Senior User Experience Designer

Savvas Learning; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Time to Recharge: Vacation time and 10

Time to Recover: Sick time and leave

Financial Wellness: 401(k) match

Wellness Programs

Extra Perks: discounts, tuition, etc.

Job summary

Savvas Learning Company is seeking a Senior UX Designer to lead complex UX challenges across K-12 educational technology platforms. You will bring deep expertise in user-centered methodologies, design systems, and mentorship, while collaborating with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, and Data Science.

You will shape end-to-end UX strategy for multi-product initiatives, ensuring accessibility, and scalable design patterns across platforms.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of end-to-end UX/Product Design experience leading complex initiatives.
• Portfolio demonstrating ability to break down complex enterprise problems into scalable design systems.
• Experience designing AI-powered features within digital products.
• Ability to incorporate AI tools to boost exploration, asset creation, and productivity.
• Proficiency with design tooling (Figma) and building scalable component libraries.
• Strong knowledge of WCAG 2.2 and accessible interaction design.
• Experience in EdTech, enterprise SaaS, or data-rich platforms serving multi-tiered users.

Responsibilities

• Define UX strategy and execution for high-impact initiatives across products.
• Mentor designers and promote user-centric advocacy.
• Design AI-driven features with transparent outcomes.
• Govern and evolve the design system for consistency.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science on roadmaps.
• Coach mid-level and junior designers to raise craftsmanship.

Skills

UX design

Product design

AI design

Design systems

Accessibility

Mentorship

Cross-functional

Interaction design

EdTech knowledge

Tools

Figma

Job description

Savvas Learning Company is a global education company that produces award-winning learning solutions that empower educators and engage students with the highest quality content.

Recognized as an industry leader, we serve millions of K-12 learners with innovative, student-centered educational programs that turn today's classrooms into active learning environments. By embracing technology, personalized learning, and immersive experiences delivered across multiple platforms, we design our learning solutions to be more accessible and relevant to each student.

Our award-winning, high-quality instructional materials span every grade level and discipline, from evidence-based, standards-aligned core curricula and supplemental and intervention programs to state-of-the-art assessment tools and the industry's most innovative portfolio of college and career readiness solutions - all designed to meet the needs of every learner.

About the Role

We are seeking a strategic, highly collaborative, and visionary Senior UX Designer for a full-time position on the Savvas UX Design team. In this role, you will lead the resolution of our most complex and ambiguous design challenges across our K-12 educational technology platforms. You will bring deep expertise in user-centered methodologies, large-scale user experience strategy, advanced visual design, and robust design systems, while mentoring team members and establishing high-quality design standards.

The UX Design team is responsible for our design system and platform functionality, covering assignments, assessments, data visualizations, reporting dashboards, administrative and operations workflows, and AI-powered teaching and learning experiences across our K-12 educational products.

What You'll Do

• End-to-End Strategic Design: Lead and define the UX strategy and execution for high-impact, foundational product initiatives, scaling methodologies across our multi-product ecosystem as needs evolve.
• User-Centered Advocacy & Leadership: Champion an unyielding human-centric approach across the organization. Mentor others in user advocacy, ensuring all high-level product decisions are deeply rooted in real user needs, validated usability principles, and systematic feedback loops.
• Advanced AI Feature Design: Architect intuitive, trust-building experiences for complex AI-driven capabilities. Define standard patterns ensuring AI outputs, limits, and insights are completely transparent, explainable, and contextually integrated into the user's natural workflow.
• Design System Evolution: Thoughtfully govern, scale, and contribute to our design system to guarantee absolute visual and interaction consistency across all platforms and products.
• Strategic Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner as a peer with leadership across Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to influence strategic roadmaps, negotiate technical feasibility, and drive the delivery of exceptional solutions.
• Mentorship & Design Culture: Actively coach and mentor mid-level and junior designers, raising the bar for craftsmanship, critical thinking, and design excellence across the team.

What You Bring

• Experience: 6+ years of end-to-end UX/Product Design experience leading complex initiatives across the full product development lifecycle.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating a proven track record of breaking down highly complex, ambiguous enterprise problems into elegant, concrete, and scalable design systems and solutions.
• AI Product Mastery: Deep practical experience designing and shipping successful features that leverage advanced machine learning or AI capabilities within digital products.
• AI-Enhanced Workflow: Sophisticated mastery of incorporating AI-powered tools into your regular design workflow to significantly amplify exploration efficiency, asset creation, and productivity.
• Design System Governance: Expert proficiency with modern design tooling (Figma), including building, maintaining, and scaling component libraries, advanced variants, and design tokens.
• Interaction & Advanced Accessibility: Authoritative understanding of global accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2), deep interaction design theory, complex responsive architecture, and complex information taxonomy.
• Visual Craftsmanship: Flawless visual and interface design skills with meticulous attention to typography, data-dense layouts, micro-interactions, and visual hierarchy.
• Domain Expertise: Prior experience in EdTech, enterprise SaaS, or highly data-rich platforms serving multi-tiered institutional, administrative, or operational users.

About Savvas

We are proud to be recognized as a Top Workplace. Our employees are our most valuable asset, and we are committed to creating a work environment that promotes their growth, well-being, and success. We develop learning solutions that empower educators and improve student outcomes thanks to our team's passion, creativity, and dedication.

Total Rewards

At Savvas, compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. We invest in our employees with a rewards package that combines compensation, exceptional benefits and wellness programs in addition to opportunities for professional growth. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. The posted hiring range reflects our good faith estimate at the time of posting and remains subject to modification. Compensation is determined by factors such as but not limited to skills, experience, budget, and internal equity.

Hiring Range: $92,000 - $115,000

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Time to Recharge: Vacation time and 10 paid holidays.
• Time to Recover: Sick time and leave programs.
• Financial Wellness: Employees can start securing their financial future without any delay with a 401(k) match and immediate vesting.
• Wellness Programs: We recognize the importance of emotional and mental well-being, both in our work environment and in our personal lives. We are committed to providing resources and support to promote overall well-being and a healthy work-life balance.
• Extra Perks: Discounted gym memberships, pet insurance, tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, volunteer opportunities, and much more!

Savvas benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

Savvas Learning Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Savvas Learning complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Savvas prohibits discrimination against individuals based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, and other protected group status. We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

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