Ideal Candidate Profile: Seeking a Senior Product Designer (UI Focus) with 5–7+ years of experience creating polished, user-centered digital products, with exceptional UI design expertise and a strong portfolio showcasing complex web and mobile applications. Skilled in leading end-to-end product design, from discovery and research through wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, and high-fidelity execution. Adept at translating user insights, business goals, and technical constraints into intuitive, accessible, and scalable solutions. Strong collaborator who partners effectively with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders while championing inclusive design and accessibility best practices. Experienced in design systems, data-rich experiences, and modern tools such as Figma, with the ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate design exploration and decision-making. A proactive design leader who mentors others, communicates design vision clearly, and thrives in complex, mission-driven environments.
Job Duties & Responsibilties
Product Discovery and Design Strategy (30%)
Design Thinking. Apply design thinking within complex education ecosystems to deeply understand user needs, reframe complex problems, and drive the creation of intuitive, scalable, and human-centered product solutions.
Research. Constantly conduct and synthesize generative, formative, and evaluative research, using methods such as user interviews, usability testing, and surveys.
Design with Users. Facilitate workshops and co-creation sessions to align teams and uncover opportunities.
Data into Insights. Turn user, behavioral, and operational data into actionable insights.
Prioritization. Influence prioritization and road-mapping efforts by connecting user needs with business goals and mission.
User Advocacy. Champion human-centered and inclusive design principles.
Storytelling. Use strategic storytelling to communicate vision, value, and direction.
Design Execution and Delivery (40%)
Product Design. Work closely with product and engineering teams to translate concepts into detailed, production-ready designs, creating artifacts such as user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design.
Design Systems. Apply and contribute to design systems, ensuring visual and functional consistency
Plain Language. Write and test content using plain language for clarity and accessibility
Testing. Conduct usability tests, user research and A/B tests to validate design decisions.
Accessibility. Perform accessibility audits to meet inclusive design standards.
Responsive Design. Design for responsive, mobile-first experiences, and mobile apps, experience with iOS and Android Native systems is a plus.
Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence. Leverage AI tools proficiently to accelerate wireframing, rapid prototyping, and design exploration, and use AI as an active thought partner throughout the design process.
Tools. Use tools like Figma, Miro, Zeplin, Lyssna, Dscout to design and document work.
Collaboration and Communication (20%)
Collaborate. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, leadership, and other stakeholders. throughout the design and development process.
Ceremonies. Participate in standups, sprint planning, design reviews, design critiques, and QA cycles.
Specifications. Translate design decisions into clear specifications for implementation.
Presenting. Present ideas, research findings, and designs with confidence and clarity.
Design Operations. Contribute to company-wide design efforts, including shared tools, systems, and templates.
Growth and Culture (10%)
Teaching. Mentor junior designers or peers through pairing and feedback.
Continuous Learning. Continuously invest in personal development and share emerging tools, trends, and provocations.
Organizational Support. Support design education efforts such as lunch & learns, design critiques, and by contributing to internal documentation.
Hiring. Participate in hiring and onboarding activities.
Required Skills & Experience
A portfolio of your work included in your application.
A Bachelor's degree in a related field (interaction design, HCI, industrial design, information science, social sciences, computer science, graphic design, etc.) and/or equivalent years of work experience.
5–7 years of experience in product or service design.
Experience designing complex, data-heavy dashboards—ideally in fintech, edtech, health tech, or enterprise SaaS—focused on usability and clarity.
Skilled in leading focus groups, interviews, and usability testing, with a track record of turning insights into actionable product decisions.
Takes initiative in driving design projects, actively seeks feedback, and communicates clearly across teams to align vision and execution.
A product design mindset and experience designing for complex, content-rich websites and applications, including strong skills in creating and communicating design artifacts, such as user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.
Proficiency in design thinking and human-centered methodologies, with the ability to reframe challenges and translate insights into actionable design direction.
Strong skills in information design, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design, with fluency in tools like Figma, Zeplin, Dscout, Lyssna.
A strong understanding of design systems, responsive design, and accessibility standards, including designing for web and native mobile platforms.
Comfortable discussing technical constraints and collaborating with engineers to ensure design feasibility (experience with front-end technologies is a plus).
A commitment to inclusive, ethical, and user-centered design, with the ability to write and test content using plain language principles.
Curiosity and adaptability—you're self-motivated, continuously learning, and excited by emerging tools and trends; you are proficient with AI tools and actively use them to accelerate wireframing, prototyping, and design thinking.
