Advanced Specialist, UX Designer
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As an Advanced Specialist, UX Designer (Sr. Visual Designer), you will establish Pearson's unified design system across its Higher Education product portfolio, designing high-fidelity components and interfaces. This role involves shaping the visual language and patterns for millions of learners and educators in AI-enabled education.
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, demonstrating how design system components create cohesive product experiences
- Craft micro-interactions, transitions, and motion specifications with meticulous attention to detail
- Partner with Creative Technologists to ensure designs translate effectively into code (React components in Storybook), participating 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
About Pearson
Pearson is the world's leading learning company, with 18,000+ employees across 70 countries, dedicated to helping people realize the life they imagine through learning. They are undergoing a deep digital and AI transformation in Higher Education, reimagining learning as agentic, adaptive, and human-...