Fast Facts

Cengage Group is seeking a Senior User Experience Designer to lead the design of major product areas, focusing on creating intuitive and accessible designs for diverse learners.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include owning end-to-end design processes, collaborating with teams to deliver product experiences, creating wireframes and prototypes, and mentoring junior designers.

Skills: Required skills include 6+ years of UX/product design experience, expertise in design tools (preferably Figma), and strong collaboration and communication abilities.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include experience in mentoring design teams and familiarity with AI-enhanced workflows or data-intensive product design.

Location: This is a virtual position based in the United States.

Compensation: $77100 - $110000 / Annually

We believe in the power and joy of learning

At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact on 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.   

Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery

Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/.   

What you'll do:

• 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.    

What you bring:

• 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.    

Nice to have:

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

Cengage Group's Higher Education business, Cengage, supports learning and student success by providing materials and digital solutions to faculty and students enrolled in two-year, four-year and vocational programs. We currently serve more than 10 million of the 18 million students in US higher ed. Setting a new standard of service for our customers, we deliver quality, easy-to-use course materials from textbooks and eBooks to courseware such as MindTap and WebAssign. In the US, we offer Cengage Unlimited and Cengage Unlimited for Institutions. We help instructors be better teachers, we help institutions solve problems and we empower students to leverage the power and joy of learning to transform lives.    

Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and any other 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 [email protected] or at +1 (617) 289-7917.   

About Cengage Group

Cengage Group, 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. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Compensation

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

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.

$77,100.00 - $110,000.00 USD