Coursera was launched in 2012 by 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 175 million registered learners as of March 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 350 leading universities and industry leaders to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations enable instructors to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning experiences to their learners. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.
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.
At Coursera, we 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.
Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.
Job Overview:
The Design & Research teams play a vital role in Coursera’s success. These teams are responsible for gathering learner & partner insights and translating them into recommendations that help Coursera achieve a seamless experience across its platform. These teams are divided down into three main areas: Growth & Discovery, Learner & Educator Experience, & Enterprise.
The experience of learning and transformation is inherently challenging. Your work as a designer will be to create simplicity from complexity and influence everything from the most micro-interaction to full-enterprise learning programs with thousands of employee learners. Our goal is to make education accessible to all and we need extraordinary designers to realize this.
REQUIRED: Portfolio featuring examples of UX design, UI/ visual case studies and any examples of Product design for growth is highly valuable (please link a personal website or portfolio).
Responsibilities:
- Work through design problems, translating research insights and product requirements into ideas that form delightful user experiences, from workflows and wireframes to high-fidelity visual designs.
- Partner with product managers, engineers, data scientists, and researchers to create products from initial definition to shipping and beyond.
- Clearly articulate design rationale and advocate for the user's needs in cross-functional discussions.
- Incorporate qualitative and quantitative data to inform your design decisions and iterate on solutions.
- Effectively manage and execute on multiple design projects, balancing priorities and timelines with guidance from your manager or a design lead.
- Contribute to our team culture by sharing knowledge, providing constructive feedback, and actively participating in design critiques.
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience as a Product Designer, UX Designer, or in a similar role.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in the full design process, from discovery (user flows, IA) to delivery (wireframes, detailed UI, and prototypes).
- Strong visual and UI design skills with experience working with and contributing to a design system.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience presenting work to cross-functional team members.
- Experience participating in user research and using insights to inform design decisions.
- An understanding of technical constraints and the ability to find pragmatic solutions in partnership with engineering.
- Proficiency in mobile design.
Nice-to-Have:
- Interest in or exposure to designing with emerging technologies like GenAI.
- Experience in a test-driven environment (A/B testing).
- Experience designing for consumer, enterprise, or mobile-first products.
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
- Generative AI for Everyone
- Google UX Certification
- Design Thinking for the Greater Good
- Design Led Strategy
Compensation
US Zone 1
This role is not available in Zone 1
US Zone 2
$116,000 - $146,000 USD
US Zone 3
$110,000 - $137,500 USD
The range(s) listed above is the expected annual base salary for this role, subject to change.
Salary is just one component of Coursera’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for a bonus program and equity in the form of RSU’s.
A number of factors are taken into account when determining pay, which includes: job level, location, training/education, business need, skill set and internal equity.
Current Zone Locations:
- Zone 1- San Francisco Metro, New York City Metro or Seattle Metro
- Zone 2 - CA (outside of SF Bay Area), CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, NY/NJ (other than NYC), OR, RI, TX, VA, WA (other than Seattle)
- Zone 3 - all other US locations
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