Structured Pedagogy Figma Designer

Inspiring Teachers; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit organization seeks a team member to design impactful teaching resources in EdTech. You will create visually effective materials for teachers and support scalable pedagogy to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes. This role involves collaboration, creativity, and a strong affinity for education. You will work remotely and have opportunities to travel to Africa while being part of a passionate team dedicated to social impact.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Opportunities to travel to Africa

Qualifications

• Enjoys working in a fast-paced non-profit environment.
• Has experience with design systems and creating educational materials.
• Possesses a proactive approach to project completion.

Responsibilities

• Co-develop high-quality teaching materials for literacy and numeracy programs.
• Support implementation of design systems across materials.
• Use AI tools for content generation and ensure coherence in design.

Skills

Experience creating structured pedagogy

Affinity for EdTech and social impact

Team collaboration

Figma expertise

Self-starter

Tools

Figma

Asana

Google Meet

WhatsApp

Job description

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Inspiring Teachers is an evidence-driven nonprofit working to expand access to quality education. We are building tools for managing large-scale foundational learning programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our approach enhances structured pedagogy with technology to enable data-driven teacher support that improves learning outcomes. Today we have programs in Ghana, Uganda and Malawi, but over the next decade our ambition is to provide tools that improve outcomes for millions of children.

Join a growing, ambitious Product Team at Inspiring Teachers, which currently consists of 6 members working remotely across African, EU and US timezones, and is responsible for the development of an offline-first mobile app for teachers, school leaders and field staff, and a management dashboard for field staff and district managers.

Role Description

Play a key role in translating evidence-based teaching practices into clear, practical, and visually effective materials for teachers and school leaders. Working closely with programme, pedagogy, and product teams, you will design structured lesson materials, training resources, and visual frameworks in Figma that support consistent, high-quality classroom delivery. Your work will help ensure our pedagogy is accessible, scalable, and usable across diverse school contexts, supporting Inspiring Teachers’s mission to improve learning outcomes at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Co-develop high-quality teaching and learner materials for Inspiring Teachers’ foundational literacy and numeracy programmes.
• Support the creation and implementation of Inspiring Teachers’ design systems, ensuring coherence and excellence across all print materials and digital platforms.
• Use AI tools for content generation (including imagery, reading texts, literacy and numeracy activities) by designing models and workflows that empower all team members to leverage AI effectively.
• Produce illustrations and short animations that bring Inspiring Teachers’ materials to life in engaging, culturally relevant, and visually consistent ways.
• Collaborate regularly with the Design and Product Teams via Slack, Figma, and Google Meet, with occasional in-person sessions (approximately 2–4 times per year).
• Contribute creative ideas and demonstrate a proactive, collaborative mindset.
• Support the innovation of Inspiring Teachers’ design and product quality.

Is This You?

• You have an affinity for working in EdTech and for social impact.
• You have experience creating structured pedagogy.
• You’re excited about working in a fast-paced and dynamic non-profit environment.
• You’re a team player with the ability to collaborate effectively with a distributed team.
• You’re a self-starter who takes initiative and drives projects to completion.
• You love Figma and building out projects using components and templates.

Tech Stack

• Figma: Design & Prototyping
• Asana: Project Management
• Google Meet: Team Calls
• WhatsApp: Community Engagement

Benefits

• Competitive salary for non-profit
• Remote with opportunities to travel to Africa

We know role descriptions can sometimes feel long or intimidating, and great people may rule themselves out. If you think you could be a good fit for Inspiring Teachers, we’d love to hear from you. Please reach out, tell us a bit about yourself, and explore whether this opportunity could be right for you.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Education