Salary
💰 $85,000 - $95,000 per year
About the role
- Lead design problem solving to drive compelling interactive user interfaces
- Develop consistent, polished visual designs reflective of a design system
- Establish a streamlined design process, including feedback from stakeholders and planning for additional assets
- Maintain and champion style guides, applying them to new designs
- Moderate and manage content migration into design templates
- Prepare and present design work to internal teams and key stakeholders for review
- Collaborate closely with Design, Product, and Content teams to gather requirements, ensure quality, define scope and direction of projects
- Collaborate with Digital Production teams to maintain cohesive libraries of digital assets in CMSs
- Prepare and communicate design solutions to internal teams and key stakeholders
- Drive and participate in creative brainstorming, concept development, and design execution
- Participate in and conduct collaborative discussions, including listening closely and providing honest, thoughtful feedback to colleagues
- Utilize strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening)
- Partner with a diverse cross-functional product team of designers, product owners, interaction developers, and curriculum experts to build ELA’s 3rd Edition Curriculum
Requirements
- 2+ years experience with digital visual design, digital product development, or equivalent experience with a BA degree in related field or combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated capability in synthesizing graphic design principles and user-centric design approaches with a specialized skill set in typography and layout design
- Keen eye for detail, including the ability to perform design QA and discuss feasible alternatives with developers
- Experience in managing design feedback cycles and production schedules
- Comfort and confidence in presenting your work at various development stages
- Experience collaborating in multifunctional teams as a design lead
- Expertise with Adobe CC, Figma and an openness to learning and using unfamiliar tools and software
- Experience with Agile processes
- Experience with Content Management Systems (CMSs)
- Experience designing responsive desktop layout experiences
- Portfolio showing a high level of design skills and recent work
- Basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS
- Preferred: Experience with digital product design in education technology or a related field
- Preferred: Experience designing with Accessibility as a priority
- Preferred: Demonstrated ability to work iteratively with customers to gather and document user experience requirements
- Preferred: A formal education in Graphic Design, Web Design, Interaction Design, Communication Design, User Experience or related field
- Preferred: Experience with interactive motion design or games
- Preferred: Any lived experience with teaching or tutoring students ages K-12