Endless OS Foundation
Endless OS Foundation
Product Designer
Location: Remote work (core hours 9 am-1 pm EST)
Contract type: Full-time contract (or employment in US, Canada or UK)
Reports to: Design Lead
Salary: $70k - $80k
About Endless OS Foundation
At Endless OS Foundation (EOSF), we believe every learner should have the skills and resources to lead an empowered life. In today's digital era, access to technology and the ability to create with it are essential. That's why we're developing an innovative, collaborative game-making community where learners build real games together with professional developers and mentors to build 21st-century skills and create workplace-ready portfolios.
Role Summary
This is a distinctive opportunity for a Product Designer to make a lasting impact on the global learning and gaming community. You will collaborate closely with the Engineering, Games and Learning teams to contribute to the creation of a platform that seamlessly integrates learning and community game development. You are excited by playing and making games and unleashing the power of collaborative creation as a unique learning experience.
You will play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience and interface of our innovative game-making community platform. Your responsibilities will include designing and enhancing features that facilitate both teaching and learning within our community. The successful candidate will ensure that our platform is intuitively designed, culturally responsive, captivating, and aligned with the overarching program objectives.
Primary Responsibilities Work cross-functionally with internal Engineering, Marketing & Community, Games and Learning teams, and external Partners to represent the design team, facilitate design discussions and give feedback in planning and product channels Collaborate closely with Product Management and Product Design Lead to design features in accordance with your team's roadmap Effectively manage your time and process to meet team deadlines. Rapidly ideate and validate designs through sketches, prototypes, and testing Determine the information architecture and flows for your product features Create high-fidelity visuals and specifications for your final solutions Be an ongoing advocate for our learners' and our product's quality Work closely with Engineering to ensure high-quality implementation and user experience, suggesting improvements for products and processes Work actively with user research initiatives, playtests, and customer feedback Help synthesize findings to inform product/design decisions and create stronger empathy Solicit feedback early and often from your peers, including other learning and product designers, and engineers Help create and maintain our design system with our and advocate for scalable design processes and solutions General Requirements
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members, all over the world You have a good command of both spoken and written English, with Spanish desirable Highly organized and an effective communicator to simultaneously execute on multiple projects Ability to collect and interpret both qualitative and quantitative research into actionable steps Excellent attention to detail, eye for aesthetic design and user appeal You are comfortable working in the open, sharing your thoughts, and looking objectively at feedback from peers An enthusiastic, proactive, flexible, and cooperative approach to developing skills, resolving problems, and maintaining productivity Qualifications
5+ years of experience as a user experience and/or product designer for commercial, web, or mobile software Experience with end-to-end, user-centered design processes, methodologies, and practices, including user research, copywriting, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, interaction design, and usability testing Preferably experienced in building tools and products to engage and empower communities Strong portfolio demonstrating superior user experience and/or product design skills for problems of sizeable scope and complexity Proven track record of on-time, high-quality deliverables
Endless is an Equal Opportunity EmployerEndless provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Learn more about us at: https://www.endlessos.org/
Location: Remote work (core hours 9 am-1 pm EST)
Contract type: Full-time contract (or employment in US, Canada or UK)
Reports to: Design Lead
Salary: $70k - $80k
About Endless OS Foundation
At Endless OS Foundation (EOSF), we believe every learner should have the skills and resources to lead an empowered life. In today's digital era, access to technology and the ability to create with it are essential. That's why we're developing an innovative, collaborative game-making community where learners build real games together with professional developers and mentors to build 21st-century skills and create workplace-ready portfolios.
Role Summary
This is a distinctive opportunity for a Product Designer to make a lasting impact on the global learning and gaming community. You will collaborate closely with the Engineering, Games and Learning teams to contribute to the creation of a platform that seamlessly integrates learning and community game development. You are excited by playing and making games and unleashing the power of collaborative creation as a unique learning experience.
You will play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience and interface of our innovative game-making community platform. Your responsibilities will include designing and enhancing features that facilitate both teaching and learning within our community. The successful candidate will ensure that our platform is intuitively designed, culturally responsive, captivating, and aligned with the overarching program objectives.
Primary Responsibilities Work cross-functionally with internal Engineering, Marketing & Community, Games and Learning teams, and external Partners to represent the design team, facilitate design discussions and give feedback in planning and product channels Collaborate closely with Product Management and Product Design Lead to design features in accordance with your team's roadmap Effectively manage your time and process to meet team deadlines. Rapidly ideate and validate designs through sketches, prototypes, and testing Determine the information architecture and flows for your product features Create high-fidelity visuals and specifications for your final solutions Be an ongoing advocate for our learners' and our product's quality Work closely with Engineering to ensure high-quality implementation and user experience, suggesting improvements for products and processes Work actively with user research initiatives, playtests, and customer feedback Help synthesize findings to inform product/design decisions and create stronger empathy Solicit feedback early and often from your peers, including other learning and product designers, and engineers Help create and maintain our design system with our and advocate for scalable design processes and solutions General Requirements
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members, all over the world You have a good command of both spoken and written English, with Spanish desirable Highly organized and an effective communicator to simultaneously execute on multiple projects Ability to collect and interpret both qualitative and quantitative research into actionable steps Excellent attention to detail, eye for aesthetic design and user appeal You are comfortable working in the open, sharing your thoughts, and looking objectively at feedback from peers An enthusiastic, proactive, flexible, and cooperative approach to developing skills, resolving problems, and maintaining productivity Qualifications
5+ years of experience as a user experience and/or product designer for commercial, web, or mobile software Experience with end-to-end, user-centered design processes, methodologies, and practices, including user research, copywriting, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, interaction design, and usability testing Preferably experienced in building tools and products to engage and empower communities Strong portfolio demonstrating superior user experience and/or product design skills for problems of sizeable scope and complexity Proven track record of on-time, high-quality deliverables
Endless is an Equal Opportunity EmployerEndless provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Learn more about us at: https://www.endlessos.org/