Junior UI Designer

Keystone Education Group; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic opportunity is available for a UI designer at a leading education technology company. You will focus on creating visually stunning interfaces and collaborating with a talented team to enhance user experiences. This role offers mentorship, the chance to work with an international team, and the ability to contribute to the development of an innovative design system.

Benefits

Mentorship from experienced designers

Open international work atmosphere

Growth opportunities

Work-life balance

Qualifications

• Self-driven designer at the beginning of their career.
• Familiar with visual design concepts.
• Portfolio showcasing design projects preferred.

Responsibilities

• Shape visual identity and extend design systems.
• Create user-friendly templates and guidelines.
• Conduct user tests and refine designs.

Skills

Communication

Creativity

Collaboration

Understanding of color palettes

Education

Degree in Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Job description

As a UI designer, you will be one of theguardians of the overall user experience of our product. Your primary focus will be on creating visually stunning interfaces. Collaborating with the product development team, you will contribute to designing new concepts for flows and functionality to enhance our core product.

Join us in designing a new, innovative design system and setting guidelines and best practices that will streamline collaboration between designers, developers, and stakeholders. To enhance your design skills and improve your work, you will closely collaborate with the design lead and the entire design team, receiving different types of feedback. Conducting user tests and interviews with focus groups, you will validate and refine your designs. Additionally, you will have full access to our analytics tools, empowering you to make data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Be part of shaping the visual identity of the brand.
• Extend and establish a comprehensive design system.
• Create easy-to-use templates and inspiring guidelines.
• Visualise concepts and solutions through sketches, prototypes, and blueprints.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, designers, and developers to create intuitive, user-friendly software.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who is self-driven, deeply passionate about white space and shades of color palettes and understands how thoughtful design can make a UI both intuitive, clean, and enjoyable to use. We firmly believe that how a product feels is just as important as how it looks.

• You are at the beginning of your career as a designer, whether you have a few years of experience or you have just graduated.
• You can confidently communicate in English.
• You should be familiar with the design tool Figma.
• You feel comfortable participating and leading workshops.
• We’d love to see your portfolio — whether it’s personal or professional projects (ideas, prototypes), volunteer work, or assignments — that showcase your creativity and how you approach improving user experiences of responsivewebsites or apps.

It’s a plus if you:

• Understand how to use a Design System
• Have led workshops outside of school/assignments
• Have been volunteering in a design organization, or volunteering in general.

What we provide:

• You will be part of a design team, learning and gaining insights from experienced designers with different backgrounds. They will serve as mentors, helping you grow and enhance your design skills.
• An International and open working atmosphere with colleagues of many nationalities.
• To be in the lead of a fast-growing company.
• Plenty of space for initiative and the ability to grow your own skills and experience.
• Awesome colleagues and a social work environment.
• Hybrid working, but with a team that also enjoys meeting up IRL and having a Friday beer or Monday breakfast at the office located centrally in Stockholm.
• To be a part of a product team that cares deeply for our customers.

You will be surrounded by a talented, ambitious, and curious team that loves to listen, discuss ideas, and help in any way they can. We are a diverse team consisting of people from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds. At Keystone, you will both give and receive tasks from others. Collaboration is crucial.

Our Company

Keystone is trusted by more than 120 million unique prospective students every year to help students and learners make one of the most important decisions of their lifetimes, namely, which higher education degree program or course to attend.

In turn, Keystone helps over 5 750 education institutions reach, recruit, and enroll students in more than 190 countries, across 460 student websites, including educations.com, studentum.se, and FindAMasters. Keystone also operates a range of other global student recruitment services, including Blueberry.nu, Keystone Sports and Keystone Recruit.

Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Keystone is backed by Viking Venture and Verdane, two leading Nordic venture firms. With offices across the Nordics, Germany, and the UK, Keystone has an international staff of more than 900+ employees. We are a vibrant and talented group of global citizens with a true passion for education and technology, and our vision is to help everyone in the world find the right education.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Keystone is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.