Senior Product Designer — Co-create Educational AI with Educators

Playlab; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Playlab is a nonprofit building public infrastructure for educational AI, inviting you to join as Senior Product Designer to own the design of Playlab surfaces from prototype through shipped product. You will combine product sense, initiative, and technical fluency to shape educator and student interactions, collaborating closely with engineers and researchers to deliver impactful experiences.

We encourage experimentation and a user-centered mindset across visuals, tooling, and deployment of

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience as a strong design generalist with a home base in product design.
• Ability to lead design on the projects you own while collaborating closely across the team.
• Broad knowledge of creative tools and workflows, including those that leverage AI.
• You care about learning and enjoy spending time in learning environments with educators and learners.
• You might even push some code yourself to inform design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the design of Playlab surfaces from prototype through shipped product.
• Craft with a clear point of view, ensuring production-grade quality while balancing speed and care.
• Form well-reasoned product questions and stay close to the problems Playlab solves.
• Define the design space, gather context, and drive prototyping to a shipped solution.
• Stay current with AI directions and build or curate tooling to accelerate work.

Skills

Design generalist

Product design

Collaboration with engineers

AI tooling familiarity

Tools

Creative tools

AI tooling

Job description

Playlab is a nonprofit building public infrastructure for educational AI, inviting you to join as Senior Product Designer to own the design of Playlab surfaces from prototype through shipped product. You will combine product sense, initiative, and technical fluency to shape educator and student interactions, collaborating closely with engineers and researchers to deliver impactful experiences.

We encourage experimentation and a user-centered mindset across visuals, tooling, and deployment of