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Location: Zurich Workload: Full-time Your tasks: UX Strategy & Leadership (50%) Vision & Strategy: Define and champion the overall UX vision, strategy, and roadmap for Language Abroad products, ensuring alignment with business goals and student needs. Team Building & Management: Recruit, mentor, and manage a growing team of UX/Product Designers, fostering a culture of collaboration, excellence, and user-centric design. Process Implementation: Establish and standardize UX processes, tools, and best practices (e.g., research methods, design systems, testing protocols) across the product teams. Stakeholder Management: Collaborate closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to translate product requirements into intuitive and engaging user experiences. Design System Ownership: Lead the development, maintenance, and adoption of a scalable Design System to ensure consistency and efficiency across all products. Senior Individual Contributor (IC) (50%) Hands-on Design: Act as the lead designer for critical initiatives, driving the end-to-end design process from concept to launch for products like Campus Connect and the in-class digital experience. User Research: Plan, conduct, and analyze various user research activities (e.g., interviews, usability testing, surveys) to inform design decisions and uncover user pain points and opportunities. Prototyping & Testing: Create wireframes, user flows, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas and test hypotheses. Design QA: Work alongside engineering teams to ensure the final implementation meets high-quality design standards and delivers the intended user experience. UX Advocacy: Champion user-centricity throughout the organization, advocating for the student and teacher perspective in all product discussions. Your profile: Required Qualifications Experience: 7+ years of professional experience in UX, Product Design, or Interaction Design, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role, including direct reports. Portfolio: A strong, diverse portfolio showcasing expertise in native mobile app design (iOS/Android) and web-based applications, with examples that demonstrate strategic thinking and quantifiable impact. Hands-on Skills: Exceptional skills in common design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD). IC Mentality: Proven ability to contribute as a senior, hands-on designer while simultaneously managing strategy and team development. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate design rationale clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications Experience designing for an educational technology (EdTech) or travel-related product. Experience in a global or multi-cultural organization. Familiarity with agile development methodologies.

Benötigte Skills

• Adobe
• Android
• iOS
• Senior
• Testing
• Usability
• Mobile
• UX