McGraw Hill
Senior User Experience Designer - Sharpen
Edtech.com's Summary
McGraw Hill LLC. is hiring a Senior User Experience Designer - Sharpen. The role involves leading the design strategy and creating intuitive, accessible user experiences across diverse digital platforms and learning tools for the Higher Education team. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior designers, and focus on delivering solutions that address both learner and institutional needs while driving adoption of McGraw Hill’s cutting-edge educational technologies.
Highlights
- Lead design strategy for innovative study solutions and educational technologies impacting learners and institutions.
- Create intuitive, accessible, and engaging user experiences across multiple platforms and learning tools.
- Champion user-centered design principles to ensure usability and accessibility.
- Mentor junior designers to enhance team capability and design quality.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align design with product and business goals.
- Contribute to the overall UX vision aligning with learner needs and institutional requirements.
- Drive platform adoption through research-driven UX design decisions.
- Require a BA/BFA degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, or related field.
- Demand 5-7+ years of UX design experience including leadership or mentoring roles.
- Portfolio required demonstrating expertise in complex system design and cross-platform experiences.
- Position pays between $74,100 and $130,000 annually, with additional medical and other benefits available.
- Open to applicants authorized to work for any employer in the United States; remote work model.
Senior User Experience Designer - Sharpen Full Description
Overview
Make an Impact!
At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide from kindergarten through graduate school. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning tools and content that maximize a teacher's time and a student's learning experience. We do all of this in a supportive, collaborative environment where you can grow your career in a way that fits into your life.
At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide from kindergarten through graduate school. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning tools and content that maximize a teacher's time and a student's learning experience. We do all of this in a supportive, collaborative environment where you can grow your career in a way that fits into your life.
How can you make an impact?
McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational resources, is looking for an Senior User Experience Designer. As a Senior UX Designer for McGraw Hill's Higher Education team, you will play a pivotal leadership role in crafting intuitive, accessible, and engaging user experiences across our diverse platforms and learning tools. You'll lead the design strategy for innovative study solutions and educational technologies that directly impact learners and institutions. Your designs will deliver solutions that meet their needs, whether through direct-to-consumer offerings or institutional solutions. By championing user-centered design principles and mentoring junior designers, you'll help redefine education technology and drive adoption of our cutting-edge platform ecosystem.
McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational resources, is looking for an Senior User Experience Designer. As a Senior UX Designer for McGraw Hill's Higher Education team, you will play a pivotal leadership role in crafting intuitive, accessible, and engaging user experiences across our diverse platforms and learning tools. You'll lead the design strategy for innovative study solutions and educational technologies that directly impact learners and institutions. Your designs will deliver solutions that meet their needs, whether through direct-to-consumer offerings or institutional solutions. By championing user-centered design principles and mentoring junior designers, you'll help redefine education technology and drive adoption of our cutting-edge platform ecosystem.
This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.
What you will be doing:
- Senior UX Designer for McGraw Hill's Higher Education team plays a pivotal leadership role in crafting intuitive, accessible, and engaging user experiences across diverse platforms and learning tools.
- Leads the design strategy for innovative study solutions and educational technologies that directly impact learners and institutions.
- Delivers designs that meet user needs across both direct-to-consumer offerings and institutional solutions.
- Champions user-centered design principles to ensure products are intuitive, accessible, and engaging.
- Helps redefine education technology by shaping how learners and institutions interact with McGraw Hill's platform ecosystem.
- Drives adoption of the platform ecosystem through thoughtful, research-driven UX design decisions.
- Mentors junior designers by providing guidance, feedback, and support to strengthen team capability and design quality.
- Collaborates across cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive design execution aligned with product and business goals.
- Contributes to overall UX vision by aligning design strategy with learner needs and institutional requirements.
- Ensures all solutions maintain a strong focus on usability, accessibility, and high-quality user experience outcomes.
We're looking for someone with:
- BA/BFA degree in Design, HCI, CS, or equivalent experience in related fields.
- 5-7+ years of UX design experience, with demonstrated progression toward senior-level work.
- Proven experience designing complex solutions for digital applications across web and mobile platforms.
- 2+ years of experience in a leadership or mentoring capacity.
- Portfolio demonstrating expertise in complex system design and cross-platform experiences (Applications without portfolio will not be considered).
- Self-driven and adaptable to a fast-paced, collaborative work environment.
- Varied experience across digital applications, with a focus on creating intuitive and functional consumer-facing user interfaces.
Why work for us?
The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.
The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.
The pay range for this position is between $74,100 - $130,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.
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