Product Designer/Design Lead

Freelancingforgood; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 89,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational platform is seeking a remote Product Designer to lead design initiatives. The role requires 2+ years of experience and fluency in Figma, with responsibilities including visual design, feature development, and user engagement. Candidates should be available to work in a US timezone and thrive in a dynamic startup environment. Strong communication skills and an impact-oriented approach are essential.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of design experience.
• Experience as a solo designer or in a startup.
• Available to work in a US timezone.

Responsibilities

• Own visual design for product and brand identity.
• Lead design of new features, collaborating with engineers.
• Conduct user interviews with community members.
• Maintain a growing design system for scalability.
• Develop a long-term product vision for Schoolhouse.

Skills

Visual design

Product mindset

Clear communication skills

Quick execution

Impact oriented

Tools

Figma

Job description

Schoolhouse is looking for a Product Designer to join their team. This is a fully remote position, but you have to be available to work in a US timezone.

Overview:

• Full-time position
• Language: English
• Location: Anywhere (remote), but you have to be available to work in a US timezone
• Salary: $120,000 – $160,000 a year
• Applications closing: until filled

Job Description

We’re looking for a Product Designer to lead design in Schoolhouse team of lifelong learners with a passion for education. This is a uniquely challenging role with opportunity for significant ownership and impact. As our solo designer, you’ll be responsible for setting our design vision, rapidly scoping out new features each week using Figma, and owning all parts of the design stack (visual design, UX, branding, etc.). You’ll work directly with our five engineers, three program managers, and (many) students, as well as often play the role of a product manager, driving new product features from start to finish.

This role is a great fit for you if you thrive in a dynamic startup environment, enjoy the challenge of designing around human systems, love wearing multiple hats, and are excited to work on a mission-oriented product to empower students across the world.

Responsibilities

• Own visual and graphic design for our product, brand identity, product marketing, and other external-facing communications.
• Lead scoping and end-to-end design of new features to support learners and tutors in our platform, balancing craft, speed, and impact on our students. Work closely with our engineers to ship features from concept, to wireframes, to production.
• Interface with our community of high-school aged learners, tutors, and volunteers in user interviews (we’re well connected with our students, and center them in our decisions).
• Maintain and build onto our growing design system, with the goal of creating scalable, reusable systems as our team grows. Audit our existing platform and identify ways to make the design and interface more consistent, intuitive, and delightful.
• Develop an inspiring longer-term product vision for Schoolhouse and bring it to fruition.

Role Requirements

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and expertise:

• A design generalist with an eye for visual design, a strong product mindset, and fluency shipping experiences from ideas to high-fidelity mockups (we use Figma)
• Experience in being a solo product designer (or one-of-two) for an early-stage startup OR you have personally driven and shipped a large design project on the side
• 2+ years of design experience
• Available to work in a US timezone
• Clear communication skills – whether you’re collaborating with teammates or crafting intuitive experiences for our high-school aged community
• Quick execution and bias towards action
• Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment: embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, balancing rapid experimentation with scalable solutions, and taking on significant ownership
• Impact oriented – it’s what drives you.

How to apply?

To apply for this role, please fill in the application form. You will be asked to upload your CV and answer a few questions about your experience.

We’re building an inclusive and equitable platform for learners across the world, and it’s important our core team reflects these principles too. We strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups apply!