Senior Product Designer

Zen Educate Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Product Designer to shape the tools schools rely on. This role involves leading design projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to a mission-driven startup. You'll have the chance to work on impactful products that directly improve education staffing in the UK. With a competitive salary and a supportive environment, this opportunity is perfect for someone passionate about purposeful design and eager to make a difference.

Benefits

Ownership in the company

25 days of holiday

On-site gym and café

1-1 coaching

Life Insurance

Health Insurance

Electric Car Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Fresh fruit

Bike parking

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Product Design or UX/UI, ideally in a fast-paced environment.
• A portfolio showing strong UX thinking and end-to-end process.

Responsibilities

• Lead design projects across web and mobile platforms.
• Deliver wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity UI.

Skills

UX/UI Design

Figma

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field

Tools

Design Systems

Job description

Senior Product Designer

Location: London (Oval), inc. flex

Type: Full-time (must be London-based)

Salary: £60,000–£70,000

About Zen Educate

Zen Educate is transforming how schools find staff. UK schools spend over £2 billion a year on agency staff—£600 million of which goes to recruitment agencies. We’ve built a better way.

Our platform connects schools directly with fully vetted teachers and support staff, saving schools over £30 million since 2017. That money goes back into classrooms and educator pay.

The Role

As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the tools schools and educators rely on daily. You’ll work end-to-end—from discovery and strategy to polished UI—alongside a cross-functional team of PMs, Engineers, and other Designers.

This is a high-impact opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing, mission-driven startup and help define how education staffing works in the UK and beyond.

What You'll Do

- Lead design projects across web and mobile platforms

- Run discovery activities (research, mapping, ideation, prototyping)

- Deliver wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity UI

- Contribute to and evolve our design system

- Use data and research to guide design decisions

- Help support and uplift the design team

What We’re Looking For

- 3+ years in Product Design or UX/UI, ideally in a fast-paced environment

- A portfolio showing strong UX thinking and end-to-end process

- Figma expertise and comfort working in design systems

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills

- Pragmatic problem-solver who balances users, business, and tech

- Bonus: experience with marketplaces, education, or staffing platforms

You’ll Thrive Here If You…

Care about building purposeful products

Love collaborating across teams

Are proactive, adaptable, and biased toward action

Want to grow in a supportive, high-performing team

What's in it for you?

- Work that you want to talk about

- Competitive salary

- Ownership in the company

- 25 days of holiday

- Central London office with perks like fresh fruit, bike parking, showers and an on-site gym and café

- Fun-loving, tight-knit team solving a problem that makes a difference

- 1-1 coaching

- Life Insurance

- Health Insurance

- Electric Car Scheme

- Cycle to Work Scheme

Diversity and Inclusion

At Zen, we strive to build a culture of equity and inclusion, where everyone is respected, valued and appreciated for their unique traits, experiences and perspectives. We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and equitable environment where our team can thrive, regardless of age, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, disability, religion or beliefs. We value our differences and believe that practices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion help us create a fairer, more compassionate environment for all.

We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and different experiences and perspectives — just like the staff who teach through Zen and the children at the schools we work with. We believe in hiring the best people from the widest pool and creating an inclusive culture where people’s voices are heard and all our team can look forward to coming to work.

We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and promoting an equitable and inclusive environment for all. We seek out diverse opinions, beliefs, and experiences because they collectively make us stronger; we’ve had former teachers, pilots, fundraisers, engineers, lawyers, marketers, social media experts and more join our team.