Design responsive experiences across desktop, tablet, and mobile environments.
Utilize motion and interaction design thoughtfully to enhance usability and engagement.
Translate product goals and technical requirements into visually compelling and technically feasible solutions.
Accessibility & Inclusive Design
Champion accessibility best practices across all digital products and experiences.
Ensure designs meet WCAG and ADA compliance requirements and collaborate with developers to support accessible implementation.
Advocate for inclusive design principles that support learners with visual, auditory, physical, cognitive, speech, and neurological disabilities.
Identify opportunities to improve accessibility and usab
Benefits
Vision insurance
Additional Information
If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.
Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
Grade: Professional 312
Pay Range: $106,700.00 - $165,400.00
Job Description
Western Governors University (WGU) is seeking an experienced and highly collaborative Expert User Interface (UI) Designer to lead the evolution of digital product design across our student, employee, and public-facing platforms. This role plays a critical part in scaling and maturing WGU's UI practice through design system leadership, accessibility expertise, and exceptional visual design execution.
This is not a hybrid UX/UI role. WGU has a dedicated UX organization, allowing this position to focus deeply on user interface design, visual systems, accessibility, and front-end design consistency across products and platforms.
The Expert UI Designer will partner closely with engineering, product, accessibility, brand, and UX teams to deliver cohesive, scalable, and accessible experiences that align with WGU's brand vision and support student success.
As part of a small but highly impactful UI team supporting a broad portfolio of products, this role requires someone who thrives in complexity, enjoys solving systems-level design challenges, and can balance hands-on execution with strategic influence.
Why This Role Matters
The UI discipline at WGU has evolved significantly over the past several years, and this role will help drive the next phase of maturity across our digital ecosystem. A major focus of this position will be helping consolidate multiple design systems into a unified, scalable framework while partnering closely with web platform and engineering teams to expand and maintain a robust component library that promotes consistency across WGU products.
This role is ideal for someone who:
Has deep experience managing and evolving enterprise design systems
Understands design tokens and component-driven development
Brings strong visual and interaction design expertise
Has worked extensively with accessible digital experiences
Enjoys collaborating across large organizations with brand, product, UX, and engineering stakeholders
Can mentor others while raising the quality bar across teams
Wgu · Salt Lake City, UT