<div class="content-intro"><p>Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with&nbsp;142&nbsp;million registered learners as of&nbsp;December 31, 2023.</p>
<p>Coursera partners with over 325 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in fields such as data science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.</span></p>
<p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">We at Coursera are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration. As a remote-first company, our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates.</strong></p></div><p><strong>Job Overview:</strong></p>
<p>The Coursera Design &amp; Research team is seeking a Product Design Manager with a specialization in visual UI &amp; motion to build and lead a team of UI designers responsible for conceptualizing world class visual &amp; interactive experiences that elevate our product’s look and feel, bring delight to everyday interactions, differentiate our product and advance a cohesive vision for the future.&nbsp;<br><br>You will work closely with a team of product, brand and design-system designers&nbsp; across our organization to develop new product features, evolve design patterns and bring our brand to life through the in-product experience across web and mobile. <br><br>This role reports to the Senior Director of Product Design, and will help build and manage a team of 3-4 UI designers that will be deployed on a project basis to augment the efforts of pod-based product designers across our platform with a unified design agenda.</p>
<p>The ideal candidate should be a student of best-in class UI &amp; interactive patterns, hold a high bar for visual design excellence, possess a deep understanding of how to work within and evolve a design system, be well versed in accessibility &amp; mobile design, and have demonstrated experience driving meaningful change to the in-product look and feel.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Attract and hire top UI talent and develop them across their career journey&nbsp;</li>
<li>Coach a team of UI designers to develop their craft, execution abilities, and subject matter expertise while fostering a healthy, remote-first, inclusive culture</li>
<li>Shape a design vision for the platform expression system with visual &amp; interaction design, including its development, rollout and ongoing evolution.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Present ideas in a compelling way to inspire teams, influence stakeholders, and secure resources&nbsp;</li>
<li>Prioritize efforts for maxim impact and develop roadmaps that iteratively drive progress toward a vision</li>
<li>Collaborate with pod-level UX designers, engineers, and product managers throughout the design and development lifecycle informing the creation of new products and experiences across the Coursera platform with a visual design lens.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Guide designers in conceptualizing, designing and developing UI / UX experiences through to delivery including auditing live product to ensure implementation excellence.</li>
<li>Where necessary, lean-in to drive design work alongside your team, modeling excellence and setting the pace.</li>
<li>Stay updated with design trends to guide teams toward the cutting edge.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Partner with the Coursera Design System team to bring a scalable approach to continually evolving our patterns with visual design, and establishing new components that can be leveraged by teams across the product org.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Partner with the Brand and Creative team to coordinate on the role of color, typography, imagery, iconography, illustrations, etc in our product,&nbsp; bringing a UX lens to adapting our brand system to the in-product experience, filling in gaps where necessary.</li>
<li>Build and maintain strong cross-functional stakeholder relationships to gain alignment around visual design strategy and workflow, ensuring your team’s efforts are coordinated with the overall product vision.</li>
<li>Make a case for the business impact of UI. Collaborating with PM, UXR and DS&nbsp; to build test plans that measure the impact of UI changes to key product metrics.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Requirements</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor's degree in interaction design, graphic design, visual communication, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).</li>
<li>Minimum of 8 years of experience as a visual UI/ UX designer or similar role, and 3 years experience as a creative manager with a proven track record of delivering high-quality designs.</li>
<li>Experience working in a consumer facing role inside a digital product organization</li>
<li>Experiencing designing best in class UI, motion experiences (including haptics &amp; sound) across mobile and web</li>
<li>Experience designing UI / UX that is scalable, and accessible, supporting or contributing to a design pattern library or system&nbsp;</li>
<li>Proficient in product design software such as Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, After effects etc.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Figma mastery: Leverage your strong knowledge of Figma to create and maintain design systems, collaborate with team members, and streamline the design workflow.</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, and manage executive stakeholders.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics.</li>
<li>Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, and handle multiple projects simultaneously.</li>
<li>Strong portfolio of UI design that drove impact for the organization</li>
<li>Comfort with managing multiple projects of varying complexities at once, meet deadlines, work independently and well under pressure</li>
<li>Experience shaping the visual design direction of a robust digital platform</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/leading-teams">Leading Teams</a></strong></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/uva-darden-design-thinking-social-sector">Design Thinking for the Greater Good</a></strong></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/design-strategy">Design Led Strategy</a></strong></li>
</ul>
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Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors,
Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission to provide universal access to
world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms
in the world, with 142 million registered learners as of December 31, 2023.

Coursera partners with over 325 leading university and industry partners to
offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses,
Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and bachelor’s
and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill
and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in fields such as data
science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform
their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who
share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

**We at Coursera are committed to building a globally diverse team and are
thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country
where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible
working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to
facilitate seamless collaboration. As a remote-first company, our interviews
and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient
experience for our candidates.**

 **Job Overview:**

The Coursera Design & Research team is seeking a Product Design Manager with a
specialization in visual UI & motion to build and lead a team of UI designers
responsible for conceptualizing world class visual & interactive experiences
that elevate our product’s look and feel, bring delight to everyday
interactions, differentiate our product and advance a cohesive vision for the
future.  
  
You will work closely with a team of product, brand and design-system
designers  across our organization to develop new product features, evolve
design patterns and bring our brand to life through the in-product experience
across web and mobile.  
  
This role reports to the Senior Director of Product Design, and will help
build and manage a team of 3-4 UI designers that will be deployed on a project
basis to augment the efforts of pod-based product designers across our
platform with a unified design agenda.

The ideal candidate should be a student of best-in class UI & interactive
patterns, hold a high bar for visual design excellence, possess a deep
understanding of how to work within and evolve a design system, be well versed
in accessibility & mobile design, and have demonstrated experience driving
meaningful change to the in-product look and feel.

**Responsibilities**

  * Attract and hire top UI talent and develop them across their career journey 
  * Coach a team of UI designers to develop their craft, execution abilities, and subject matter expertise while fostering a healthy, remote-first, inclusive culture
  * Shape a design vision for the platform expression system with visual & interaction design, including its development, rollout and ongoing evolution.  
  * Present ideas in a compelling way to inspire teams, influence stakeholders, and secure resources 
  * Prioritize efforts for maxim impact and develop roadmaps that iteratively drive progress toward a vision
  * Collaborate with pod-level UX designers, engineers, and product managers throughout the design and development lifecycle informing the creation of new products and experiences across the Coursera platform with a visual design lens. 
  * Guide designers in conceptualizing, designing and developing UI / UX experiences through to delivery including auditing live product to ensure implementation excellence.
  * Where necessary, lean-in to drive design work alongside your team, modeling excellence and setting the pace.
  * Stay updated with design trends to guide teams toward the cutting edge. 
  * Partner with the Coursera Design System team to bring a scalable approach to continually evolving our patterns with visual design, and establishing new components that can be leveraged by teams across the product org. 
  * Partner with the Brand and Creative team to coordinate on the role of color, typography, imagery, iconography, illustrations, etc in our product,  bringing a UX lens to adapting our brand system to the in-product experience, filling in gaps where necessary.
  * Build and maintain strong cross-functional stakeholder relationships to gain alignment around visual design strategy and workflow, ensuring your team’s efforts are coordinated with the overall product vision.
  * Make a case for the business impact of UI. Collaborating with PM, UXR and DS  to build test plans that measure the impact of UI changes to key product metrics.

#### **Requirements**

  * Bachelor's degree in interaction design, graphic design, visual communication, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  * Minimum of 8 years of experience as a visual UI/ UX designer or similar role, and 3 years experience as a creative manager with a proven track record of delivering high-quality designs.
  * Experience working in a consumer facing role inside a digital product organization
  * Experiencing designing best in class UI, motion experiences (including haptics & sound) across mobile and web
  * Experience designing UI / UX that is scalable, and accessible, supporting or contributing to a design pattern library or system 
  * Proficient in product design software such as Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, After effects etc. 
  * Figma mastery: Leverage your strong knowledge of Figma to create and maintain design systems, collaborate with team members, and streamline the design workflow.
  * Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, and manage executive stakeholders. 
  * Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics.
  * Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
  * Strong portfolio of UI design that drove impact for the organization
  * Comfort with managing multiple projects of varying complexities at once, meet deadlines, work independently and well under pressure
  * Experience shaping the visual design direction of a robust digital platform

**If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on
Coursera:**

  * **[Leading Teams](https://www.coursera.org/learn/leading-teams)**
  * **[Design Thinking for the Greater Good](https://www.coursera.org/learn/uva-darden-design-thinking-social-sector)**
  * **[Design Led Strategy](https://www.coursera.org/learn/design-strategy)**





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qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected
veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.



If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable
accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact
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