About the job

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Senior Product Designer for K-12 education, leading user experience design for digital curriculum. Must have 5+ years experience, strong visual design, and user research skills.

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 10 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

Amplify’s creative team is a group of designers, artists, and storytellers. We sketch, we write, we push pixels, we also love paper. We live for the big ideas, and we sweat the details. We work on digital, print, environmental, interactive, and animation projects. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and graphic design systems and ensure ideas are realized to the highest standards of execution.

Senior Product Designers at Amplify create smart and meaningful product experiences that directly meet the needs of our young learners and their teachers, inside and outside of the classroom. As a member of Amplify’s design group you will partner with a diverse cross-functional product team of designers, product owners, developers, and curriculum experts to extend and improve Amplify’s digital curriculum.

Responsibilities of the Senior Product Designer:

Lead problem solving and design to drive compelling user experiences and interfaces
Show mastery of product design and problem solving methods and processes; including 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
Communicate with Design, Product, Engineering, and Program leadership on all relevant projects and updates.
Prepare and present designs for review to internal teams and key stakeholders
Gather user research and utilize 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
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)
Facilitate workshops or collaborative design sessions
Prepare and present designs for review to internal teams and key stakeholders
Develop polished front end designs for handoff to developers

Basic Qualifications of the Senior Product Designer:

5+ years experience 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 for application in digital design
Interaction design expertise and experience collaborating with engineers
Expertise with Adobe CC, Figma, Zeplin
Experience designing desktop web experiences
Working knowledge of Generative AI, HTML, JavaScript and CSS
Not afraid to start from hand-drawn thumbnails

Preferred Qualifications of the Senior Product Designer:

Experience with digital product design in education technology or a related field
Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of education
Experience designing with Accessibility as a priority
Demonstrated ability to work iteratively with customers to gather and document user experience requirements
Experience working with Shape Up methodology for product development
A formal education in Interaction Design, UX, Game Design or related field
Experience with interactive motion design or games
Any lived experience with teaching or tutoring students ages K-12

What we offer:

Salary is only one component of the Amplify Total Rewards package, which includes a lucrative 401(k) plan, competitive health insurance and mental health options, basic life insurance, paid time off, parental leave, and access to best-in-class development programs. The gross annualized salary range for this role is $100,000 - $105,000. This role is eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual and company performance.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds.

Amplify Education, Inc. is an E-Verify participant.

If selected, a background check will be required. As required by state and local laws and district policies, you may also be required to provide additional documentation, such as proof of vaccination or submit to enhanced background screening, including fingerprints.

$100.0K - $105.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$102.5K/yr avg.

United States