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Join Coursera, a world-leading educational platform, and help democratize global education
Overview
Salary
£126500 - £200000
Location
United States
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Organisation summary
Coursera, launched by two Stanford Professors, developed with the purpose of extending world-class learning to anyone, anywhere is now one of the globe's largest online learning platforms. Having over 162 million registered learners, they have partnered with more than 350 distinguished universities and industries. Recently acknowledged as a B Corp, Coursera is an advocate for global diversity and works in a fully virtual environment, offering work flexibility.
Role Summary
- Translating user insights into recommendations to improve user experience
- Working from start to finish of design problems, subtly integrating user experiences.
- Establish alignment of business and customer needs while defining product vision.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to take products from concept to launch.
- Create universally scalable experiences that contribute to business growth
- Balance multiple projects and drive strategic outcomes as a Design Lead
- Mentor on best design practices
Role Requirements
- 5-8 years experience as a UX/Product Designer
- Effective communicator and collaborator with cross-functional partners
- Experience with design and collaboration tools like Figma, Figjam, etc.
- Able to rationalize and test the technical difficulty of different designs
- Experience in building new products and conducting user research
- Strong visual design and UI skills
Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 162 million registered learners as of September 30, 2024.
Coursera partners with over 350 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in fields such as data science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.
Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.
We at Coursera are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration.
Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.
Job Overview:
The Design & Research teams play a vital role in Coursera’s success. These teams are responsible for gathering learner & educator insights and translating them into recommendations that help Coursera achieve a seamless experience across its platform. These teams are divided into three main areas: Product Experience, Learning Content Experience, and Core Foundations.
The experience of learning and transformation is inherently challenging. Your work as a designer will be to create simplicity from complexity and influence everything from the most micro-interaction to full-enterprise learning programs with thousands of employee learners. Our goal is to make education accessible to all and we need extraordinary designers to realize this.
Responsibilities:
- Work through design problems from beginning to end, translating qualitative and quantitative data and high-level concepts into workflows, visual designs, and detailed interactions that create delightful user experiences.
- Navigate the initial ambiguous phases of design to define product vision and strategy, aligning business and customer needs.
- Partner with cross-functional teams—including product managers, engineers, data scientists, and researchers—to deliver products from concept to launch.
- Create globally scalable, locally relevant, and inclusive experiences that drive business growth.
- Balance prioritization and delivery across multiple projects while driving strategic outcomes as a Design Lead.
- Mentor designers on best practices, raising the bar for design quality and outcomes.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5-8 years experience as a UX (User Experience) / Product Designer
Preferred Qualifications:
- Able to utilize effective communication and collaboration strategies with cross-functional partners—including product managers, engineers, data scientists, researchers, other designers, and executives—in evolving design proposals. Experience with design and collaboration tools (e.g. Figma, Figjam and others).
- Able to consider and rationalize the technical difficulty of different designs, finding ways to test concepts as simply as possible.
- Experience building new products and conducting user research to inform MVP definition and development.
- Mastery of UX design skills required to facilitate design workshops, apply solution frameworks, create user flows, define IA, create wireframes, and create prototypes.
- Strong visual design / UI skills with experience leveraging and building upon a design system.
- Demonstrated expertise designing with a mobile-first lens.
Nice-To-Have:
- Experience as a course instructor or teaching assistant.
- Experience designing with emerging technologies, e.g. GenAI.
- Depending on the topic area you are interested in: experience designing for consumer SaaS product(s), enterprise products or consumer mobile.
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
- Generative AI for Everyone
- Google UX Certification
- Design Thinking for the Greater Good
- Design Led Strategy
Coursera offers competitive pay and equitable compensation practices. Our job titles may span more than one career level. This role's targeted hiring base salary range is between $126,500 and $200,000. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to prior work experiences, training/education, transferable skills, business needs, and geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for variable pay, equity, and benefits.
