Senior Product Designer at Amplify

in this role You will work directly with leadership, business owners and internal leaders to move from strategy to execution.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years with end-to-end product design

• Deep understanding of how qualitative research and data inform product and design decisions

• Strong visual design and typographic sensibility

• Interaction design expertise and experience collaborating with engineers

• Expertise with Adobe CC, Sketch, InVision, Zeplin

• Experience with Agile processes

• Experience designing desktop and mobile experiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with digital product design in education technology or a related field

• Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education

• Experience designing with Accessibility as a priority

• Demonstrated ability to work iteratively with customers to gather and document user experience requirements

• A formal education in Interaction Design, Communication Design, User Experience or related field

• Experience with interactive motion design or games

• Any lived experience with teaching or tutoring students ages K-12

Description

Unique opportunity to help define, at the foundational-level, a platform that will improve student learning outcomes at a national scale. You will work directly with leadership, business owners and internal leaders to move from strategy to execution. The ideal candidate is an innovative hands-on designer, an adaptable product owner, a helpful mentor, a team player, a great storyteller, and a skilled business partner. You will play a key role in defining from the ground up a new platform for improving student outcomes, owning methods and design processes, and encouraging cross-disciplinary teams to push the boundaries of what's possible. You will be expected to work independently to lead and, over time, grow the design team of this group.

Responsibilities:

• Communicate with Design, Product, Engineering, and Program leadership on all relevant projects and updates.

• Communicate progress against goals, defined project requirements with the design team and stakeholders.

• See opportunities for product improvement(s) and document, as appropriate.

• Lead problem solving and design to drive compelling user experiences and interfaces

• Develop user stories, wire frames, interaction flows, mockups, and quick prototypes as well as polished visual design

• Collaborate closely with Design and Product Leadership to define your features and contribute to the overall direction of your product

• Gather user research and use findings to create initial designs and rapid prototypes for iterative user testing with teachers and students

• Think holistically and contribute to high-level product strategy

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years with end-to-end product design

• Deep understanding of how qualitative research and data inform product and design decisions

• Strong visual design and typographic sensibility

• Interaction design expertise and experience collaborating with engineers

• Expertise with Adobe CC, Sketch, InVision, Zeplin

• Experience with Agile processes

• Experience designing desktop and mobile experiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with digital product design in education technology or a related field

• Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education

• Experience designing with Accessibility as a priority

• Demonstrated ability to work iteratively with customers to gather and document user experience requirements

• A formal education in Interaction Design, Communication Design, User Experience or related field

• Experience with interactive motion design or games

• Any lived experience with teaching or tutoring students ages K-12