Advanced Specialist, UX Designer

About This Role

This role involves establishing Pearson's unified design system across its Higher Education product portfolio, designing high-fidelity components and interfaces. It focuses on creating visual language, components, and patterns that will shape millions of learners' and educators' interactions with Pearson's products.

Responsibilities

• Design high-fidelity UI components, patterns, and templates in Figma for the unified design system
• Establish visual standards for typography, color, iconography, spacing, and layout across web and mobile platforms
• Redesign key screens and user flows for Pearson's learning platforms
• Demonstrate how design system components combine to create cohesive product experiences for students and instructors
• Craft micro-interactions, transitions, and motion specifications with meticulous attention to detail
• Partner with Creative Technologists to ensure designs translate effectively into code (I.E. React components in Storybook)
• Participate in visual QA and implementation review
• Imagine the next generation of interaction patterns and contexts like voice user interfaces and multi-modal interactions (AR/VR)

Requirements

• 5-7 years of visual design experience with a portfolio demonstrating UI design for component-based systems
• Expert proficiency in Figma (components, variants, auto-layout, libraries)
• Strong foundation in typography, color theory, hierarchy, and composition
• Ability to think in scalable patterns rather than one-off executions
• Collaborative mindset with clear communication skills and receptiveness to feedback
• Proactive, outcome-oriented approach that balances creative exploration with systematic rigor

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of visual design experience with a portfolio demonstrating UI design for component-based systems

Nice to Have

• Experience with motion and/or prototyping software (e.g., After Effects or Framer)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits