Product Designer - Contract

About the position

Discovery Education is in search of a skilled Product Designer to join our DreamBox Learning team with strengths in interaction design, data visualization, and user engagement. Your expertise in translating complex concepts into sophisticated and compelling user experiences for our DreamBox K-12 products will be pivotal for success. You will work directly with our Research, Product, Engineering, Art and Curriculum teams to collaboratively ensure success in delivering highly interactive and engaging content that is effective and easy-to-use. You will have the ability to drive delight and empathy by partnering with internal stakeholders to deliver new and reimagined features for our user base. An ideal candidate will provide streamlined solutions to complex problems, weigh business goals with user needs, and continuously explore innovative design approaches that ultimately lead to joy and learning for students.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with your thought partners to solve problems, understand business goals, and explore innovative design approaches that speak directly to your user base.
• Execute required design work in an embedded, Agile work stream to complete assigned Jira tasks in the time allotted each sprint.
• Engage with other members of the Design team in building & reviewing interactive prototypes, wireframes and other artifacts that demonstrate and document functionality.

Requirements

• Proven expertise in developing creative, intuitive, and engaging experiences, with a strong portfolio showcasing relevant work.
• Solid design approach that encompasses key components of product design: Product strategy, user research, feature validation, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, visual/UI design, etc.
• Proficient in creating interactive prototypes, micro-animations, wireframes and mockups with industry-leading design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, etc.).
• Ability to communicate both verbally and written with precision, clarity, candor, and respect.
• Ability to clearly articulate and defend your thinking while maintaining flexibility in the design process.
• Collaborate and engage in thoughtful critique with your design peers.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior experience designing in game development or ed-tech space.
• Prior experience teaching literacy in a K-12 classroom.
• Experience visualizing data.

Benefits

• Remote work opportunity.
• Contract position for 6 months.
• 40 hours/week.