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Salary: USD 111,700 - 122,900 / annual
DreamBox Learning, part of Mystery Science, is seeking a Product Designer to join their team. You will focus on interaction design, data visualization, and user engagement for K-12 educational products. Working directly with Research, Product, Engineering, Art, and Curriculum teams, you will translate complex educational concepts into sophisticated, compelling user experiences that drive student learning and delight.
In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to solve design problems, understand business goals, and explore innovative design approaches tailored to your user base. You will execute design work within an embedded Agile workflow, completing assigned Jira tasks within sprint cycles. You will build and review interactive prototypes, wireframes, and design artifacts with the broader Design team, ensuring functionality is clearly demonstrated and documented.
You will have the opportunity to drive empathy-centered solutions by partnering with internal stakeholders to deliver new and reimagined features. Success requires balancing business objectives with genuine user needs while continuously exploring innovative design approaches that lead to joy and effective learning outcomes for students.
Core Competencies:
- Proven expertise developing creative, intuitive, and engaging experiences with a strong portfolio demonstrating relevant work
- Solid design approach encompassing product strategy, user research, feature validation, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, and visual/UI design
- Proficiency creating interactive prototypes, micro-animations, wireframes, and mockups using industry-leading tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, etc.)
- Strong verbal and written communication with precision, clarity, candor, and respect
- Ability to articulate and defend design thinking while maintaining flexibility in the design process
- Collaborative approach to peer critique and design feedback
Requirements:
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in SaaS application design within an Agile development environment
- Prior experience designing in game development or ed-tech space is a strong plus
- Legal right to work in the United States