Senior UX/UI Designer

Russian School of Math • Newton, MA

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About The Position

As Senior UX/UI Designer, you will be responsible for the boots-on-the-ground work of standing up end-to-end product design at RSM and shaping the experience for thousands of students, parents, teachers, and staff. This is a critical role to establish and operationalize UX/UI discipline for all user-facing portals, including new and existing products.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a UX/UI designer.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable user or business outcomes.
• Skilled at instituting design processes in organizations new to UX/UI.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and educating stakeholders.
• Ability to influence engineering and product peers.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in education and designing for broad, diverse user groups.
• Experience in edtech or similar fields.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operationalize qualitative and quantitative customer feedback loops.
• Work with our researcher and PMs to identify and prioritize opportunities for improving usability, adoption, and satisfaction across student, parent, teacher, and staff portals.
• Redesign and deliver new and enhanced product components, moving quickly from insight to execution, iterating with real users.
• Build out core design tools, processes, and reusable design systems so product design is trusted and effective across the org.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with a front-end engineering team of ~10, 2 senior PMs, part-time researcher and designer support, and direct guidance from the Fractional product leader.
• Hold significant autonomy on workflows and primary decision-making power on design decisions.
• Educate and align the broader organization on the value and mechanics of product design.
• Ensure accessibility and inclusivity by embedding those principles in how we build for diverse learners and stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Educational Services