[Hiring] Sr UX Designer @Cengage Group

Role Description

• Own end-to-end design for major product areas, shaping the vision and execution.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and researchers to define, design, and deliver intuitive product experiences.
• Translate customer needs and business goals into clear, usable, and elegant design solutions.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that communicate ideas effectively across teams.
• Contribute to and help evolve our design system for consistency and scalability across products.
• Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design in every deliverable.
• Mentor junior designers and contribute to building a strong design culture.
• Present design work and rationale to cross-functional partners and collaborators with clarity and confidence.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of UX/product design experience.
• Deep experience designing complex products used by large, diverse audiences.
• A portfolio demonstrating leadership in product thinking, interaction design, and end-to-end execution.
• Expert proficiency with industry-standard design tools (Figma preferred).
• Skilled at balancing user needs, business objectives, and technical constraints.
• Experience working with design systems and contributing to their evolution.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills—you can influence and align teams around design decisions.

Requirements

• Experience mentoring or leading design teams (nice to have).
• Familiarity with AI-enhanced workflows or data-intensive product design (nice to have).
• Background in education technology or other industries where scale and complexity matter (nice to have).

Benefits

• Comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower employees.
• Eligibility to participate in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program.
• Bonus target amount: 10% Annual: Individual Target.
• Base pay range: $77,100.00 - $110,000.00 USD.

Company Description

Cengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching, and research markets worldwide.