Senior Product Designer
DesignX Community - San Francisco, California, United States, 94199![DesignX Community](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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In This Role You Will:
Develop and drive new strategies along with product managers, design leadership, UX research, and data teams.
Design, prototype, and develop elegant and innovative solutions focused on improving the remote learning environment for educators and students alike.
Deep product and systems thinker who loves untangling complex problems.
Produce and deliver universal designs that can scale not just across platforms, but also internationally.
Design for a broad set of user personas and various user types.
Identify user needs, sketch solutions with prototypes, test ideas with our research team, and refine designs with data and customer feedback.
Document detailed interaction models, information architecture, user journeys, and UI specifications.
Collaborate with the broader design team to maintain design consistency and coherence across the entire Discovery Education Learning Platform.
Evangelize best UX/UI practices to other designers, engineers, and product managers.
Mentor and support less-experienced designers on the team.
Act as project lead, leading numerous feature initiatives within a focus area.
Take challenging workflows and convert them into simple, intuitive, and elegant experiences.
Present design solutions to internal stakeholders in ways that deepen their understanding of how the design solves the problem for the user at hand.
Contribute to the evolution of Discovery Education’s global design system and component library.
Core Competencies for Success:
Experience turning complex problems into simple and engaging experiences with an understanding of the importance of designing for accessibility.
Experience with the Agile/Lean product development methodology as well as related product management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Asana.
Proficiency in Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite.
Expert execution skills.
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to clearly articulate solutions within the problem space.
Ability to do what needs to be done.
Ability to lead, must have a strong work ethic driven by a sense of urgency.
Ability to inspire others to act and fulfill Discovery Education’s mission.
Credentials and Experience:
Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree.
Legal right to work in the United States.
This role is designed to be remote.At
Discovery Education , we are fulfilling our mission of preparing learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today's world.
Serving more than 4.5 million educators and 45 million students, available in approximately half of U.S. classrooms and primary schools in the UK, and more than 140 countries around the globe; we are on a journey to transform teaching and learning through innovative partnerships with school districts, states, ministries of education, and other like-minded organizations.
We have built an award-winning and highly reputable organization because of talented and driven people who work together to accelerate student achievement by tapping into students' natural curiosity and desire to learn by capturing their minds and imagination through the fascination of Discovery.
Why Join Discovery Education?Discovery Education believes empowering each team member is vital to cultivating high performing, highly engaged teams. Being a part of our team means we partner together to achieve mutual goals. To this end, Discovery Education offers a robust and comprehensive insurance package. You can find a complete listing on our Career Page.
Along with traditional insurance offerings, our inclusive offerings center around:
Career Development Ownership - Be the driver of your success!
Continuing Education AND Tuition Reimbursement Programs.
Mentorship program and collaboration with veteran leaders.
Constant opportunities for cross-functional training and skill building.
Uncapped career growth.
Team Member Wellness – When you feel great, you do great work!
Leave for life’s moments including 7 recognized holidays.
Take PTO without the vacation guilt.
Up to 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
Annual Winter Holiday Break (typically the last week of December).
This opportunity is perfect for people interested in joining a high-performing, collaborative team, who enjoy a dynamic industry, and are excited about high-impact, project-based work.
Inspired?
We would love the opportunity to review your candidacy! Select the blue “Apply Now” button at the bottom left of the screen to begin your application.
Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or, genetic information.
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