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Savvas Learning Company are hiring a

Principal User Experience Designer

Savvas Learning Company

Savvas Learning Company is a global education company that produces award-winning learning solutions that empower educators and engage students with the highest quality content.

Recognized as an industry leader, we serve millions of K-12 learners with innovative, student-centered educational programs that turn todays classrooms into active learning environments. By embracing technology, personalized learning, and immersive experiences delivered across multiple platforms, we design our learning solutions to be more accessible and relevant to each student.

Our award-winning, high-quality instructional materials span every grade level and discipline, from evidence-based, standards-aligned core curricula and supplemental and intervention programs to state-of-the-art assessment tools and the industrys most innovative portfolio of college and career readiness solutions — all designed to meet the needs of every learner.

Job Description

We are seeking a Principal UX Designer to lead experience design for complex reporting, data visualization, and learning analytics experiences across our K–12 educational technology platforms. This role will also serve as a senior leader in evolving and optimizing our mature design system. This is not a component-consumer role. We are looking for someone who has built, scaled, and governed design systems in mature product environments — and who understands how system thinking elevates reporting, dashboards, and AI-driven insights at scale. You will work at the intersection of product strategy, AI innovation, analytics, and scalable design infrastructure — translating complex educational data into intuitive, actionable experiences for educators and administrators.

What Youll Own

1. Reporting & Data Visualization Strategy

You will lead the UX strategy and execution for high-impact reporting and dashboard initiatives, including:

  • Administrative dashboards and system-level reporting tools
  • Complex student performance and growth data visualizations
  • AI-driven insight experiences (e.g., Assignment AI Insights)
  • Combined math, literacy, and Lexile reporting enhancements
  • Learning analytics experiences within multi-product ecosystems

You will:

  • Translate complex educational data, learning analytics, and AI outputs into clear, actionable user experiences
  • Define visualization patterns that scale across products
  • Ensure dashboards support decision-making, not just data display
  • Simplify multi-dimensional datasets without oversimplifying meaning
  • Establish UX principles for reporting consistency across product lines

2. Design System Leadership (Mature System Environment)

You will play a critical role in strengthening and optimizing our design system. We are specifically looking for someone who has:

  • Built components from scratch — not just assembled existing libraries
  • Defined usage guidelines, interaction models, and accessibility standards
  • Partnered with engineering to implement token-based systems
  • Led governance, contribution models, and release cycles
  • Improved system adoption across multiple product teams

Responsibilities include:

  • Expanding system patterns for data visualization and reporting
  • Defining scalable charting, dashboard, and insight components
  • Creating documentation that enables consistency across teams
  • Establishing feedback loops between product design and system evolution
  • Driving process optimization for intake, review, and release
  • Ensuring accessibility and performance standards are embedded at the system level

3. Cross-Product Experience Alignment

  • Provide strategic UX continuity across multiple product lines
  • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and AI teams
  • Align reporting experiences across platforms to reduce fragmentation
  • Establish UX standards for how AI insights are surfaced and explained
  • Ensure experience cohesion while enabling product-specific differentiation

What You Bring

Required Experience

  • 8+ years in UX/Product Design, including experience at a senior or principal level
  • Deep expertise in data visualization and dashboard design
  • Demonstrated experience designing complex administrative or analytics tools
  • Experience working with AI-driven features and insight surfacing
  • Proven experience building and scaling a mature design system
  • Experience creating components, not just consuming them
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Design tokens
    • Accessibility (WCAG)
    • Interaction modeling
    • Responsive and scalable layout systems
    • Data visualization best practices
  • Experience partnering directly with engineering to ensure system fidelity

Ideal Background

  • Experience in EdTech, SaaS, enterprise platforms, or analytics-heavy products
  • Experience designing for educators, administrators, or institutional users
  • Familiarity with learning analytics or student performance reporting
  • Experience working in multi-product ecosystems
  • Experience leading cross-functional design reviews and governance

How You Think

  • Systems thinker — you see patterns across products and create scalable solutions
  • Data translator — you make complexity understandable without losing nuance
  • Craft-driven — you care deeply about interaction details and clarity
  • Process optimizer — you improve how design systems are built and maintained
  • Strategic partner — you influence roadmap decisions, not just screens
  • AI-curious — you think critically about how insights are presented, explained, and trusted

Impact Youll Have

  • Elevate reporting from “data display” to decision-support experiences
  • Improve consistency and scalability across products through system maturity
  • Enable faster development through robust, well-documented components
  • Increase clarity and usability of AI-generated insights
  • Reduce UX fragmentation across the product ecosystem

About Savvas

We are proud to be recognized as a Top Workplace. Our employees are our most valuable asset, and we are committed to creating a work environment that promotes their growth, well-being, and success. We develop learning solutions that empower educators and improve student outcomes thanks to our teams passion, creativity, and dedication.

Total Rewards

At Savvas, compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. We invest in our employees with a rewards package that combines compensation, exceptional benefits and wellness programs in addition to opportunities for professional growth. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. The posted hiring range reflects our good faith estimate at the time of posting and remains subject to modification. Compensation is determined by factors such as but not limited to skills, experience, budget, and internal equity.

Benefits

Starting on Day One we are committed to the health, well-being, and development of our employees. As a Savvas employee, you are eligible to participate in benefits that put you first. Our benefits include a wide range of offerings including but not limited to the following:

  • Medical Coverage: Choose from three distinct medical plan options. HSA/FSA options available.
  • Prescription Drug Benefits: Automatically included when you enroll in any medical plan.
  • Dental & Vision Coverage: Available to all benefits-eligible employees.
  • Time to Recharge: Vacation time and 10 paid holidays.
  • Time to Recover: Sick time and leave programs.
  • Financial Wellness: Employees can start securing their financial future without any delay with a 401(k) match and immediate vesting.
  • Wellness Programs: We recognize the importance of emotional and mental well-being, both in our work environment and in our personal lives. We are committed to providing resources and support to promote overall well-being and a healthy work-life balance.
  • Extra Perks: Discounted gym memberships, pet insurance, tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, volunteer opportunities, and much more!

Savvas benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Savvas Learning Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Savvas Learning complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Savvas prohibits discrimination against individuals based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, and other protected group status. We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

Savvas Learning Company is an affirmative action employer and participates in E-Verify.