Principal UX Designer

Summary

Join Nerdy as a Principal UX Designer and leverage your extensive UX background to create innovative experiences connecting tutors with educational institutions. You will independently prioritize efforts, synthesize diverse inputs, and propose effective solutions. A key role involves shaping long-term strategy, mentoring other designers, and ensuring impactful, human-centered design outcomes. You will lead the UX design vision and strategy for the Tutors & Institutions team, maintaining and evolving a strong design system. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and presentation of design concepts to leadership are also crucial aspects of this role. Nerdy offers a competitive compensation package and various benefits.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in design, with a strong background in digital product, brand, or marketing design
• Proven track record of leading high-impact design projects and influencing strategic decisions and portfolio of high-quality output
• Expertise in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools
• Strong understanding of UX/UI principles, accessibility standards, and human-centered design
• Experience contributing to and maintaining scalable design systems
• Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to inspire and influence teams
• Strong problem-solving mindset, balancing creativity with business objectives
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall UX design vision and strategy for your area—Tutors & Institutions— ensuring cohesion across all customer touch points
• Maintain and evolve a strong design system that scales across multiple platforms and touchpoints
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, marketing, and engineering, to deliver cohesive and impactful designs
• Drive high-level strategic initiatives while also being hands-on in executing key design projects
• Indirectly mentor and guide other designers, leading by example through your work, communication and stakeholder management, to fostering a culture of creativity, innovation, and excellence
• Advocate for user-centered design principles and ensure all output enhances the user experience and behavior
• Conduct and partner on research, usability testing, and competitive analysis to inform and refine design decisions
• Push the boundaries of design by staying current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices
• Present design concepts and strategies to leadership and stakeholders, clearly articulating rationale and impact
• Understand and appreciate that Nerdy is an apolitical company and that we can have the largest impact if we are united in our focus on helping people learn and not divided or distracted by advancing unrelated causes

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in consumer-grade digital products, SaaS, or EdTech is a plus

Benefits

• Total Compensation Package including Competitive Salary and Equity (Restricted Stock Units) in the company
• Healthcare Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401k Company Matching Plan
• Maternity, Paternal, and Adoption Leave
• Remote Position
• Flexible PTO
• Free Learning Membership for you and your household (1-1 tutoring hours, unlimited use of on-demand services, and access to our online classes)