Senior Product Designer

Description

Senior Product Designer

United Kingdom

The Opportunity: 

Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive. Our mission is to empower educators and institutions with meaningful innovation that’s simple and intelligent, inspiring student success and institutional growth.

The Power of Together is built on having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of our hiring practices and who we are as a company.

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com. 

Are you passionate about creating innovative, intuitive products informed by customer insights? Do you have a mastery of craft to turn insights into something truly useful, usable and valuable? Can you inspire us by showing or prototyping what is possible?

Are you looking to drive meaningful change at scale? Millions of people across the world rely on our products every day. Help shape the future of education and AI innovation with an opportunity to work with a global edtech leader.

We’re seeking a passionate, talented Senior Product Designer to create products which are valuable, intuitive, and crafted to high standards. The role initially focuses on two key areas: product design on Blackboard, our market leading Learning Management System, and evolving our design system.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Leading design projects, combining quant/qual research insights, rapid iteration, and testing to craft data informed, user centered solutions
• Taking broad, conceptual ideas and turning them into something useful, useable, and valuable across mobile and web
• Prototyping, testing, and iterating. Jumping between ‘discovery’ mode (trying wild ideas, prototyping in whatever you are comfortable with Figma/Loveable/Cursor/V0) and ‘delivery’ mode (nailing the flow, interactions, motion and accessibility)
• Working collaboratively within product teams, as a peer, with product managers, developers and data scientists to bring your ideas to life
• Being autonomous. Taking full ownership of your work and responsibility for every detail, every step of the way, from sketching to high-fidelity designs, to what is finally shipped
• Evolving, expanding, and driving adoption of our design system to create more consistent, on-brand, responsive and accessible experiences
• Defining and documenting our visual language within the design system - typography, color, iconography, components and patterns
• Regularly auditing products and the design system to identify and resolve inconsistencies and highlight opportunities to continuously improve design quality and usability
• Taking an active role in our design community, sharing ideas, upskilling in how to best use AI and contributing to our lunch and learns

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience
• 5-8 years as a product designer on both mobile and web products
• Excellent visual design skills as well as a solid UX design foundation
• Excel at designing simple, inclusive, elegant products. A rigorous attention to detail when designing interaction flows and states, which consider all screen sizes from mobile, through tablet and desktop
• Strategic product thinker with ability to prioritize what’s important and cut anything that isn’t essential
• Adept at addressing short-term design needs, and delivering value to users incrementally, while making strides towards long term vision
• Strong portfolio showcasing solid user-centered design practice and high-quality design execution
• User obsessed and data informed, balancing qualitative insights with usage and behavioral analytics to inform your designs
• 'Get out of the building' mentality, taking ideas out to customers to get feedback early on
• Proven experience creating Design Systems or playing a significant contribution role, with a strong understanding of how reusable components and patterns improve design quality, consistency, usability and accessibility at scale
• Strong technical knowledge. Experience in partnering closely with developers, you understand the technical considerations of design and design system implementation
• Experience building Figma design system libraries ensuring they are accessible, scalable, and integrated into team workflows
• Experience with formative and evaluative research including usability testing
• Team player and exceptional communicator you can simplify complexity, tell compelling stories, and get buy-in for critical design decisions, effectively communicating at senior levels and on customer calls
• Solid knowledge of inclusive design and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA)
• Good understanding of agile methodologies and experience working within global agile teams and how design fits into this
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with remote, globally distributed teams, maintaining strong relationships across teams with diverse cultures and work styles
• Fluency in written and spoken English at CEF B2 level or above

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Experience designing and working with AI and machine learning
• Solid understanding of HTML/CSS and an understanding of Web Frameworks and React

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Anthology is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.