Staff Product Designer, Monetization

Midwest Startups; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a talented designer to join their dynamic team, focusing on crafting engaging user experiences for monetization within a leading educational app. In this role, you will leverage your design expertise to prototype and refine user interactions, ensuring every detail contributes to an enjoyable and effective learning experience. With a commitment to excellence and creativity, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact on the company's growth and the learning journey of millions. Join a culture that values mentorship and collaboration, and help shape the future of education through design.

Benefits

Equity compensation

World-class benefits

Flexible work environment

Employee well-being programs

Qualifications

• Experience in consumer application design and mobile websites.
• Ability to explain design processes and seek feedback.

Responsibilities

• Design user experiences for monetization features in the app.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers on design implementation.

Skills

User Experience Design

Prototyping

Data-Driven Design

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in!

Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun. From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning.

Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

This role reports to the Product Design Director of Monetization and is part of the Design team—Duolingo’s key creative partner across nearly every project. From our mobile apps and website to our brand voice, email newsletters, and community events, the Design team helps shape the full user experience. At Duolingo, we take pride in crafting experiences that are both user-friendly and fun—and we sweat the details to get them just right.

The Monetization pillar helps fund Duolingo’s mission by generating revenue through a variety of channels—including ads, pacing mechanics, premium learning features, gamification, and in-app purchases. We own the full purchase experience and focus on retaining subscribers while effectively marketing our subscription offerings in-app. Our work is a blend of strategic, data-driven iterations and bold, high-impact bets that shape the future of how we monetize.

You will...

• Design and prototype user experiences across Monetization within the Duolingo app
• Leverage metrics to inform design decisions big and small
• Have direct impact on Duolingo's business
• Drive large work streams across your team with independence—you’ll lead!
• Be a peer leader and mentor across Duolingo Design
• Work with other designers and artists to expand Duolingo’s design language
• Partner with engineers and product managers to define what we build, and how we get there
• Consider every part of a finely crafted experience: animation, copy, UI to business impact

You have...

• An online portfolio featuring simple consumer mobile apps and mobile websites
• Design experience in a consumer application, product, or software role
• A desire to strive for excellence in your work until all details are attended to
• The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and seek feedback to help you produce your best work

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Experience with mentoring early-career designers and an interest in developing design talent
• Have worked at a high-paced tech start-up
• Illustration and/or animation skill-set
• Experience participating in or leading user research sessions

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range:

$200,000—$360,000 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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