UX Designer
Posted 1 day ago by Accylerate
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Senior UX Designer will play a pivotal role in shaping the College Board’s assessment authoring ecosystem by designing tools that support various stakeholders in creating and managing assessments. This position requires collaboration across design, product, and engineering teams, emphasizing usability, accessibility, and coherence. The designer will engage in research-driven design and take ownership of the user experience throughout the software development lifecycle. The role is fully remote and focuses on long-term contributions to the product's evolution.
Key Responsibilities:
- Help shape the future of College Board’s assessment authoring ecosystem.
- Design tools that support educators, subject-matter experts, reviewers, and operational teams.
- Work in an interdisciplinary environment collaborating closely with design, product, and engineering.
- Balance user needs, technical constraints, and business goals while advocating for usability and accessibility.
- Emphasize systems thinking, research-driven design, and end-to-end ownership of the user experience.
- Develop a deep understanding of users and their workflows through research.
- Identify target users and form hypotheses around user needs and behaviors.
- Own and lead generative and evaluative research for products.
- Analyze business, technical, and operational requirements to inform design solutions.
- Collect and synthesize multiple data sources for design insights.
- Facilitate synthesis and alignment sessions using agile and lean methodologies.
- Create user journeys, service maps, and flows that capture current and future states.
- Produce wireframes, interactive prototypes, visual designs, and detailed specifications.
- Partner with Accessibility specialists to ensure inclusive experiences.
- Present design concepts and outcomes to product teams and stakeholders.
- Conduct design handoffs to engineering using tools such as Figma.
- Collaborate with other designers to align on shared patterns and standards.
- Contribute to UX and product strategy across the assessment authoring ecosystem.
- Help evolve shared patterns and systems for consistency across tools.
- Document and communicate design decisions and tradeoffs clearly.
- Participate in agile ceremonies, advocating for user needs and design quality.
- Champion a culture of user empathy and continuous learning.
- Independently manage priorities and scope across multiple initiatives.
- Partner closely with product managers and engineers for timely delivery.
- Foster strong collaboration across disciplines to align outcomes with product goals.
- Be comfortable being embedded within a highly technical product team.
- Thrive in close partnership with engineers and product managers.
- Bring a strong point of view while remaining open to feedback.
- Have a portfolio demonstrating end-to-end UX ownership and systems thinking.
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Have 5+ years of relevant UX or product design experience.
- Experience designing complex, content-rich applications or platforms.
- Excel in information architecture, workflow design, and interaction patterns.
- Fluent in user-centered research methods and applying insights to design.
- Understand accessibility and inclusive design principles.
- Familiarity with front-end technologies and data modeling is a plus.
Key Skills:
- Strong UX or product design experience (5+ years).
- Experience with complex, content-rich applications or platforms.
- Proficiency in information architecture and workflow design.
- Fluency in user-centered research methods.
- Understanding of accessibility and inclusive design principles.
- Ability to collaborate closely with engineers and product managers.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end UX ownership.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
- Familiarity with front-end technologies and data modeling is a plus.
Salary (Rate): £60,000 yearly
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Client: Edtech
Title: Senior UX Designer
Duration: Long Term
Location: 100% Remote
About the Opportunity
- As a Senior UX Designer on the Create team, you will help shape the future of College Board’s assessment authoring ecosystem.
- You’ll design tools that support educators, subject-matter experts, reviewers, and operational teams as they create and manage high-quality assessments.
- In this role, you’ll work in an interdisciplinary environment where design, product, and engineering collaborate closely throughout the software development lifecycle.
- You’ll balance user needs, technical constraints, and business goals while advocating for usability, accessibility, and coherence across a growing platform.
- This role emphasizes systems thinking, research-driven design, and end-to-end ownership of the user experience from discovery and strategy through execution and delivery.
In This Role, You Will:
Design & Implementation (70%)
- Develop a deep understanding of users, their workflows, and their needs through research and ongoing partnership
- Identify target users and form hypotheses around user needs and behaviors
- Own and lead generative and evaluative research for your products
- Analyze business, technical, and operational requirements to inform design solutions
- Collect and synthesize multiple data sources (e.g., research, surveys, analytics, accessibility reviews)
- Facilitate synthesis and alignment sessions using agile and lean methodologies
- Create user journeys, service maps, and flows that capture current and future states
- Produce wireframes, interactive prototypes, visual designs, and detailed specifications
- Partner with Accessibility specialists to ensure inclusive, compliant experiences
- Present design concepts, rationale, and outcomes to product teams and stakeholders
- Conduct design handoffs to engineering using tools such as Figma
- Collaborate with other designers to align on shared patterns, systems, and standards
Strategy & Communication (20%)
- Contribute to UX and product strategy across the assessment authoring ecosystem
- Help evolve shared patterns and systems to support consistency across tools and platforms
- Clearly document and communicate design decisions and tradeoffs
- Actively participate in agile ceremonies, advocating for user needs and design quality
- Champion a culture of user empathy, curiosity, and continuous learning
- Advocate for effective, lightweight design processes that work in an embedded model
Project Management (10%)
- Independently manage priorities and scope across multiple initiatives
- Partner closely with product managers and engineers to ensure timely delivery
- Foster strong collaboration across disciplines to align outcomes with product goals and College Board’s mission
About You
- You are comfortable being embedded within a highly technical product team
- You thrive in close partnership with engineers and product managers
- You bring a strong point of view while remaining open to feedback and iteration
- You have a portfolio demonstrating end-to-end UX ownership and systems thinking
- You hold a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience
- You have 5+ years of relevant UX or product design experience
- You have experience designing complex, content-rich applications or platforms
- You excel in information architecture, workflow design, and interaction patterns
- You are fluent in user-centered research methods and applying insights to design
- You understand accessibility and inclusive design principles
- Familiarity with front-end technologies and data modeling is a plus