Principal Product Designer

The Role

We’re seeking a Principal Product Designer to join the Product Design team at Outschool. We are a marketplace that offers classes for K-12 learners enabling parents to educate their children in ways not offered or even possible in traditional public or private schools. Our team is seeking a player/coach Principal Designer with the passion for craft, deep understanding (and portfolio to back it up) of building world-class product experiences, and significant experience building design systems from the ground up. This will be the most senior IC role on the team reporting directly to the Head of Design, where you will craft experiences, drive the development of our design system and mentor other designers. If you're in search of a mission-driven company and want to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to talk to you.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work directly in partnership with the Head of Design to contribute across our product design team in areas of core product, design system and growth.
• Develop the strategy to craft our design system and coordinate with engineering and product management through prioritization and development to ship it iteratively with direct impact on product quality.
• Partner with cross functional peers and leaders to create meaningful product experiences that positively impact learners, parents and families, while growing the company.
• Demonstrate accountability for driving appropriate metrics through strategy development and execution along with product and engineering work partners.
• Mentor other designers and contribute to growing a rich design culture. We deeply care for one another and are focused on making a true impact for our learners while growing our own careers and having fun doing so.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• 8-10+ years of experience designing consumer-facing digital and mobile experiences.
• Strong experience building design system from the ground up.
• A portfolio demonstrating high value of craft through web and mobile work that has shipped with meaningful impact, including design systems.
• The ability to balance business objectives with user needs. You represent both sides and balance your design decisions, getting the best possible outcome for both.
• A growth mindset, be an optimist, and be adaptable! We’re a fast growing company and are learning as we grow.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

• Experience in startups and marketplaces is a huge plus, especially in Growth.
• Edtech experience and passion for it, and education in general makes us extra happy.

Outschool recruits across the US and Canada, and sets employee salaries to reflect local compensation and cost of living. For New York and California candidates, as well as candidates based in Seattle, WA the salary range for this role would be $210,000-$247,500 USD.

For Washington candidates outside of Seattle, as well as Colorado candidates, the salary range for this role would be $189,000-222,750 USD.

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