Advanced Specialist, UX Designer

Remote
Pearson Hartford, CT $110,000 - $130,000
Full Time Senior Level 5+ years

Posted 1 week ago

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About This Role

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

AI * REACT * Figma * Framer * After Effects * Storybook *

* Required skills

Benefits

Professional development support
Health coverage
Annual incentive program
Retirement 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-...

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