Job Title: Senior UX Designer
Department: Product
Location: Sheffield, Talbot Green or London
Working Pattern: Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office
Contract Type: Full time, permanent
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum
At Tes we are on a mission to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide, by delivering EdTech solutions that give educators the tools to succeed. From safeguarding and compliance to staff and pupil management, our innovative and flexible software and services help teachers and school leaders worldwide to provide the best education to millions of children.
With more than 13 million educators in our community, combined with our working relationships with 25,000 schools in over 100 countries, we have been making a difference for over 100 years.
Role overview
We’ll be upfront: We are in the middle of an organisational transformation. It’s a bit chaotic, and we have a gap in holistic, strategic business design. We need a Senior who doesn't just design screens but designs systems of logic. It’s a big opportunity to take the next step in your design journey and support Design leadership at a strategic level. This is a practitioner first role. While you bring the strategic oversight, you are a master of tools and lead by doing, working alongside and supporting a Global UX Team of 15 seasoned Designers and Researchers.
Speaking of that Global UX Team, we love in person workshops, have regular creative design sessions in our offices, and like to keep things as fun as possible. We do everything with a smile, if you don't have fun creating it, users won't have fun using it! We back each other up and work as one big team no matter how separate our work can feel.
The Mission
Your goal is to bridge the gap between business goals and user needs. You will be hands-on across the entire design lifecycle - from the initial “why” to the final “how". You are responsible for producing the strategic deliverables (service maps, logic flows), alongside the design deliverables that the cross functional teams rely on.
Key Responsibilities
Mastery of Craft
- Hands-on delivery: You will own the design output for your streams. This means getting into the weeds of Figma, creating wireframes, and building prototypes that demonstrate complex functionality.
- Leading by example: You’ll set the standard for what good looks like for components, auto layout, and file organisation. Helping mentor more junior team members to set a new bar for our design standards.
Strategic Discovery
- Leading Discovery: You won’t just work alongside researchers; you will help define the discovery strategy. You’ll take vague business bets and turn them into validated, de-risked directions.
- Balancing the Scales: Partner with designers to provide the logical guardrails - ensuring complex user flows and information architecture are settled before high-fidelity design begins.
- Stakeholder Diplomacy: Act as a peer to Product colleagues. You’ll need to navigate fast paced delivery phases, using data and logic to keep the scope focused.
Design Ops & Governance
- Defining the Manual: You won’t just follow processes; you’ll help build them. You’ll help define our global “Definition of Ready” and ensure our UK and Australia teams are aligned alongside Design Leadership.
- Design System Governance: Help us manage the scalability of our new design system. You’ll care about tokens, logic, and documentation as much as the components themselves.
- Mentorship: You will be a point of escalation for more junior members, helping them navigate their own grey areas.
What kind of person will succeed?
- Experience: 5+ years’ experience in UX/Product Design Roles. Bonus if this is in a SaaS organisation during a large transformation period, and/or EdTech.
- Business-Minded: You understand KPIs and ROI. You design solutions that create outcomes, not just pixels.
- A do-er at heart: you get excited to solve complex logic puzzles and building the solution.
- High Autonomy: You tell us what needs to happen next, and we back you up.
- IA Proficiency: You are obsessed with Information Architecture and can map out complex, multi-state ecosystems in your sleep.
- Pragmatic Leader: You know when to push for a research-led pivot and when to ship a "Version 1" to maintain business momentum.
Why join us now?
If you want to move away from the tools and into management, enjoy rigid hierarchies, and are comfortable with predictable pixel pushing, then this probably isn’t the place for you. If you want the autonomy, strategic input, and creative flow that comes with seniority, and to be able to look back in a years’ time and say ‘I helped shaped how this company designs products’ then we should talk. We offer the chance to have massive impact during a critical stage of growth.
What do you get in return?
- 25 days annual leave rising to 30
- 5% pension after probation
- State of the art offices
- Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World
- Free eye care cover
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- EAP (Employee assistance programme)
- Quarterly Tes Socials
- Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu
Who are Tes?
Tes is a global Edtech leader, on a mission to empower schools and educators to deliver impactful, inspiring learning experiences worldwide. We understand the unique challenges faced by schools, and our ecosystem is specifically designed to address these needs head-on.
Our intuitive technology streamlines complex tasks, enhances learning experiences, and alleviates the administrative burdens that often overwhelm schools.
By working closely with schools, we provide up-to-date resources, expert guidance, and a technology ecosystem dedicated to innovation and excellence in education. Whether simplifying administrative workflows, creating dynamic classrooms, or advancing professional development, Tes is the trusted partner for schools worldwide.
Join the hundreds of schools already benefiting from the Tes ecosystem. Together, we empower educators to achieve more, ensuring every student thrives in a supportive, well-managed learning environment.
With Tes, excellence in education is not just a goal - it's a sustainable and rewarding reality. For more information about Tes, our products, and our team, visit: www.tes.com.
