UI/UX Designer for E‑learning Platforms

About the role

York Press, an educational publishing company in the MENA region, is building new e‑learning platforms for schools, teachers, students and parents. The UI/UX Designer will shape the experience from the early design phase through to implementation.

Key responsibilities

• Run the full design cycle – research, definition, ideation, high‑fidelity design and prototyping.
• Conduct competitive analysis, create user personas and map journeys for teachers, students, parents and administrators.
• Produce information architecture, sketches, wireframes and interactive prototypes.
• Build and maintain a design system and component library for direct engineering implementation.
• Design age‑appropriate, bilingual (English/Arabic) experiences with RTL layouts and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility.
• Collaborate with product, engineering and content teams through weekly design reviews.

Required profile

• 3+ years of UI/UX design experience delivering real web applications.
• Strong portfolio showing end‑to‑end work from research to polished UI.
• Clear communicator able to present and defend design decisions.

Required skills

• Expert command of Figma (components, variants, auto‑layout, prototyping).
• Solid grasp of accessibility standards (WCAG) and mobile‑first responsive design.
• Experience building or contributing to a design system.
• Working knowledge of React or component‑based front‑end frameworks for design hand‑off.

What we offer

• Own the design of e‑learning products from the ground up.
• Real impact on schools and students across multiple countries.
• Collaborative team that treats design as a first‑class part of the build.
• Standard working hours: Mon‑Fri 8:00‑17:00, Sat 8:00‑13:30.