Senior Product Designer (Illustration & Motion, EdTech)
About The Position
At Miaplaza, we build homeschool platforms that kids aged 4–18 actually want to use — Miacademy, MiaPrep, and our Online High School are serving over 150.000 students today. Our product foundations are strong. What we want next is a step change in how our products feel: more expressive illustration, more purposeful motion, more moments of craft that turn a lesson into something a kid remembers. We're hiring a Senior Product Designer whose craft anchor is illustration and motion. Our design team is small and senior, five designers when you join, and each brings a distinct strength: brand, design systems, research, and now yours. You'd own product design for the student learning experience end-to-end: from problem framing through delivery, in a Product Trio with a PM and EM who have strong opinions and expect yours. This is product work with real trade-offs — pedagogical, technical, and business — and you're accountable for how it lands, not just how it looks. Beyond Curriculum, you'd set the illustration and motion bar for all of Miaplaza: the standards, motion principles, and character direction that the other designers and the design system build from. A defining part of the role is art-directing AI-assisted production. You'd build the prompts, references, and review process that let a small team produce quality illustration and motion at a scale hand-crafting alone can't reach. We don't expect you to know every current tool — we expect the taste and judgment to direct output rather than accept defaults. You'd report to the Head of UX, with regular 1:1s covering craft, product, and career growth. The direction is upward: deeper craft leadership, cross-product influence, or both.
Requirements
- A portfolio of shipped digital product work — not only concepts or standalone pieces.
- At least 2 years working inside a product team, collaborating with PMs and engineers.
- Strong illustration or motion skills, with at least 1 year focused on either as a primary craft.
- Proficiency in Figma.
- Some experience directing or guiding visual work produced by others — freelancers, junior designers, or AI tools.
Nice To Haves
- Deep motion skills in product contexts: interactions, transitions, onboarding, character animation.
- Experience using AI image or motion tools as production accelerators.
- Confidence running your own usability research, not just receiving findings.
- Multi-brand or education-focused design experience.
- Accessibility practice, especially for neurodivergent audiences.
Responsibilities
- Own product design for the student learning experience end-to-end: from problem framing through delivery.
- Set the illustration and motion bar for all of Miaplaza: the standards, motion principles, and character direction.
- Art-direct AI-assisted production, including building prompts, references, and review processes.
- Collaborate with PMs and EMs in a Product Trio.
Benefits
- 40 hours per week
- €60.000 to €90.000 annually, adjusted by experience and location
- Regular 1:1s covering craft, product, and career growth
- Opportunities for upward direction: deeper craft leadership, cross-product influence, or both.
- Equal opportunity employer
- Accommodations available upon request
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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