Advanced Specialist, Experience Design
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026. Pearson scores B on the Alion truth index.
This role aligns to industry-level titles such as Senior Product Designer, Senior UX Designer, Senior Experience Designer, Product Experience Designer, or UX Product Designer.
Join Pearson as an Advanced Specialist, Experience Designer and shape the future of verified credentials. We're looking for an experienced product designer to rebuild key Credly experiences across web and mobile and to set the standard for how credentials can be utilized to drive career growth
Your Opportunity
As an Advanced Specialist, Experience Designer you will own complex web and mobile experiences from discovery through launch and measurement. Your initial focus will be reimagining Credly Workforce, an enterprise solution that helps organizations use trusted verified credential data to understand workforce skills. You will also support the Credly mobile experience, helping earners discover opportunities to upskill and take the next step in their careers, with opportunities to design AI-powered experiences across web and mobile.
You will partner with Product and Engineering to turn customer needs, research, and product data into clear design direction.
Key Responsibilities:
Own end-to-end product design for complex web and mobile experiences, from discovery through prototypes, launch, and iteration.
Partner with Product to lead discovery, conduct customer research, and translate insights into design direction.
Lead the redesign of Credly’s B2B solution (Workforce) and B2C solutions.
Conduct usability tests, interviews, and contextual inquiry, combining qualitative findings with analytics and experiment results to guide decisions.
Design responsive, accessible experiences across devices, accounting for edge cases, errors, and empty states.
Use prototypes and AI tools, including Claude and Microsoft Copilot, to test assumptions and accelerate exploration.
Contribute to developing a shared design system, including designing components, patterns, and standards.
Collaborate with Engineering through handoff, implementation review, and design quality assurance.
Communicate research and design rationale clearly to technical teams and product leadership, influencing roadmap and product decisions.
Collaborate closely with a small design team, contributing to design reviews and critiques, shaping ways of working, and advancing our shared goal of raising the impact of design across Credly.
Required Skills and Competencies:
Strong product thinking and end-to-end ownership, connecting design decisions to customer needs, strategy, and measurable outcomes.
Expert in Figma for interface design, prototyping, design systems, and developer handoff across web and mobile.
Experience designing responsive products and applying iOS and Android patterns.
Hands-on experience with usability testing, interviews, contextual inquiry, and testing tools such as UserTesting or similar platforms.
Comfort using product analytics platforms such as Pendo and quantitative signals to inform design.
Strong information architecture, journey mapping, interaction design, visual design, and systems-thinking skills.
Experience using AI tools to speed up design workflows, from research synthesis to prototyping
Working knowledge of WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards and how to apply them in design
Clear communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional partners and roadmap decisions.
Confidence in challenging assumptions and using relevant data and evidence to support design decisions.
A flexible, collaborative approach to working with cross-functional partners and fellow designers.
Ability to work independently, bring structure to ambiguous or open-ended problems, and adapt to evolving priorities.
Qualifications (Education & Experience):
7+ years of experience in product design, UX design, experience design, or a related discipline.
A portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership of complex, shipped web and mobile products, including process, decisions, and measurable outcomes. Please include access instructions if password protected.
Experience building a product from the ground up or substantially reimagining an existing experience.
Experience designing workflow-based, multi-step digital products.
Experience partnering with Product and Engineering from discovery through delivery and post-launch evaluation.
Experience conducting mixed-method research and working in Agile, Lean UX, or similarly iterative environments.
Experience with SaaS, B2C, enterprise, credentialing, learning, or workforce technology is helpful but not required.
A bachelor’s degree in HCI, interaction design, cognitive science, or a related field is welcomed, but candidates from all educational backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Location & Work Set Up
This is a full-time remote role based in the United States. The team collaborates across time zones, and this position will need to maintain meaningful working-hour overlap with Pacific Time. Candidates may be based in any U.S. time zone if they are comfortable structuring their schedule around that collaboration. Occasional travel may be required based on business needs.
Your Rewards & Benefits
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:
The minimum full-time salary range is between $125,000 to $140,000.
This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive plan, and information on benefits offered is here.
Applications will be accepted through October 18, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.