Senior UX Designer - K-12 EdTech & Student Impact

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Ireland (Dublin) is seeking a Senior UX Designer to shape engaging digital experiences for students and educators in a fast-evolving educational technology market.

You will lead UX work in agile cross-functional teams, mentor designers, and drive accessibility, responsive design, and usability from concept to high-fidelity prototypes, partnering with product, engineering, and marketing.

Qualifications

• Minimum education and 4–5 years UX design experience.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating UX process and product delivery.
• Experience in cross-functional agile teams.
• Mentoring experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience in design thinking workshops and design sprints.
• Familiarity with accessibility best practices.
• Strong UI skills.
• Understanding of UX research methods and data analytics.
• Knowledge of responsive design principles.

Responsibilities

• Be the voice of the user on the team, ensuring we are focusing on the right problems and value for our users.
• Create digital design solutions that are a delight to use and provide a frictionless path through content and connected product offerings.
• Plan and facilitate workshops to involve your cross functional team in the design process.
• Create experience maps, storyboards, user scenarios, wireframes, mockups and user flows for rapid testing and iteration.
• Validate ideas and designs using best practices in accessibility and UX Research.
• Collaborate and communicate professionally with other internal teams and key stakeholders.
• Designing and exercising ownership of user-experiences from low-fidelity rapid prototypes to hi-fidelity mock-ups.
• Creating and communicating detailed specifications and design intent to engineers.

Skills

UX leadership

User research

Wireframing

Prototyping

Design systems

Cross-functional

Accessibility

Mentoring

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Education

Relevant third level degree

4-5 years UX experience

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Mural

Adobe Suite

Job description

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Ireland (Dublin) is seeking a Senior UX Designer to shape engaging digital experiences for students and educators in a fast-evolving educational technology market.

You will lead UX work in agile cross-functional teams, mentor designers, and drive accessibility, responsive design, and usability from concept to high-fidelity prototypes, partnering with product, engineering, and marketing.