Product Designer (Maternity Cover)

Job description

**Work Mode:** Flex 1+ days per week in our Belgrade office **Department:** Product ### About the Company LearnUpon partners with over 1,600 organisations globally to unlock the potential of employees, customers & members through learning that’s easy, scalable and focused on results. Read more about life at LearnUpon [here](https://careers.learnupon.com/). ### About the Team Product Design sits within the Product organization as a strategic engine for product growth. Working alongside Product Management, you will play a critical role in crafting seamless user experiences, balancing strategic thinking and concept building to align user needs directly with LearnUpon's business objectives. You will collaborate closely with engineering, data, and CX teams from discovery to delivery. Ultimately, your work will shape feature roadmaps, drive the execution of scalable solutions, and continuously evolve our product and design processes. ### About the Opportunity As a product designer reporting to the Product Design Manager, you will work alongside a pool of talented designers from varies seniorities. You will attend different design syncs and workshops to check in work quality, design system evolution and processes improvements. In addition, you’ll be responsible for: - Design and deliver end-to-end UX/UI solutions, ensuring usability, consistency, and accessibility. - Work closely with product manager, and engineers to define and solve design challenges and ensuring priorities are aligned. - Use AI-assisted design tools to create prototypes, perform research synthesis, and improve the design-to-development handoff. - Conduct user research, usability testing, and competitive analysis to inform design decisions. - Help to prioritize features based on user research and data. - Develop and maintain design system components to enhance efficiency and scalability. - Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.1 & 2.2. - Manage and prioritize multiple design projects while ensuring high-quality outcomes. ### Skills & Experience **Must-Haves** - 2-4 years of experience in product design, UI/UX, or a related field. - Proficiency in design tools (Figma, Sketch, Miro, etc). - Familiarity with AI-assisted design workflows (e.g., rapid prototyping, generative exploration, research synthesis) and a willingness to bring them into day-to-day design work. - Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, information architecture, and usability best practices. - Experience conducting user research and usability testing to validate design choices. - Ability to justify design decisions using research insights, business needs, and technical feasibility. - Strong collaboration skills, working effectively with product managers, engineers, other designers and department stakeholders. - Knowledge of accessibility (WCAG 2.1 & 2.2) and inclusive design principles. - Excellent communication and presentation skills, articulating design ideas clearly. **Nice-to-Haves** - Experience working in a B2B SaaS, learning apps, or platform environment. - Exposure to AI-driven design, personalization strategies, or analytics tools. - Hands-on experience with AI tools such as Claude Code, V0 and Codex. - Basic knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) for better collaboration with engineers. - Experience in facilitating workshops and cross-functional design sessions. ### Why choose LearnUpon? From comprehensive rewards and generous time off to meaningful investment in your growth and development, LearnUpon gives you the support, trust, and opportunity to do the most impactful work of your career. Learn more [here](https://careers.learnupon.com/). ### Hiring Process - Qualified applicants may be invited to an initial screening call with a member of our TA Team. - Successful candidates will be invited to a series of practical interviews. - Finally, candidates will have an interview with our CTO. - Successful candidates will be contacted with an offer to join our team. *Note: At LearnUpon, we utilise AI to enhance the speed and quality of our screening and assessment practices, but our hiring decisions are always human.* ### LearnUpon is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, age disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, membership of the Traveller community, or any other legally protected status. Check out our [Careers site](https://careers.learnupon.com/) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/lifeatlearnupon/) to learn more about working at LearnUpon. By submitting your application, you agree to LearnUpon's [Privacy Policy](https://www.learnupon.com/privacy-policy/).