A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.
Amplify’s creative team is a group of designers, artists, and storytellers. We sketch, we write, we push pixels, we also love paper. We live for the big ideas, and we sweat the details. We work on digital, print, environmental, interactive, and animation projects. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and graphic design systems and ensure ideas are realized to the highest standards of execution.
Associate UX/UI Designers at Amplify create delightful and meaningful product experiences that directly meet the needs of our young learners and their teachers, inside and outside of the classroom, as well as internal authors crafting experiences for those audiences.
As a member of the Amplify Literacy Suites ELA design team you will partner with a diverse cross-functional product team of designers, product owners, interaction developers, and curriculum experts to build ELA’s 3rd Edition Curriculum.
Essential Responsibilities:
Participate in problem solving and design to drive compelling user experiences and awesome digital lessons.
Develop concepts, wire frames, interaction flows, mockups, and quick prototypes as well as polished high fidelity designs for student-facing digital activities and resources
Collaborate closely with your product, content and interactive developer partners to produce engaging activities and contribute to the overall direction of the ELA program
Partner with your user researchers on conducting user research and utilize findings to create designs and rapid prototypes for iterative user testing with teachers and students
Participate in collaborative discussions, including listening closely and providing honest, thoughtful feedback to team members
Utilize strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening)
Prepare designs for review to design leadership, internal teams and key stakeholders
Participate in design reviews and team meetings
Develop polished front end designs for handoff to interaction developers, and engage ID’s (interaction developers) in design QA feedback throughout implementation
Required Qualifications:
1+ years experience with end-to-end product design with digital visual design, digital product development, or equivalent experience with a BA degree in related field or combination of education and experience
Understanding of how qualitative research and data inform product and design decisions
Strong visual design and typographic sensibility
Interaction design expertise and experience collaborating with engineers
Expertise with design tools (e.g. Figma, Adobe CC, Notion) and familiarity with prototyping tools to create interactive design concepts
Experience designing responsive desktop and mobile experiences
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with digital product design in education technology or a related field
Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of science education
Experience designing with Accessibility as a priority
Basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS to be able to speak with and iterate on solutions with developers
Experience with Content Management Systems (CMSs)
Experience with Agile processes
Demonstrated ability to gather and document user experience requirements
Experience with visual design, interactive motion design or games
Any lived experience with teaching or tutoring students ages K-12
A formal education in Interaction Design, Communication Design, User Experience or related field
Compensation:
The hourly rate range for this role is $35.00-$45.00.
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