Product designer for an education platform

Zen Educate; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 80 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Zen Educate Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Designer in the UK to own problems end-to-end from discovery through shipped product. You’ll design flows, systems, and interfaces that scale, stay close to educators and schools, and contribute to a research machine—turning insights into actionable product direction.

You’ll prototype and validate ideas quickly, collaborate closely with engineers and PMs, and help evolve the design function as the product grows across the UK and US.

Responsabilités

• Own problems end-to-end - from discovery through to shipped product.
• Design flows, systems, and interfaces that are simple, scalable, and high-quality.
• Stay close to the customer - educators, schools, and internal teams, understanding their day-to-day work.
• Build and contribute to our research machine via interviews, observation, data, and real product usage.
• Turn insight into action shaping problems, validating direction, and informing what gets built.
• Create fast feedback loops - test ideas early through prototypes, conversations, and live experiments.
• Prototype and validate ideas quickly with modern tools, including AI-assisted ones.
• Collaborate deeply with engineers and PMs, and contribute to implementation.
• Shape how we work as design evolves at Zen.

Description du poste

Описание

Hi, I’m JC, Head of Design at Zen Educate. I started sketching out the first versions of our product on evenings and weekends - before we had a team, a logo, or an office. Today, I lead our growing design function as we take on more complex, ambitious challenges across the UK and US. We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer who wants to do meaningful work at the intersection of service, system, and interface design - and is excited by the idea of not just designing solutions, but helping bring them to life end-to-end.

Задачи

Own problems end-to-end - from discovery through to shipped product. Design flows, systems, and interfaces that are simple, scalable, and high-quality. Stay close to the customer - building a deep understanding of educators, schools, and internal teams, and how they actually work day-to-day. Build and contribute to our research machine continuously learning through interviews, observation, data, and real product usage. Turn insight into action shaping problems, validating direction, and informing what gets built (not just justifying decisions after the fact). Create fast feedback loops - testing ideas early through prototypes, conversations, and live experiments. Prototype and validate ideas quickly, using modern tools (including AI-assisted ones). Bring ideas to life beyond static design, exploring interaction, logic, and behaviour in real environments. Collaborate deeply with engineers and PMs, while increasingly contributing directly to implementation. Use judgement to balance speed vs quality, shipping early and iterating often. Synthesize and share learning - building shared understanding across the team, not letting insight sit in silos. Mentor other designers and contribute to raising the bar across the team. Shape how we work, as design continues to evolve at Zen.

Условия

Design is a partner, not a service - you’ll co-own problems and drive delivery. Builders, not just designers - we value people who can take ideas to reality. Lean over large - quick flows, sharp critiques, fast iteration. Bias to ship - progress over perfection. Design system is evolving - you’ll help shape it. Choose your own adventure - shape your path based on strengths and interests. Expand your craft - into prototyping, technical fluency, and product building. Levels, not titles - growth is about scope and impact. High ownership, low bureaucracy - lead your work without micromanagement. Small design team, big ambitions. You won’t get lost in a 50-person design org and you’ll help define what “great” looks like. Async and face-to-face collaboration. Iterative sharing, with structured rituals and casual touch points to stay aligned and connected. Mission-led and user-focused. Our product isn’t a vanity tool or a growth hack. It’s a platform with deep real-world impact. Still scrappy in places. Not everything is polished or perfectly resourced. If you like clean chaos and building things properly, you’ll thrive. Market reality. Compensation is based on your competitiveness in your local hiring market (note that’s not just where you live). We don’t believe anyone has found a great solution to global compensation, so we aim instead to be clear and equitable in how we do it. Solid, but not flashy compensation. We pay decently, but we won’t beat out companies with deeper pockets (yet!). Think long term investment. If you are in a place where you need to prioritise immediate financial gain then this probably isn’t the right time to join us.