Sr UX Designer

Senior UX Designer

At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Cengage's portfolio of businesses supports student choice by providing a range of pathways that help learners achieve their goals and lead a choice-filled life.

Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery.

We're looking for a Senior UX Designer to own end-to-end experiences within a product area, driving both discovery and delivery.

You'll shape product direction, elevate team practices, and integrate AI into the design process in thoughtful, high-leverage ways.

What you'll do:

• Lead discovery efforts to identify high-impact opportunities
• Shape product direction through strong problem framing and insight
• Define success metrics and evaluate outcomes
• Design scalable, end-to-end experiences across a product area
• Use AI and other emerging technologies to accelerate research synthesis, concept exploration, and iteration
• Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and stakeholders
• Mentor designers on craft, product thinking, and modern tooling
• Raise the bar for design quality and critique

What we're looking for:

• 5–8+ years of experience in product/UX design
• Strong proficiency in Figma and modern design workflows
• Proven ability to influence product direction and roadmap decisions
• Strong experience leading discovery and research initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to harness AI and new technologies to evolve design workflows, streamline collaboration with engineering, and accelerate high-quality product delivery.
• Systems thinking across features and journeys
• Ability to clearly and professionally articulate and defend design decisions, and manage stakeholders

What we look for in your portfolio:

• Case studies demonstrating ownership of a product area or major initiative
• Clear examples of discovery, problem framing, and outcome definition
• Work that spans multiple features or user journeys
• Strong storytelling that connects design decisions to impact

Strong portfolios also demonstrate:

• Evidence of shaping the problem, not just solving it
• Clear articulation of tradeoffs and constraints
• Systems thinking across features and experiences
• Integration of accessibility (WCAG 2.2) into your work
• Use of AI tools for research synthesis, exploration, or iteration

What success looks like:

• You improve both product outcomes and team capability
• You use AI and other emerging technologies to increase speed, depth, and learning—not reduce rigor
• You elevate how design is practiced within your team

Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.

Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com.

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.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.

In this position, you will be eligible to participate in the company's discretionary incentive bonus program. This position's bonus target amount, which is not guaranteed and is dependent on individual performance and overall company results among other factors, is provided below.

10% Annual: Individual Target

$77,100.00 - $90,000.00 USD

Cengage, a global edtech company, supports learners, educators and institutions across more than 100 countries. With products serving nearly 16 million digital users across the Higher Education, School, Work, and English Language Learning markets, we've built a learning ecosystem that connects education to employment. We combine trusted content, AI-powered insights and scalable digital platforms to power learning for every future and drive meaningful outcomes at every stage of the learning journey.

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