Senior Product Designer (Public Sector/Education)

• 2-year contract, renewable
• Government project
• Hybrid work arrangement

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to lead the design of one of the product teams in teaching and learning. You will work directly with a product manager and engineers as the designer on the team, taking work from discovery through to delivery. Working with a Design Lead and designers on the other Student Mission teams, you will:

• Drive the design of your product team, from understanding the problem to shipping and iterating
• Run research with students and teachers so that design decisions are based on evidence
• Keep your product team consistent with the rest of the student ecosystem
• This role reports to the Design Lead of the Student Mission.

What You Will Do

• Lead design for your product team end to end, including discovery, flows, prototypes, specifications, and iteration after launch
• Work with your PM and engineers to shape scope, make trade-offs, and ship
• Plan and run research and usability testing, and combine the findings with behavioural data
• Work with education technology and curriculum specialists so designs support how students learn, including how content and UI work together
• Use and contribute to shared patterns, and align with designers from other product teams within the Student Mission, as well as with designers from other missions when there is a need to do so
• Take part in critiques and support other designers through feedback

What We Are Looking For

• At least 8 years in digital product design, with a portfolio showing complex products shipped
• Strong interaction design, visual design, and prototyping skills, including evidence of designing for accessibility and content-heavy interfaces
• Experience owning design for a product area and working closely with PMs and engineers
• Hands-on experience planning and running user research and usability testing
• Sound judgement in ambiguous situations, and the ability to explain your design decisions clearly
• Attention to detail combined with an eye for consistency across products
• Thoughtful, intentional use of AI tools in your design workflow

Nice to have

• Experience designing for education or learning platforms
• Experience doing research with children or young people
• Familiarity with the public sector or large-scale platforms

/Ref: T24-276