Sr. UX Product Designer

Sr. UX Product Designer

Bogota, Colombia

*ONLY CVs SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH WILL BE CONSIDERED*

The Opportunity:
Recently combined with Anthology, Blackboard offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale, supporting over 150 million users in 80 countries. The company’s mission is to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community so that learners and educators can achieve their goals.

We believe in the power of a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. As we expand globally, we are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of not only our hiring practices but who we are as a company.

Our Design team helps shape the future of Blackboard’s products. Made up of design leaders who work across both web and mobile platforms and take a hands-on role in a highly collaborative team environment, they champion best-in-class work throughout the Blackboard organization. Our team believes that design is as much about behavior and emotion as it is about usability and utility.

As Senior UX Product Designer, you will be responsible for working across both web and mobile platforms and taking an active, hands-on role in a highly collaborative group, creating and socializing best-in-class work to business owners while working with technologists to implement designs.

Specific responsibilities will include:

- Building visual design explorations, comps, interactive simulations, and product specifications
- Working with other designers and extended partners to explore and define useful and useable product solutions
- Working within existing design standards and brand guidelines, while also always exploring ways to evolve them given our product UX solutions
- Understanding end user needs and behaviors through iterative research practices and implementing insights to drive product success

Required skills/qualifications:

- A minimum of 6-7 years of experience within a Design related area, with specific UX focus of at least 4 years
- In-depth knowledge of UI/UX and design disciplines/principles
- Proficiency with industry-standard tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, Sketch, or any other prototyping tools
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to receive and incorporate critique from peers and stakeholders as well as provide meaningful critique
- An outstanding body of work that incorporates design thinking (or other similar) methodologies where people are the center of the solution
- Ability to handle multiple design projects at different stages of delivery simultaneously without sacrificing quality
- Exceptional eye for detail
- Comfortable participating in projects where acting as a leader might be required
- A strong team player with excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Highly organized, motivated, and efficient
- Hybrid interaction and visual designer
- Ability to maintain high standards of accountability, owning responsibility around design decisions, timelines, and quality
- Fluency in written and spoken English at CEF B2 level or above

Preferred skills/qualifications:

- Background in user research within various qualitative/quantitative methodologies that inform design explorations and solutions

The Office:
Blackboard has an office located in Bogota, Colombia as a hub for the LAC market.
- Located in Capital Towers center in the financial district
- Excellent and secure area to eat lunch, have a walk, or dine after office hours
- Benefits in prepaid medicine, dental plan, and wellness allowance
- Easy access to public transportation close to two important avenues, Carrera 7 and Calle 100
- Free parking for employees and paid parking for visitors
- Multiple private spaces for virtual and face-to-face meetings
- Regular events like bring your dog to work day and ping-pong, foosball, and Mario Kart tournaments
- Sodexo card provided for employees
- Daily budget to spend on beverage vending machines
- Learn more about the Bogota office culture by checking out our Facebook page
- Option for remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor