Product Designer
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Product Designer
As a Product Designer you will partner with Product Engineering and Content to bring insight user experience and research forward to turn ideas into working prototypes and scalable design systems. You will also conduct user research to understand how customers are using the product understand competitive products and help build a more intuitive and distinguished platform. You will be a strategic partner working across the organization to optimize and enhance the user experience across all of AOEUs products and services.
POSITION DETAILS
Structured as a remote fulltime salaried position. This position will report to the Director of Product Management.
We have been a 100% remote company since the beginning! This position is eligible for remote work from the following locations only: USA.
Who We Are
AOEU is an art teachers partner for life. We provide artspecific professional development engaging curriculum relevant resources and rigorous masters degree programs.
MISSION: We grow amazing teachers by providing rigorous relevant and engaging learning at every stage of their careers.
The Details
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Know our customers and products inside and out. Inspire others to a similar depth of knowledge and use customer/product insights to guide product decisions.
- Analyze hypothesize and test opportunities to enhance the user experience and maximize customer value.
- Work with Product Content and Engineering to design simple elegant delightful user experiences and workflows.
- Coordinate with Product Contentand Engineering teams to identify product improvement opportunities and translate them into actionable development requirements.
- Partner with creative marketing and content designers on strategic design principles that unify and amplify the AOEU brand.
- Work with Graphic Design to create illustrations animations and other rich experiences.
- Utilize motion design to bring prototypes to life through animation and microinteractions.
- Make strategic design and userexperience decisions balancing business strategy while advocating for our users to create a holistic experience.
- Work with content and engineering teams providing support through the full process including ideation research user stories requirements and testing to ensure that acceptance criteria are met before release.
- Design experiences for district leaders helping them to drive impact and discover value.
- Embrace AI as a design partner and tool to improve and advance the product experience for district leaders teachers and students.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- 5 years of experience as a UX/UI designer across product web ecommerce or application design
- A diverse portfolio demonstrating both individual and team project work
- Ability to work independently as well as seek mentorship and critique
- Sketch prototype create and refine lowtohigh fidelity prototypes from concept to readyforengineering
- Ability to document complex business processes and user journeys.
- A solid grasp of usercentered design (UCD) planning and conducting user research and A/B testing.
- Strategic ability: anticipate future opportunities and consequences demonstrated innovative approach to work.
- Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Ability to utilize maintain and expand our design systems based on current understanding of best practices
- Expertise withAdobe Creative Suite specifically Photoshop Illustrator and After Effects
- Ability to quickly learn various technology platforms and new applications with ease and confidence.
- Strong typography composition and illustration skills.
- Ability to execute creative design solutions while staying on brand.
- Ability to communicate clearly (oral written and video) the thinking behind design choices.
- Organization and project management skills.
- Ability to recognize stakeholder needs and modify strategies to meet those needs.
- Comfortable understanding of HTML / CSS and other technical frameworks.
- Willingness and ability to travel as needed up to 10%
Position Requirements
While we have identified specific requirements for this role we acknowledge that not all candidates may possess every requirement listed. We encourage applicants who believe they have the necessary skills and experience to apply even if they do not meet every requirement.
EDUCATION
- Bachelors degree preferred but not required.
EXPERIENCE
- Five or more years of professional UX design experience
- Experience working in a remote capacity preferred
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to view computer screens for significant periods of time. The Art of Education University is an online university therefore 9598% of ones time will be on or using technology.
- Ability to use a laptop keyboard with accuracy.
- Ability to hear at normal levels and through electronic devices such as laptops earbuds phones and the like.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Compensation and Benefits
BENEFITS AVAILABLE
- Health dental and vision plans with 100% premium coverage for individual employees employer HSA contribution and no waiting period (effective 1st month after hire)
- 401K plan with 4% match no waiting or vesting period
- Selfmanaged PTO (15 days/year encouraged)
- All federal holidays off an endofyear holiday shutdown
- $50/month mobile internet or coworking space stipend
- $600 home office equipment stipend
- Fully remote flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- 8 weeks paid parental leave
- Lifelong Learning Fund for professional development and educational reimbursement
- Free product access (1 FLEX/PRO license to use or gift plus free AOEU grad courses)
For additional information surrounding our offered benefits visit our website.
COMPENSATION
Compensation is commensurate with experience and market. We encourage you to discuss your compensation requirements early in the process.
The Process
For most roles the process is as follows:
- Step 1: 30minute phone interview with the hiring manager
- Step 2: Round 2 packet & Interview
- Given that AOEU is 100% remote this step is intended to see how you might work through some of the daily tasks responsibilities and challenges that could arise in this role. You will be given a prompt and be asked to complete an assignment which will then be used to guide a 1 hour followup Zoom interview with 12 stakeholders. The intention is for you to get a sense of the role and give us an opportunity to see your skills in action. Your answers will not be used for any other purposes beyond evaluating your candidacy.
- Step 3: Followup interview
- For certain managerial or highcollaboration roles you may be asked to participate in an additional Zoom interview.
We look forward to reviewing your application! Thank you for your interest in opportunities with AOEU.
NOTE: We encourage you to apply with a personal email and to take the appropriate steps to allow both The Art of Education University (@) and Paycom (@) domains so that you receive all emails related to your application process. We also encourage you to check your spam folder as emails from The Art of Education and/or Paycom can be marked as spam.
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The Art of Education University is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. The Art of Education University will not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of actual or perceived age race color national origin/ethnicity ancestry sexual orientation gender identity religion sex pregnancy (including childbirth lactation and related conditions) physical or mental disability genetic information (including testing and characteristics) veteran status uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal state or local laws. The Art of Education University is a participant of Everify.
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