WHO ARE YOU?
A Sr UX Designer looking for an opportunity to leverage your experience to contribute to the strategic direction and success of the digital user experience across several complex products.
WHO ARE WE?
We are passionate, innovative, lifelong learners, and creative thinkers working to develop culturally authentic language learning products for K-12 schools and universities.
WHAT IS THE ROLE ABOUT?
As a Senior UX Designer, you will be a key player in our UX Design team by collaborating closely with users to create and execute highly intuitive and innovative user-centric designs that help educators teach and students learn.
WHY IS THIS EXCITING?
We are a growth-minded organization, and this role will be instrumental in the success of our products’ user experience.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:
Strategy and Execution
- Collaborate with senior leaders to execute the product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business and user experience goals.
- Identify market opportunities and trends to enhance the overall user experience and design quality across all products.
- Understand how the work fits into the larger product strategy and make enhancement suggestions to established systems and conventions.
Design Development
- Apply advanced design principles and best practices to create visually appealing and cohesive experiences across our platform.
- Drive aesthetics and contribute to design projects from concept to completion. Ensure designs are delivered on time and within budget constraints.
- Manage and execute all stages of the design: inception through final implementation, including idea creation, workflow diagrams, and interaction design. Deliverables include wireframes, design comps, interactive prototypes, among others.
- Leverage visuals and interactive prototypes that effectively communicate complex concepts within the organization.
- Maintain an unwavering commitment to high-quality design standards across all products within your purview.
User-Centric Design
- Champion user-centric design; actively participate in the creative process collaborating with Product Management and cross-functional partners to propose innovative ideas and strategies.
- Lead customer interviews, user research, competitive analysis, and usability testing, providing expert insights to refine design solutions.
- Drive informed design decisions and improvements leveraging research, user feedback, and usability testing results.
- Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to gather feedback, translating it into actionable design enhancements.
- Provide expertise on accessibility and support compliance testing and product remediation within the context of business objectives.
- Demonstrate commitment to diversity and inclusion in all engagements across the organization and in the design work delivered.
Technical Acumen
- Expertly collaborate with Product Management to review and analyze user data, providing valuable insights to support design decisions aimed at improving the overall user experience.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the underlying architecture and technologies of the product platform. Contribute to viable UX frameworks and product architectures.
Team Leadership
- Provide mentorship and guidance to more junior designers in the team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
- Lead internal initiatives that seek to improve UX design for our customer, develop processes that improve the UX Design team overall, and promote better communication and efficiency across the organization.
- Work closely with Product and Engineering to conceptualize and translate requirements into workable product designs.
YOU MUST HAVE (MINIMUM REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE)
- Bachelor's degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, or a similar relevant field
- 5+ years of experience as a UX Designer
- Proven record of accomplishment of successfully contributing to impactful user interfaces.
- Experience working in teams of product, visual, or content designers with demonstrated leadership traits.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to articulate design concepts and ideas clearly and persuasively adjusting appropriately to the audience.
- Portfolio displaying advanced skills in user experience, service, interaction, and product design.
- Experience delivering strategic design initiatives with a focus on scalable systems and patterns.
- Understanding of market trends, user needs, and the competitive landscape in digital products.
- Experience working in Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) and Figma (Miro, Lucid).
- Willingness and ability to travel 4-5 times per year to Boston, MA for team meetings and other locations in US for sales meetings or industry events.
IDEAL IF YOU HAVE (PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE)
- Advanced degree
- Experience in SCRUM/Agile development methodologies
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technical product domains
- Experience in Edtech, language learning, digital learning, or similar industry
LOCATION: Hybrid - Boston (ideal) or Remote in Eastern Time Zone
Candidate must reside within the United States. Ideal candidate will reside within a reasonable distance to our Boston, MA office location and be willing to work a hybrid remote/in-office schedule (Tues/Thurs in office minimum). If outside of that area, candidates within the Eastern Time Zone (EST) of the United States may be considered. Relocation is not available for this position.
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We are passionate, innovative, lifelong learners, and creative thinkers working to develop culturally authentic language learning products for K-12 schools and universities. Our benefits package includes life/health/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), educational assistance, commuter pass subsidies, generous employee referral bonuses, PTO and paid holidays.
