Education Designer

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figmas platform helps teams bring ideas to lifewhether youre brainstorming creating a prototype translating designs into code or iterating with AI. From idea to product Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows move faster and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If youre excited to shape the future of design and collaboration join us!

The Product Education team builds the tools that our users need to be successful including Figmas help center and video tutorials on our YouTube channel. We develop learning paths for people new to Figma and Design and create written guides video tutorials with motion graphics and hands-on tools like Figma files to teach the basics to best practices. These resources not only support the proactive learner aiming to level up their craft but also the reactive person who may need to ask for help after encountering something new or our work we thoughtfully incorporate emerging tools including AI to help scale and enhance learning experiences while maintaining Figmas high-quality standards and distinctive voice.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What youll do at Figma:

• Create files using all of Figmas products that follow best practices to optimize for effective learning outcomes for our tutorials and projects
• Plan and develop learner-centered courses and video content that cover Figmas suite of tools while meeting learners at their skill levels by: contributing to goal setting outlining scripting design asset creation and feedback during video production
• Draft video scripts and other written content that tell narrative-driven stories that use clear language to teach realistic examples of workflows and highlight product behavior to teach important skills efficiently and clearly
• Author and maintain design systems and example assets that integrate with features and products like Figma Make Dev tools and the Figma MCP server
• Design hands-on exercises experiences and knowledge checks to assess learner skills
• Author project proposals that identify opportunities define scope and requirements and mitigate risk for new strategic initiatives that tie back to our top business objectives
• Leverage AI tools to enhance and scale our educational content creation process optimizing production workflows while maintaining Figmas high-quality standards and distinctive voice

Wed love to hear from you if you have:

• 3 years of experience in a product design or equivalent role within a product development team
• Experience building and maintaining design systems in Figma DS management tools and/or code
• Some software development experience especially web development and familiarity with web frameworks libraries and tools (e.g. Payload/Sanity/CMS tools React/JS frameworks Github etc)
• Experience as a mentor learning experience design instructional design training education enablement content creation technical communication or similar role
• Experience implementing AI tools or features to enhance design workflows with demonstrable results in improving team efficiency or unlocking new creative possibilities
• An ability to communicate complex topics (e.g. product design creative software programming) using language that is clear and accessible to as many people as possible and driving cross-functional and collaborative projects as a team leader

While its not required its an added plus if you also have:

• Experience creating high-quality video deliverables preferably with a motion production YouTube social media or similar creative video team
• A track record of creating designs and educational content that prioritize accessibility
• A portfolio of design work demonstrating product design best practices. Share your Figma Community profile with us!

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts experiences and opinions allows our employees our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity/expression veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role participate in the interview process perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation please reach out to . These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

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