Senior Product Designer (contract)

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 define and build inquisitive 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.
Amplify's COVID-19 vaccination policy requires all staff to provide proof of vaccination for in-person meetings unless an approved exemption is provided.
Responsibilities

• Lead problem solving and design solutions for a specific product area and connect that to broader product vision
• Collaborate closely with Design and Product Leadership to evaluate ideas for feasibility, versatility, and relevance to business objectives.
• Lead user research and use findings to build initial designs and rapid prototypes for iterative user testing with teachers and students
• Design effective experiences in consistent, extensible conceptual models that mirror users' mental models.
• 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
• Clarify success metrics and tie efforts to product strategy and business value.
• Prepare and present designs for review to internal teams and key collaborators.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with end-to-end product design
• Effective storyteller, strong visual design and typographic sensibility
• Interaction design expertise and experience collaborating with engineers
• Problem solving and design skills to drive compelling user experiences and interfaces
• Deep understanding of how qualitative research and data inform product and design decisions
• Expertise with Figma, Adobe CC, Sketch, InVision, Zeplin
• Experience with Agile processes
• Experience designing desktop and mobile experiences
• Working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening)
• Comfortable with collaborative discussion, listening closely and providing honest, thoughtful feedback to colleagues
• 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 game development
• Any lived experience with teaching or tutoring students ages K-12

Compensation: The hourly rate range for this role is $48.00-$58.00.
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.