Sr. Product Designer, Khan Kids (12-month contract, $80/hour, 40 hours/week)
Sr. Product Designer, Khan Kids (12-month contract, $80/hour, 40 hours/week)
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ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY
Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects focusing on math and science. We have over 181 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.
OUR COMMUNITY
Our students teachers and parents come from all walks of life and so do team includes people from academia traditional/non-traditional education big tech companies and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company value diversity equity inclusion and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.
ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY KIDS
Khan Academy Kids is a free and fun learning program for children ages two to eight. Kodi Bear and a cast of animated characters lead children on a personalized education journey filled with fun standards-aligned activities in early literacy math executive functioning and social emotional skills. Built by a small but mighty team Khan Academy Kids is used by millions of children in homes and classrooms around the world.
THE ROLE
The Khan Academy Kids team is looking for a passionate Senior Product Designer who is driven tech savvy and enthusiastic about making an impact on young children and their families. This is a contract role of 40 hours/week for 12 months at $80/hr. Depending on business need there is potential for this role to convert to a full-time position down the line. In this role you will:
- Contribute to various stages of design projects from conceptualization through implementation and create production-ready artwork
- Translate insights from user research into wireframes interactive prototypes and high-fidelity visual designs for mobile and web products
- Float between crafting visuals and joyful user experiences for young children parents and teachers audiences
- Participate in the creation and maintenance of shared design patterns and systems
- Collaborate with product managers designers artists animators and developers to shape and refine product features
WHAT YOU BRING
- 6 years of relevant experience on an in-house product design teamProficiency in Adobe Illustrator Photoshop and Figma
- Proficiency in interaction design prototyping and information architecture with outstanding visual design and UI/UX chops
- Experience designing mobile and web consumer products at scale.
- Strong preference for prior experience designing for e-learning/edtech products specifically reports for educators schools and district administrators.
- Experience driving your own design process starting with problem definition and ending with delivering solutions
- Adaptability and the ability to balance multiple design projects at various stages in a changing environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for technical and non-technical collaborators
- Bonus points for prior experience conducting user research (focus groups interviews usability testing etc.)
- Bonus points for web development skills: HTML CSS and JavaScript
- Bonus points for illustration animation and/or video production skills
- Passion for early childhood education and childrens media and an attentiveness to what kids and families find fun and efficacious
- Motivated by the Khan Academy mission to provide a free world-class education for anyone anywhere.
NOTE: Submitting a portfolio with your application is . Please be sure to include portfolio passwords if applicable. Were looking for a portfolio that highlights your background designing digital product experiences with outstanding quality and clearly defines your role and impact.
MORE ABOUT US
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- Sals TED talk from 2023
- Our team: COMPANY VALUES
Live & breathe learners
We deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights research and experience to build content products services and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.
Take a stand
As a company we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However we also listen learn and flex in the face of new data and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.
Embrace diverse perspectives
We are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made we commit to moving forward as a united team.
Work responsibly and sustainably
We understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a non-profit we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.
Bring out the joy
We are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we co-create with our teammates partners and donors.
Cultivate learning mindset
We believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings ourselves and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and arent afraid to fail. We dont let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.
Deliver wow
We insist on high standards and deliver delightful effective end-to-end experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things each of which aligns to our ambitious vision so we can deliver high-quality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex gender gender identity or expression national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability or Veteran status. We value diversity equity and inclusion and we encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply.
As part of this commitment Khan Academy will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed please contact
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
