[Remote] Senior Product Designer (UI Focus)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Accylerate is seeking a Senior Product Designer (UI Focus) who has a strong background in user-centered digital product design. The role involves leading end-to-end product design processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leveraging AI tools to enhance design efficiency while championing inclusive design principles.

Responsibilities

• Apply design thinking within complex education ecosystems to deeply understand user needs, reframe complex problems, and drive the creation of intuitive, scalable, and human-centered product solutions
• Constantly conduct and synthesize generative, formative, and evaluative research, using methods such as user interviews, usability testing, and surveys
• Facilitate workshops and co-creation sessions to align teams and uncover opportunities
• Turn user, behavioral, and operational data into actionable insights
• Influence prioritization and road-mapping efforts by connecting user needs with business goals and mission
• Champion human-centered and inclusive design principles
• Use strategic storytelling to communicate vision, value, and direction
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to translate concepts into detailed, production-ready designs, creating artifacts such as user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design
• Apply and contribute to design systems, ensuring visual and functional consistency
• Write and test content using plain language for clarity and accessibility
• Conduct usability tests, user research and A/B tests to validate design decisions
• Perform accessibility audits to meet inclusive design standards
• Design for responsive, mobile-first experiences, and mobile apps, experience with iOS and Android Native systems is a plus
• Leverage AI tools proficiently to accelerate wireframing, rapid prototyping, and design exploration, and use AI as an active thought partner throughout the design process
• Use tools like Figma, Miro, Zeplin, Lyssna, Dscout to design and document work
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, leadership, and other stakeholders throughout the design and development process
• Participate in standups, sprint planning, design reviews, design critiques, and QA cycles
• Translate design decisions into clear specifications for implementation
• Present ideas, research findings, and designs with confidence and clarity
• Contribute to company-wide design efforts, including shared tools, systems, and templates
• Mentor junior designers or peers through pairing and feedback
• Continuously invest in personal development and share emerging tools, trends, and provocations
• Support design education efforts such as lunch & learns, design critiques, and by contributing to internal documentation
• Participate in hiring and onboarding activities

Skills

• A portfolio of your work included in your application
• A Bachelor's degree in a related field (interaction design, HCI, industrial design, information science, social sciences, computer science, graphic design, etc.) and/or equivalent years of work experience
• 5–7 years of experience in product or service design
• Experience designing complex, data-heavy dashboards—ideally in fintech, edtech, health tech, or enterprise SaaS—focused on usability and clarity
• Skilled in leading focus groups, interviews, and usability testing, with a track record of turning insights into actionable product decisions
• Takes initiative in driving design projects, actively seeks feedback, and communicates clearly across teams to align vision and execution
• A product design mindset and experience designing for complex, content-rich websites and applications, including strong skills in creating and communicating design artifacts, such as user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs
• Proficiency in design thinking and human-centered methodologies, with the ability to reframe challenges and translate insights into actionable design direction
• Strong skills in information design, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design, with fluency in tools like Figma, Zeplin, Dscout, Lyssna
• A strong understanding of design systems, responsive design, and accessibility standards, including designing for web and native mobile platforms
• Comfortable discussing technical constraints and collaborating with engineers to ensure design feasibility (experience with front-end technologies is a plus)
• A commitment to inclusive, ethical, and user-centered design, with the ability to write and test content using plain language principles
• Curiosity and adaptability—you're self-motivated, continuously learning, and excited by emerging tools and trends; you are proficient with AI tools and actively use them to accelerate wireframing, prototyping, and design thinking

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