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Design Director - MyLab
at Pearson Education (Anywhere)
Description:
Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. We help children and adults to learn, business people to make good decisions, and readers to wise up or wind down with a good book. Our businesses fuel the growing demand for effective education and high-quality information in the global knowledge economy, and share a common goal: to help people get on in their lives through education.
With 37,000 employees based in more than 60 countries, we aim to serve the citizens of our brain-based economy wherever and whenever they are learning - old or young, at home or school or work, in any pursuit, anywhere.
Pearson is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO)
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D, and a member of E-Verify.
DESIGN DIRECTOR - MyLAB PROGRAM
Reporting to the SVP & Director of Higher Education Learning Technologies, this position drives effectiveness of Higher Education MyLabs products by building and directing the user interface design vision and roadmap for shared MyLab teaching and learning features and user experience. Pearson MyLabs are innovative programs with a rapidly growing list of product series and individual titles that incorporate a rich and diverse ecosystem of technologies, which are united by a common set of product and distribution models. This position joins the MyLab Program Manager group in leading a strong design process for excellence across the product suite, focusing on instructor and student ease of use and successful innovations that can be shared across the suite. This person leads the process for implementing cross-platform design standards via a shared workflow, shared design patterns, creative collaboration, product suite brand management, and support and guidance of UI/UX designers in our coordinated MyLab platform and technology teams.
Key Responsibilities:
' Ability to lead design processes, articulate and facilitate design discussions across learning platforms and with product and business teams
' Provide vision for cross-team design collaboration and lead user experience design projects for shared MyLab features and capabilities in Higher-Ed MyLab/Mastering learning applications
' Provide hands-on design development, as needed, during key phases of design brainstorming, kick-offs, and workflow processes
' Manage in-house UI designers, outside consultants, and vendors, as required
' Consult and collaborate with MyLab product managers and UI Designers on design of product-specific features
' Guide in implementation of Universal Design Principles and accessibility compliance and internationalization principles
Requirements:
' 5-10 years' design or art direction management experience; team building, and supportive culture of innovation
' Must possess experience developing strategic branding and/or design guidelines, preferably across multiple products in a family
' 5 years' web product user experience design, including all stages and phases from vision to implementation
' ADA accessibility compliance and internationalization
' MFA desirable; BA/BS or higher in Graphic Design, Information Design, or other visual arts required
' Strong presentation and written communication skills
To Apply:
Please apply online: https://sh.webhire.com/jobcart/view_job.cart?JOB_ID=2463945&ACCT_NAME=NCS&SITE=I&CCC_DEST=CS
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Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. We help children and adults to learn, business people to make good decisions, and readers to wise up or wind down with a good book. Our businesses fuel the growing demand for effective education and high-quality information in the global knowledge economy, and share a common goal: to help people get on in their lives through education.
With 37,000 employees based in more than 60 countries, we aim to serve the citizens of our brain-based economy wherever and whenever they are learning - old or young, at home or school or work, in any pursuit, anywhere.
Pearson is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO)
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D, and a member of E-Verify.
DESIGN DIRECTOR - MyLAB PROGRAM
Reporting to the SVP & Director of Higher Education Learning Technologies, this position drives effectiveness of Higher Education MyLabs products by building and directing the user interface design vision and roadmap for shared MyLab teaching and learning features and user experience. Pearson MyLabs are innovative programs with a rapidly growing list of product series and individual titles that incorporate a rich and diverse ecosystem of technologies, which are united by a common set of product and distribution models. This position joins the MyLab Program Manager group in leading a strong design process for excellence across the product suite, focusing on instructor and student ease of use and successful innovations that can be shared across the suite. This person leads the process for implementing cross-platform design standards via a shared workflow, shared design patterns, creative collaboration, product suite brand management, and support and guidance of UI/UX designers in our coordinated MyLab platform and technology teams.
Key Responsibilities:
' Ability to lead design processes, articulate and facilitate design discussions across learning platforms and with product and business teams
' Provide vision for cross-team design collaboration and lead user experience design projects for shared MyLab features and capabilities in Higher-Ed MyLab/Mastering learning applications
' Provide hands-on design development, as needed, during key phases of design brainstorming, kick-offs, and workflow processes
' Manage in-house UI designers, outside consultants, and vendors, as required
' Consult and collaborate with MyLab product managers and UI Designers on design of product-specific features
' Guide in implementation of Universal Design Principles and accessibility compliance and internationalization principles
Requirements:
' 5-10 years' design or art direction management experience; team building, and supportive culture of innovation
' Must possess experience developing strategic branding and/or design guidelines, preferably across multiple products in a family
' 5 years' web product user experience design, including all stages and phases from vision to implementation
' ADA accessibility compliance and internationalization
' MFA desirable; BA/BS or higher in Graphic Design, Information Design, or other visual arts required
' Strong presentation and written communication skills
To Apply:
Please apply online: https://sh.webhire.com/jobcart/view_job.cart?JOB_ID=2463945&ACCT_NAME=NCS&SITE=I&CCC_DEST=CS
www.pearsoned.com
www.pearsoned.com/careers
Published on 18-07-2010