 and $130,000, based on experience and qualifications.