UI/UX Designer - #193636

Job Description

About The National College
At The National College, we empower education professionals to transform children’s lives.

Our all-in-one platform helps schools, trusts, and nurseries stay compliant, raise standards, and reduce staff workload through intuitive, impactful technology.

If educators need it, we build it.

We’ve created a unique platform that combines the world’s largest CPD and policy library with innovative software tools, developed in collaboration with thousands of schools and more than 1,000 education experts.

The Role
We are looking for a talented and user-focused UI/UX Designer to join The National College and help shape the experience of our digital products. In this role, you will be responsible for designing intuitive, high-quality user interfaces that create seamless and engaging user experiences for our customers.

Working closely with Product Managers and Developers, you will turn ideas and requirements into thoughtful, user-centred designs that balance user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility. You will champion design excellence across the platform, driving best practice in usability, accessibility, and visual consistency.

Job Requirements

• Proven experience designing digital products, with a strong portfolio demonstrating both UX and UI design capability across web and/or mobile platforms.
• Confidence working independently and taking ownership of the end-to-end design process across multiple products, features, and projects.
• Strong proficiency in Figma and other modern design and prototyping tools.
• Solid understanding of UX principles, user-centred design, interaction design, and accessibility best practices, with the ability to create intuitive and visually engaging user experiences.
• Experience using user feedback, usability testing, and data insights to inform design decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• A collaborative mindset with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
  
  

Job Responsibilities

• Design high-fidelity user interfaces, interactive prototypes, and user journeys for new features, product enhancements, and continuous improvements.
• Apply, maintain, and evolve our design system to ensure consistency, scalability, and a seamless user experience across all digital products.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to translate business requirements and user needs into intuitive, effective design solutions.
• Partner with Developers throughout the delivery process to ensure designs are implemented accurately and meet high standards of quality and usability.
• Use user feedback, usability testing, and product analytics to identify opportunities, validate design decisions, and continuously improve the user experience.
  
  

Job Benefits

At The National College, we’re passionate about helping organisations grow and thrive through knowledge and connection. You’ll be part of a business that values its people, supports continuous development, and celebrates success.

You'll also be able to benefit from:

• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
• 24/7 online GP access
• Mental health and wellbeing support
• One paid charity day per year
• 25 days’ holiday, increasing to 30 days with service
• Professional study support
• Plus more