UX Website Designer

Job Description

UX Website Designer

Description

At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.

About the Role

UX Designers at Pearson ensure we solve the right problems and understand user needs to deliver new or improved products and services that have a real impact. We encourage lean and iterative mentality. You will work across the UK business to optimise the experience of using UK websites to drive revenue and improve customer experience. You will work with a wide range of teams in a range of locations, and will have an important role to play in driving our evolution to a truly digital company.

Main activities / responsibilities

• Maintain a user-centered approach best practices while respecting business needs.
• Design and maintenance of IA to ensure new content and development are consistent and in line with UX guidance.
• Conduct and analyse customer journey across sites to drive revenue, simplify task completion.
• Carry out research, conduct usability tests to validate solution hypotheses.
• Competitor and benchmark analysis to understand commercial landscape.
• Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the marketing and executive teams.
• Communicate design decisions with evidence and rationale to key stakeholders.
• Give and solicit feedback from other team members in order to continually raise our bar for quality.
• Lead UX design from research through implementation - you want to help the team succeed more than making a nice wireframe file.

Pearson is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants and select the best person for each job based on relevant skills and experience.

We are also committed to building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce and encouraging equality and diversity.

The information you provide will stay confidential, and be stored securely. It will not be seen by those involved in making decisions as part of the recruitment process.

Qualifications

Qualifications/Experience

• Demonstrate hands-on experience in related field. Degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Have experience designing e-commerce websites, from consumer-facing to internal tools for desktop/mobile.
• Experience working independently with clients or stakeholders in a consulting role.
• Good listening and clear communication skills, who is able to collaborate with people.
• The ability to communicate UX design rationale with various stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Strong prioritisation skills and flexibility to manage workload; meet critical project milestones and deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving and challenging environment.
• Appreciation and understanding of the commercial landscape and trends, awareness of the balance between user needs, business requirements and technology constraints.
• Experience of planning, conducting and sharing user insight: quantitative and qualitative research, treejack tests, surveys and interviews.
• Confidence in presenting and influencing a wide range of stakeholders through building prototypes, presentations and wireframes.
• Proven experience at creating documentation to share UX progress, updates and findings.

Primary Location: GB-GB-London

Work Locations: GB-London-80 Strand 80 Strand London WC2R 0RL

Job: Marketing

Organization: Core

Employee Status: Regular Employee

Job Type: Standard

Shift: Day Job

Job Posting: Oct 1, 2019

Job Unposting: Ongoing

Schedule: Full-time Regular

Req ID: 1815970

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.