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Job Description
Our mission at Ello is simple and urgent: Maximize the potential of every child everywhere.
Were building the worlds first AI teacher to close that gap: one that listens speaks adapts and inspires just like the best human educators.
Our first product Read with Ello is already helping tens of thousands of kids each week learn to read. It listens as they read aloud offers support when they stumble and generates magical personalized stories using generative AI. It worksand kids love it.
Now were scaling that success into something even bigger: a complete AI teacher for all children. Were building a real-time learning platformone that combines language speech and memory to power personalized interactive education for kids worldwide. Were moving fast: we ship weekly test directly with kids and families and push the boundaries of what AI can do in education.
With the resources of the worlds top investors and the heart of a public benefit corporation were here to revolutionize how children learn globally. Featured on TIMEs Best Inventions and Fortunes Change the World Ello is a small mission-driven team taking on one of the most important challenges of our time: to democratize education.
About the role
Were building the worlds first fully agentic AI tutor for kids and were looking for a full-stack designer who will work endtoend across character & interaction design illustrations mobile UI/UX brand and web assets owning ideas from sketch to playtest to polished handoff. An ideal candidate will be equally comfortable PMing their work and collaborating tightly with engineering research content and leadership. You love a strong feedback culture can clearly explain the why behind your decisions and youre excited about working in-person in San Francisco and attending playtests to see the impact of your work. Most importantly you are excited about making an impact on early education at scale and have a clear reason for wanting to design for children.
A portfolio submission is required for the application. While competitive candidates will likely have a proven track record in producing polished high-quality work with real-world product impact we are very open to opportunistic submissions we love to see beautiful work.
Responsibilities
Lead endtoend design for new kidfacing product features and experiments: concept storyboard prototype playtest final assets and handoff.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to create cohesive user-centered designs that appeal to children
Produce productionready Figma files and partner closely with engineering on implementation QA and polish
Work in a fast-paced iterative design environment; rapidly prototype ideas test them out and refine or discard
Communicate design rationale and tradeoffs clearly; contribute and respond to design critiques with empathy and candor
Required Experience
Broad design expertise across a variety of mediums including UI/UX graphic design and product design
Ability to drive the product creation process: organize work set milestones and deliver from concept to highquality handoff
Demonstrated experience designing for children and families or a compelling reason you want to serve this audience
Demonstrated track record of innovation and creativity in contributing to the product development process
Strength in communication & feedback: clear storytelling design rationale tied to user motivations and business impact; comfortable giving/receiving critiques
Proficiency in both low and high-fidelity prototyping and comfort with fast iteration cycles
Mastery of Figma and standard design tools attention to detail and pixelperfect execution.
Experience thriving in a dynamic fast-paced work environment and adapting to project changes on the fly
Nice to have experience
Previous experience with designing childrens products and an understanding of creating engaging visuals for young audiences.
Comfortable drawing in multiple mediums for ideation & iteration (e.g. line-drawing & vector art alike.
Handson experience creating charactercentric experiences using illustration and basic animation/motion (e.g. game or interactive contexts)
We look for candidates who
Have something to teach us
Have immense attention to detail
Want to do work they are proud of to ship products they are proud of
Have an urge to make a real impact on child development at scale
Take initiative and full ownership of their work
Prefer open and direct communication grounded in empathy to beating around the bush
Exemplify integrity in their actions decisions and communication
Want to build meaningful relationships at work
Here are some reasons to be a part of our team
Immerse yourself in a collaborative environment
Dive deep into the rapidly evolving world of educational AI products
Experience the joy of turning your designs into engaging and educational experiences for children worldwide
Work in tandem with curriculum experts product teams and the worlds best engineers to harness the full power of AI to reimagine education
About Ello
Ello is a public benefit corporation on a mission to maximize the potential of all children. Were currently around 45 people headquartered in San Francisco with offices in So Paulo Brazil; Nairobi Kenya; and New York.
Our team has deep expertise in artificial intelligence K-12 education and child development across institutions such as Stanford Berkeley Google Apple and more. We were part of Y Combinators W20 batch and are funded by world-class investors including Goodwater Capital Homebrew Reed Hastings Common Sense Growth Ravensburger Project A Ventures Reach Capital Khosla Ventures WndrCo Visible Ventures and K9 Ventures.
Were a small collaborative team that takes each others voices very seriously. Because our mission is to support all children it is crucial that our team reflects the communities in which we work; we place significant emphasis on ensuring diversity within our team and fostering inclusion in our culture.
We feel enormously privileged to be one of the few companies that has the opportunity to take a shot at truly revolutionizing education with AI at this inflection point in technology. We dont take it for granted so we work quite hard to turn that vision into reality with urgency. We want to create an environment in which we can all be our best selves use our strengths to take Ello forward and develop our skills. We want to have fun while working hard to do impactful things that were proud of and we believe its possible to do both.
At Ello we view diversity as a moral imperative and a competitive advantage. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion skin color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We plan and structure our interviews to directly assess skills and experience. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process please reach out to
Employment Type
Full-Time
