Advanced Specialist, UX Designer

Advanced Specialist, UX Designer

Location: Hoboken - Hybrid

The Role 

We're looking for an Advanced Specialist, UX Designer with a strong foundation in user-centered design to shape engaging experiences for our higher education products. You're someone who operates through curiosity, collaboration, and craft excellence, ready to grow your strategic thinking while delivering high-quality designs that support learning outcomes. 

You'll partner closely with content, product, and engineering teams and be responsible for: 

• Designing end-to-end user experiences across web and mobile platforms, from concept through implementation 
   

• Creating high-fidelity designs including user flows, interactive prototypes, and detailed specifications that enable smooth engineering handoff 

• Contributing new patterns and components to our design system with consideration for scalability, accessibility, and consistency 

• Planning and conducting user research and usability testing to inform design decisions, validate solutions, and iterate based on insights 

You will be challenged in an organization that values vision, execution, and persistence. You will take ownership of your design work by solving complex user problems with clarity, empathy, and attention to detail. Product Designers at Pearson are embedded within product teams that are deeply collaborative, and each member is directly responsible for the team's success. 

What You'll Own 

As a critical partner on our team, you will lead design for major product areas and full user journeys. You'll collaborate with content, product, research, and engineering teams throughout the product development process to advocate for user needs and shape experiences that drive learning outcomes. 

• Lead design for complex, end-to-end user experiences, from initial discovery through launch and iteration 
   

• Partner with product managers to define and frame design problems, identify opportunities, and establish clear success metrics
   

• Create high-fidelity designs including user flows, screens, and interactive prototypes with exceptional craft and attention to detail 

• Design and doc