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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\nYour Opportunity\nAs 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.\nYou will partner with Product and Engineering to turn customer needs, research, and product data into clear design direction.\nKey Responsibilities:\nOwn end-to-end product design for complex web and mobile experiences, from discovery through prototypes, launch, and iteration.\n\nPartner with Product to lead discovery, conduct customer research, and translate insights into design direction.\n\nLead the redesign of Credly’s B2B solution (Workforce) and B2C solutions.\n\nConduct usability tests, interviews, and contextual inquiry, combining qualitative findings with analytics and experiment results to guide decisions.\n\nDesign responsive, accessible experiences across devices, accounting for edge cases, errors, and empty states.\n\nUse prototypes and AI tools, including Claude and Microsoft Copilot, to test assumptions and accelerate exploration.\n\nContribute to developing a shared design system, including designing components, patterns, and standards.\n\nCollaborate with Engineering through handoff, implementation review, and design quality assurance.\n\nCommunicate research and design rationale clearly to technical teams and product leadership, influencing roadmap and product decisions.\n\nCollaborate 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.\n\nRequired Skills and Competencies:\nStrong product thinking and end-to-end ownership, connecting design decisions to customer needs, strategy, and measurable outcomes.\n\nExpert in Figma for interface design, prototyping, design systems, and developer handoff across web and mobile.\n\nExperience designing responsive products and applying iOS and Android patterns.\n\nHands-on experience with usability testing, interviews, contextual inquiry, and testing tools such as UserTesting or similar platforms.\n\nComfort using product analytics platforms such as Pendo and quantitative signals to inform design.\n\nStrong information architecture, journey mapping, interaction design, visual design, and systems-thinking skills.\n\nExperience using AI tools to speed up design workflows, from research synthesis to prototyping\n\nWorking knowledge of WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards and how to apply them in design\n\nClear communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional partners and roadmap decisions.\n\nConfidence in challenging assumptions and using relevant data and evidence to support design decisions.\n\nA flexible, collaborative approach to working with cross-functional partners and fellow designers.\n\nAbility to work independently, bring structure to ambiguous or open-ended problems, and adapt to evolving priorities.\n\nQualifications (Education & Experience):\n7+ years of experience in product design, UX design, experience design, or a related discipline.\n\nA 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.\n\nExperience building a product from the ground up or substantially reimagining an existing experience.\n\nExperience designing workflow-based, multi-step digital products.\n\nExperience partnering with Product and Engineering from discovery through delivery and post-launch evaluation.\n\nExperience conducting mixed-method research and working in Agile, Lean UX, or similarly iterative environments.\n\nExperience with SaaS, B2C, enterprise, credentialing, learning, or workforce technology is helpful but not required.\n\nA 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.\n\nLocation & Work Set Up\nThis 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.\nYour Rewards & Benefits\nCompensation 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:\nThe minimum full-time salary range is between $125,000 to $140,000.\nThis position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive plan, and information on benefits offered is here.\nApplications will be accepted through October 18, 2026. 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