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Senior Product Designer

Zen Educate 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom

Hybrid $60,000 - $70,000 Full-time Senior

The role involves working across the full product lifecycle, from discovery through delivery, focusing on user outcomes, speed of learning, and design quality. Responsibilities also include mentoring other designers, contributing to evolving the design culture, and helping to shape how the design function scales.

Responsibilities

  • Work across the full product lifecycle, from discovery to delivery, with a focus on user outcomes, speed of learning, and design quality
  • Mentor other designers, contribute to evolving the design culture, and help shape how the company scales
  • Partner closely with Product Managers and Engineers to define and execute product design strategies
  • Conduct user research, usability testing, and data analysis to inform and validate design decisions

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in product design
  • Strong portfolio showcasing UX/UI design for complex, data-driven products
  • Proficiency in Figma, including design systems and prototyping
  • Experience conducting user research, usability testing, and data analysis to drive design decisions
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to simplify complex workflows

Benefits

  • Solid, but not flashy compensation
  • Opportunity to shape your own path and growth
  • Small design team with big ambitions
  • Async and face-to-face collaboration
  • Mission-led and user-focused company culture

Key Skills

Product design UX/UI design Figma Design systems Prototyping User research Usability testing Data analysis Problem-solving Collaboration Communication Design thinking Systems thinking Craft and impact Bias to ship Curiosity and candour

About Zen Educate

At Zen, we’re transforming how schools and educators connect — because every student deserves consistent access to excellent teaching. Our all-in-one digital platform helps schools, districts, and trusts across the UK and US find high-quality temporary educators quickly and confidently. Schools stay in full control of how they source both long- and short-term teachers and support staff, while benefiting from unrivalled fill speed and transparent, fair pricing. At the same time, we empower educators with best-in-class training, support, and tools. Think tech startup — solving a deeply human, operational, and systemic challenge in education staffing. Schools save money. Educators find work they love. Our educators have already delivered over one million hours of classroom instruction. Join us in creating inspiring classrooms where every child can reach their full potential.

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