Product Designer

Renaissance® is a global leader in education technology. We help schools and school groups in the UK and around the world with educational assessments, practice and intervention solutions, and data analytics. Renaissance now incorporates GL Assessment (known internationally as GL Education), too – a leading provider of educational assessments. 

Together, our assessments offer the ideal starting point to help teachers understand their students’ strengths and pinpoint areas of need. Our teaching and learning tools then provide effective next steps, with online literacy and maths solutions that meet students exactly where we are. 

Worldwide, we support over 18 million students, operating in over 100 countries. 

About this role:

Renaissance Global are recruiting for a Product Designer join our growing team on a 12 month fixed term contract.  

We've been through some very exciting change in the last 2 year’s to get us on the path toward being product-led but we’re just getting started. That's where you come in.

We're looking for a talented Product Designer to join our team and create high-impact designs that deliver real value to our users. You will be working across all steps of the product development lifecycle, collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure that the product experiences you create and design are visually appealing, intuitive, and meet the needs of our customers.  

Product Designer Job Responsibilities:  

• Hands on in product discovery and delivery working closely with the cross functional team including product managers and engineers, as well as customers to get to the heart of our customers’ problems.
• Driving conception and ideation, user flow design, detailed interaction design, and prototyping.
• Creating intuitive, elegant, and engaging UI designs.
• Conducting user research, testing assumptions with stakeholders and customers, analysing and sharing findings, and creating the best solution for delivery.
• Advocating for and championing design best practice across the product teams, across the business, and skilfully articulating design rationale.
• Working closely with the engineers and testers to ensure that the product design outputs are fit for purpose and meet expectations.

Skills and experience required:

To be considered for the role of Product Designer, we are looking for someone who has hands on experience in product discovery and delivery working closely with the cross functional teams including product managers and engineers, as well as customers to get to the heart of our customers’ problems.

A little about what you can bring:

A practitioner

• A Product Designer with previous experience designing and shipping impactful products.
• Capable of working autonomously and proactively and self-prioritise work where necessary.
• Proficient in Figma / Adobe XD / Sketch, etc.

A craftsperson

• An expert in translating complex problems into simple and intuitive user experiences.
• User centric with a high ability to dive to the heart of customers’ problems.
• Can knowingly apply behavioural design techniques to (ethically) influence change in user behaviour.
• Enthusiastic about the artistry and impact of design.
• Can talk thought the nuances of your previous product design work that’s in customers’ hands today.

A collaborator

• Experienced working with product managers and developers in an agile environment.
• Able to balance high-level strategic thinking with the small executional details.
• Excited to see the ideas you and team have go out live into customers' hands.

A beacon

• Emanate design thinking and sense with a solid knowledge of UX design processes and methodologies including user research, ideation, prototyping, and testing.
• A concise and impactful communicator, able to confidently back up complex design decisions and conceptual ideas to differing audiences.
• Comfortable taking ownership and helping drive design practice and process.

As our Product Designer, we are looking for someone who aligns with Renaissance's mission to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide, we are looking for someone who is/ has:

• Excellent organisational, planning, time management and project management skills 
• Ability to communicate effectively, present and negotiate to a high level. 
• Focused and disciplined approach, logical and has meticulous attention to detail 
• Ability to instil a high level of credibility and build strong internal working relationships 
• Collaborative approach.  
• Flexible approach; ability to adapt to different situations and requirements 
• A positive outlook with desire to learn and embrace new concepts and ways of working 
• Preferred education to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant field 
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Able to quickly assimilate extensive product and market knowledge 

Additional information: 

This is role is a Remote United Kingdom based role, all candidates must reside and hold the right to work in the United Kingdom. (Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this position)

Please note the closing dates for applications will be Friday 6th June 2025, with all candidates moving to the next stage being contacted by Wednesday 11th June 2025.

We offer a competitive salary of up to £40,000  dependant on experience, Plus lots of amazing benefits.

Benefits: 

Pension & Insurance – all employees can participate in our salary sacrifice company pension scheme administrated by Aviva – where we will contribute 8% of your annual salary if you contribute just 3% to your pension. All employees are entitled to Life and income protection insurance  

Holiday and Bookable Leave - 22 days annual leave per annum, plus 3 complementary days to be used for our Christmas shutdown (usually between Christmas & New Year, plus UK statutory Bank Holidays. We also offer a day off for your birthday so you can celebrate in style, to be used in the month of your birthday. We also offer every UK based employee up to 5 paid volunteering days per year with a cause of your choice.    

We also offer the chance to buy an additional 5 days holiday per year through our salary sacrifice scheme and you can spread the cost over 3-8months!    

Growth and development – extensive training opportunities for career progression across Renaissance Learning with great leaders looking to grow your career and allow you to flourish.       

Shopping & Working for Renaissance Perks - you’ll get instant access to a benefits and discount platform with 1000’s of discounts at retailers, leisure attractions, restaurants, and more through our portal provided by Reward Gateway. You will also be able to collect Renaissance Rewards via our employee recognition Platform, these points can be used to purchase items including vouchers on Renaissance Rewards platform. You will also get access to Smart tech where you can get your electrical household and personal items at the best price and spread the cost through your salary, interest free, up to £5000.     

Wellbeing & Health – We have a generous maternity/paternity/adoption leave and pay policy, employee assistance programme available 24/7 offering confidential support from counselling to legal and financial advice, including Family Support Services – a specialist bereavement support to help through the most difficult times via our Help@Hand app. This app includes access to GP, physio, nutrition, counselling support, medical appointments, and so much more.     

We offer access to mental health first-aiders based at all our UK sites, and remotely. We offer access to company paid BUPA PMI and BUPA cash plan optional schemes for you. 

It doesn’t stop there you will also be able to protect yourself with free access to annual flu vaccinations, and the Company will also contribute towards eye tests and those on trend specs if you need them.    

Renaissance UK Office benefits – All Hybrid working employees are entitled to apply for a season ticket loan, use the amazing cycle to work scheme where you can get on your bike for less, save money, and get fit - that‘s a win-win for us! All UK Offices have fruit baskets delivered for all to enjoy a healthy snack each week.  

We have an ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and have taken strides to become a more welcoming and inclusive workplace, including the introduction of our DEI Matters Network which is owned and driven by our staff. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within our organisation. 

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. Please note that we can only consider applicants who already hold a full work permit. 

This role is subject to DBS and background checks.