Lead Specialist, UX Designer
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As a Lead Visual Designer on the Design Systems team, define the visual foundation for Pearson's unified design system across the Higher Education product portfolio. This role requires shaping the creative direction for the design system's evolution while also designing production-ready components and templates for product teams.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the visual design language for the unified design system, establishing standards for typography, color, iconography, spacing, layout, and motion across web and mobile platforms
- Design comprehensive, production-ready component libraries in Figma, ensuring each component is accessible, flexible, and documented
- Lead the visual design direction for major product redesigns, creating high-fidelity reference screens and templates for student and instructor experiences
- Collaborate with Creative Technologists to translate visual designs into code, conducting visual QA and creating detailed motion specifications
- Lead design critiques, mentor other designers, and build influential relationships with product management, engineering leadership, and stakeholders
- Imagine the next generation of interaction patterns and contexts like voice user interfaces and multi-modal interactions (AR/VR) to support the product vision
Requirements
- 7-10 years of visual design experience with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft in UI design, component-based design systems, and end-to-end product experiences across web and mobile platforms
- Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including advanced component architecture, library management, and design token systems
- Strong skills in motion design for product interfaces, with proficiency in After Effects, Framer, and/or Principle (or similar tools)
- Proven experience designing, building, or contributing to design systems at scale
- High ownership and effective communication across diverse audiences
Qualifications
- 7-10 years of visual design experience with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft in UI design, component-based design systems, and end-to-end product experiences across web and mobile platforms
Nice to Have
- Ability to navigate complex organizational dynamics
- Collaborative leadership
Skills
* Required skills
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-...