Product Designer

OpenEd • Boston, MA

6d • Remote

About The Position

As OpenEd’s first Designer, you'll own the end-to-end design process for our consumer-facing platform, from strategic discovery through polished execution. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and Learning teams to translate complex educational concepts into delightful user experiences that serve diverse learning needs and family contexts.
Your Immediate Impact
Months 1-3: Deeply understand our learners, families, and educators through user research and product immersion. Ship your first meaningful UI improvements to our core student and parent dashboards, establishing design systems foundations that will scale with our growth.
Months 4-6: Lead the redesign of a key product area (e.g., student onboarding, curriculum navigation, or family communication tools) from concept to launch. Establish repeatable design processes and begin building out our design system component library.
Months 7-12: Drive strategic design initiatives that measurably improve family satisfaction and staff efficiency. Mentor cross-functional partners on design thinking principles and advocate for user-centered decision making across the organization.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product design experience with at least 3 years designing consumer-facing digital products that reached significant scale (100K+ users)
• You care as much about the information hierarchy and emotional experience of the user as you do about getting that nested corner radius correct.
• You can demonstrate exceptional UI design craft with a portfolio of polished, production-ready work across web and mobile platforms
• You know how to balance a strong aesthetic vision with user and stakeholder feedback to avoid design-by-committee while acknowledging your own limitations.
• You’ve designed products that handle multiple types of users within the same cohesive design vision.
• You get annoyed when the user experience of internal tools is treated like an afterthought - your coworkers should get to work with world class tools as much as the users should.
• You’re a systems thinker: you've built design systems that enable consistency and efficiency across large and varied product surfaces
• Proficiency in modern design tools like Figma and intimate knowledge of the technical constraints of the mediums you operate within (web & mobile).
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to articulate design rationale and advocate for users at all levels of the organization
• Experience collaborating in fast-paced, lean environments where you've worn multiple hats and driven projects independently

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing for education or regulatory compliance focused product experiences.
• Background in designing for accessibility and inclusive design principles
• Motion design or illustration capabilities that bring extra delight to user experiences
• Familiarity with Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) methodology

Responsibilities

• Deeply understand our learners, families, and educators through user research and product immersion.
• Ship your first meaningful UI improvements to our core student and parent dashboards, establishing design systems foundations that will scale with our growth.
• Lead the redesign of a key product area (e.g., student onboarding, curriculum navigation, or family communication tools) from concept to launch.
• Establish repeatable design processes and begin building out our design system component library.
• Drive strategic design initiatives that measurably improve family satisfaction and staff efficiency.
• Mentor cross-functional partners on design thinking principles and advocate for user-centered decision making across the organization.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and 401k plan + company matching opportunities.
• Comprehensive Health Benefits: Health insurance package including medical, dental, vision, life, critical illness, accident, STD/LTD, HSA, and FSA with dependent care.
• Flexible Work Arrangement: We’re a fully remote workforce that emphasizes a healthy work-life balance by allowing some autonomy in work hours.
• Generous Paid Time Off policy, enabling you to recharge, spend quality time with loved ones, and pursue personal interests outside of work.
• Supportive Team Environment: Join a supportive and collaborative team environment where your contributions are valued, and teamwork is encouraged, fostering a culture of success and mutual respect.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees