Glean is hiring Junior UX Designer
Hi 👋 we’re Glean. We make study software that makes learning quicker and easier for everyone.
- We’re a SaaS scale up and one of the fastest growing tech companies in the North.
- There’s 100+ of us around the UK with our HQ in Leeds.
- Our software is award-winning and used by 100,000s of students at over 800 universities & colleges worldwide.
- We’re growing so we can achieve our mission to support 1 million students to become better learners by 2026.
The role of UX Designer:
As a UX Designer at Glean, you'll create user-friendly, innovative solutions that deliver results for both our users and our business. With support, you'll follow a user-centred design process, collaborating with team members to explore problems, generate ideas, and validate solutions.
We're product-led, which means you'll develop a deep understanding of our users and help improve our products over time. If solving real user problems and making a meaningful impact excites you, you'll thrive here.
This role offers plenty of room for growth and development, check out our recent post about Nicole's journey so far! 🚀
Career Track IC1 & IC2 - we are open to applicants at the earlier stages of their UX career, from recent graduates to those with up to 2 years of experience.
Meet the team:
You'll be reporting to Paul (Head of UX) and join a talented and supportive team of designers based in the UK and Spain. Together we believe that great design comes from curiosity, bold experimentation, and sharing work early and often. While we work mostly remotely, we're a close-knit team and regularly come together at our Leeds office for workshops, events, and socials.
What you’ll be doing:
Our products are created by cross-functional squads that include UX designers, engineers, product managers, product marketers, customer experience and data specialists. Each squad works closely together to build the best product for our users and customers.
You'll join one of four product-focused squads, where your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting user research to gain deep understanding of user needs
- Contributing ideas in product discussions and helping shape the direction of features
- Creating solutions through sketching, wireframes and rapid prototyping
- Participating in design critiques and sharing your work regularly to gather feedback
- Running usability tests and prioritising findings to refine solutions
- Communicating design requirements and supporting engineers during implementation
- Contributing to the evolution of Glean's design process
About you:
You're a curious, proactive designer who’s eager to learn and grow. You enjoy working collaboratively, value feedback, and take pride in turning ideas into well-thought-out, user-centred solutions. You’re comfortable with some ambiguity and open to exploring different approaches, tools, and ways of working. You're keen to build your skills through hands-on experience and make a real contribution to our product development at Glean.
What we're looking for:
- Qualification in UX Design, Interaction Design, Product Design or a similar related field.
- A portfolio that showcases your user-centred design approach and demonstrates how you have iterated solutions based on research and testing.
- Solid foundation in both user research and UI design with an eagerness to develop your skills across the full product lifecycle.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain your design decisions.
- Effective collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to manage time and prioritise tasks.
- Proactive approach to learning and professional development.
⭐ Bonus skills & experience:
- An interest in accessibility and a desire to apply best practices to create inclusive experiences.
- A genuine curiosity about how people learn and a drive to design products that support students.
- An openness to the role of AI in design and how it can be used responsibly in the design process.
If you don’t have some, or all, of the bonus skills & experiences listed please still get in touch as we’d love to hear from you.
💰Salary and benefits:
£29,000-£37,000 depending upon experience
🏖️ 33 days annual leave (Inclusive of bank holidays)
🎄 3 gifted days off at Christmas
💰 EMI Share Options Scheme
🎓 Generous individual learning and training allowance
⌚ Truly flexible hours to suit when you work best
💻 Full home working set up and beautiful collaborative office space
🌴 Nomad working policy with family travel insurance
🍼 Enhanced 26 weeks maternity and 4 weeks paternity (fully paid)
🤍 Health cash plan (from glasses to massages)
💸 6% employer pension contribution
🚗 Free city centre parking in Leeds
Location:
We have a beautiful office space in Leeds and we love it when we get together to collaborate in person. We typically operate a hybrid way of working, however some of our roles support remote working within the UK, if you live more than 50 miles from the office.
We will discuss ways of working with you at interview however if you have any questions before you apply please reach out to recruitment@glean.co
💡 What to expect next:
We’ll review your application and provide a response within 1 week. Even if it’s not the news you’d hoped for, we appreciate it’s good to know either way.
If we invite you to meet with us for interview, here’s an overview of what the process will look like:
- Recruitment Screening Call with Courtney or Cece (30 minutes).
- First stage interview with Paul and another UX Designer (1 hour).
- Final stage interview which includes
- 1 hour culture and values interview with one of the Executive Team
- 30 minute task presentation with hiring manager, product manager and UX team
Please note that your application should include a link to your online portfolio or examples of recent work for us to review.
Ahead of your interview you will receive a confirmation email outlining who you’ll be meeting and when, anything you’ll need to prepare in advance and any resources we think you might find helpful.
You can also take a look at our full recruitment process here: Glean's Recruitment Process & Hiring FAQs | Glean
👀 Interested in learning more about a career at Glean?
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💌 Not quite the right role for you however you’d love to be a part of Glean’s journey?
Let’s connect! Reach out to recruitment@glean.co and we’ll add you to our network, to keep you updated with any future opportunities we think you might be interested in.
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About Us
Glean empowers learners with the confidence and ability to build useful knowledge in an age of information overload. Our inclusive learning technology is used by 100,000s of students to gain 21st century learning skills with a proven note taking process. We aim to reduce waste by helping learners to get more value from working with spoken language.
Our mission is to challenge how the world thinks about learning so that it’s more accessible, productive, and purposeful for all learners. Join our values-driven and growing team if you’re excited by our goal to change a million lives for the better.
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