Senior Visual Designer

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We’re Atom Learning and our mission is to help every child reach their potential. We use machine learning and a visually engaging tech platform to bring a fun, high-quality and personalised learning experience into every child’s home.

We combine exceptional teacher‑made content with cutting‑edge technology to provide fantastic affordable education to all learners globally, regardless of background.

We’re one of Europe’s fastest‑growing EdTech companies. Since 2018 we’ve grown from a startup of four friends to almost 110 people. Our brilliant colleagues include specialists across education, engineering, product, learning design and marketing.

We’re remote‑first! While our main office is in London, our team is composed of over 110 people (and counting) working from 10 countries.

What you will do

• Define and champion the brand’s visual direction across all channels.
• Mentor, support, and manage junior designers as your team develops.
• Provide hands‑on design and creative direction as well as feedback and quality assurance.
• Set creative standards and help shape professional development within the team.
• Oversee creation of standout assets for campaigns, lifecycle comms, and internal initiatives.
• Evolve and manage visual identity and design systems for clarity and scalability.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and leadership teams to ensure design meets business goals.
• Manage team capacity, workflows, and project timelines as you build leadership experience.
• Promote a culture of experimentation, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Introduce new tools, ideas, and technologies to elevate creative output.
• Support cross‑functional teams with on‑brand assets, templates, and guidance.

Who you are

• Able to balance hands‑on execution with growing responsibilities in direction, feedback, and team development.
• A detail‑focused visual designer with strong conceptual thinking and deep expertise in layout, typography, colour, and digital composition.
• Highly skilled in performance‑led marketing design (paid media, social, email, landing pages).
• Ready to step confidently into people leadership and support junior designers’ growth.
• Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere).
• Experienced in developing AI‑driven creative workflows for ideation, imagery and video.
• Experience in UI design and good working knowledge of UI design principles. Familiar with applying brand principles to UX/UI decisions for marketing‑led digital experiences and product development.
• Strong collaborator with marketing, product design and customer‑facing teams.
• Capable of building and maintaining scalable design systems that streamline production.
• Comfortable leading ideation sessions, presenting concepts, and translating briefs into compelling visuals.

Experience that will set you apart

• High proficiency in no‑code web development (Webflow).
• High proficiency in motion design (Rive, After Effects).

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays;
• 3 days winter leave;
• Work anywhere in the UK or within GMT +/-2 hours time zone; we're a remote‑first company, with the option to use our Holborn office;
• Annual L&D budget;
• Enhanced family leave;
• Monthly remote and in‑person events in London;
• High degree of autonomy and exposure to the running of all business areas of a successful startup;
• Brilliant colleagues and the opportunity to become an integral member of a fast‑growing tech company.

Diversity & Inclusion at Atom Learning

At Atom Learning, diversity, equity and inclusion are essential parts of our mission. We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages and supports voices from a diverse range of backgrounds. We know it fuels our creativity and brings us closer towards democratising education for children of all backgrounds.

To achieve this, we commit to fostering an environment where everyone is valued and supported for who they are and in which individual differences and the contributions of all our staff are recognised and protected. We work to ensure that our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on skills and competencies and that we actively seek talent from all sections of society.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

E‑Learning Providers

Location

Remote (UK) – work anywhere in the UK or within GMT +/-2 hours time zone; option to use our Holborn office.

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