Senior Product Designer
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About Primer
Fixing our K12 education system is a civilizationallyimportant problem. We believe that all of our problems including the ones that dominate the headlines are downstream of education.
We have a simple thesis on how to solve it: empower 1000s of educators to launch microschools in their communities.
We believe the historical tradeoff between price (tuition) and quality is a false dichotomy.
PrimerOS automates and eliminates much of the costs of traditional schools. Microschools have a structural advantage assetlight real estate which means much lower capex and opex. You put it together and you get something thats never existed before: a worldclass education thats accessible to normal American families and can rapidly scale.
The software we build powers our schools endtoend. From day one it helps teachers source real estate recruit students and provide an (actually) personalized education to every student. It offers rich insights to parents enables virtual teachers to deliver exceptional experiences and runs our backoffice operations. We have a huge surface area to cover and a lot of hard work in front of us.
Were building a small team of exceptional handson designers and engineers to play a critical role in building Primer and youll be joining to set the direction of the design team.
Role overview
We are seeking a talented Product Designer to join our team. In this role youll work to reimagine the school experience through technology creating tools that support teachers students and families in meaningful ways. Youll drive the design of a product that makes education more accessible impactful and personalized.
This role is based in San Francisco and you will work with our small team including product leadership UX education engineering and curriculum experts.
What youll do
EndtoEnd Design: Own the design process from discovery through delivery. Youll do research map out user journeys design interfaces and collaborate with product and engineering to bring features to life.
UserCentered Problem Solving: Conduct user research and collect learnings to share with the team and help make design decisions.
Design Collaboration: Work every day with engineering product and our academic team to make designs functional accessible and aligned with Primers educational goals.
Establish a Design Culture: Define design standards drive best practices and advocate for highquality design across the organization.
Craft Beautiful Usable Experiences: Build interfaces that are as delightful as they are functional.
What were looking for
Passion for Education: Youre deeply motivated by the opportunity to reshape education and believe that great design can fundamentally improve learning experiences.
Thrives in Ambiguity: The openended challenges of an earlystage company excite you. You love diving into the unknown to solve complex problems.
Design Fundamentals: You have a strong command of UX research visual design interaction design and prototyping.
Attention to Detail: You take pride in your work and want to deliver the best possible experience for our users. Watching someone struggle with an interface you designed drives you nuts.
Experience Building from Zero: You have experience owning design projects from conception to launch ideally in a startup environment.
A typical week may include...
Monday: Begin your week reviewing the latest prototype of our virtual instruction UI with the product team. Plan for user testing with teachers in live classes.
Tuesday: Connect with two parents from our Primer community to learn about their experience with our platform focusing on usability and engagement.
Wednesday: Headsdown day focused on design and prototype updates to prepare for testing.
Thursday: Test the new virtual instruction UI prototype with three Primer teachers giving you handson feedback to help iterate and refine our designs.
Friday: Conduct market research on academic progress tracking systems to inform design of our student goalsetting and measurement tool.
Join Us
We want you to do the best work of your life at Primer. If youre excited about shaping the future of education and eager to tackle challenging meaningful projects wed love to hear from you.
Inspiration
Below are a few of the people and pieces that serve as the inspiration for our work at Primer. If any of these resonate with you wed be quite excited to chat.
A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages by Alan Kay 1972
The Diamond Age: Or a Young Ladys Illustrated Primer by Neil Stephenson 1995
Learning in depth: Knowledge and the Imagination by Kieran Egan 2010
How can we develop transformative tools for thought by Andy Matuschak and Michael Nielsen 2019
If this sounds like you fill out the application below with a bit about yourself and well take it from there! If you have any questions dont hesitate to email us at
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
