Product Designer (Creative)

Mathspace; Newcastle City Council; Remote; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative educational technology company is seeking a Product Designer (Creative) to craft engaging digital experiences for students and teachers. The role involves designing UI screens, enhancing the design system, and supporting gamified learning features. The ideal candidate has a strong design portfolio, experience with Figma, and a passion for making educational experiences inspiring and modern. This position offers flexible remote work and a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Flexible remote work policy

Dedicated time for learning

Company supplied MacBook Pro

Opportunity to volunteer with nonprofits

Qualifications

• Experience designing for web or mobile interfaces using Figma.
• Portfolio showcasing visual craft in UI work or digital design.
• Willingness to learn, experiment, and grow skills.

Responsibilities

• Design responsive UI screens and components in Figma.
• Contribute to the uplift of design system, including patterns and interactions.
• Support design of gamified experiences for educational tools.

Skills

Figma

Visual storytelling

Attention to detail

Creativity

Curiosity

Education

Higher Ed Certificate in Design (UI, Graphic, Multimedia)

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Affinity

Job description

About the Team

The Mathspace Design team crafts delightful experiences for thousands of Maths students worldwide. We are a friendly, collaborative bunch, guided by design thinking and a lean product mindset.

Combining aesthetics, empathy, data, and UI design, we solve fundamental problems that help thousands of students around the world learn and love mathematics more everyday.

About the Role

We're looking for a Product Designer (Creative) with strong design craft, a love of visual storytelling, and a modern digital sensibility. You might come from UX / UI, digital design, visual communications, advertising, or even animation / illustration. What matters most is your taste, creativity, curiosity, and ability to make thoughtful, polished digital experiences.

In this role, you'll design experiences for students and teachers, helping shape everything from learning flows and gamification, to teacher reports, to design system improvements across the Mathspace platform. You'll work closely with the Head of Design, who will mentor you, while also expecting you to show initiative and independence once a task is defined. This is a chance to help shape the future of learning, creating experiences that are clear, engaging, playful, and motivating for young people and educators.

What You’ll Work On

Product & UI Design

• Design responsive UI screens and components in Figma aligned with our design system
• Contribute to the uplift of our design system, including patterns, interactions, styles, and documentation
• Work with UX to create and test prototypes with teachers and students
• Collaborate with product managers and developers to refine design details and deliver production‑ready files

Creative Experience & Gamification

• Support the design of gamified experiences (e.g., shop, rewards, challenges, quests)
• Create visual concepts for new features that feel appealing and age‑appropriate
• Contribute to storytelling moments that motivate students and delight teachers

Craft & Visual Design

• Create polished visual assets, icons, layouts, and supporting illustrations
• Use Adobe Creative Suite and / or Affinity when Figma alone won't cut it
• Ensure pixel‑perfect quality with strong attention to detail

Innovation & AI

• Use AI tools in your workflow (ideation, image generation, copy exploration, or prototyping)
• Explore new creative or product possibilities with AI
• Bring a future‑focused mindset to how Mathspace might evolve across younger age groups

What We’re Looking For – Must‑Haves

• A Higher Ed Certificate in Design (UI, Graphic, Multimedia or related field)
• A strong eye for detail and modern digital aesthetics
• Good taste; you know what great design looks like and what's trending
• Experience designing for the web or mobile interfaces using Figma
• Interest in designing for young people and also teacher‑facing tools
• A willingness to learn, experiment, and grow your skills
• Ability to take a defined task and move forward independently with support nearby
• A portfolio showcasing your visual craft (UI work, digital design, visual storytelling, or concepting)

Comfort using AI as a creative / design tool

• A portfolio showcasing your visual craft
• Ability to take a defined task and move forward independently with support nearby

Bonus Points

• Motion graphics and / or Illustration skills
• Experience with Rive
• Use of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects) or equivalent
• Experience with design systems
• Experience in EdTech, gamification, or youth brands

Who You Are

• A creative thinker with empathy
• A designer with great taste and a curiosity for how things work
• Someone who enjoys crafting polished UI as much as exploring new ideas
• A natural experimenter who learns fast

Excited by the Idea of Designing for Students and Teachers

Passionate about making learning experiences feel inspiring, playful, and modern. If you love the intersection of creativity, digital product, and meaningful impact, this role is for you.

What to Submit

• Resume
• Portfolio
• Cover letter / Video letter

Benefits

• The opportunity to use technology and design to transform Mathematics education.
• Great team – no politics, no egos
• Fully flexible remote work policy
• Dedicated time to learning
• Company supplied MacBook Pro
• We partner with pledge1percent.org to donate 1% of time, product and profit to help nonprofits in our community. Each employee has 2.5 days to volunteer with the charity of their choice