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Experience Designer
2 years ago
Company Overview:
Age of Learning is a leading education technology innovator based in Glendale, California, with a talented team of more than 600 individuals comprised of nationally-renowned educators, curriculum experts, developers, artists, writers, designers, engineers, producers, product managers, analysts and marketing experts! Together we develop engaging, effective digital learning technology and content to help children build a strong academic foundation for lifelong success.
Our flagship product
ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy ® is a comprehensive online curriculum and the #1 digital learning product for young children. To-date, more than 30 million children worldwide have completed over 8 billion Learning Activities on ABCmouse. We recently launched Adventure Academy, the first massively multiplayer online (MMO) game designed specifically to help elementary- and middle-school-aged children learn. It features thousands of engaging Learning Activities—including minigames, books, original animated and live action series, and more—in a fun and safe virtual world. Other Age of Learning programs include immersive English language learning products for children in China and Japan; ReadingIQ, a digital library and literacy platform; and a groundbreaking personalized, adaptive digital learning system that individualizes math instruction for every child through AI-driven technology.
We are committed to helping all children succeed. We provide our educational programs at no cost to teachers, Head Start programs, public libraries, and other community organizations, and have served millions of children through these initiatives. We recently established the Age of Learning Foundation to expand this work globally.
As we expand our global reach and increase the educational impact of our programs, we’re looking for passionate, ambitious, and collaborative leaders to become a part of our growing team.
Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated Experience Designer to join the ABCmouse product team. The ideal candidate is a strong visual designer/artist who can wrap solid UI/UX in lively, illustrative, engaging designs that delight our core audience, kids ages 3-6. A playful creative POV is a must in both thought exercises and creation of art assets and experiences. This role is a truly unique blend of illustrative and product design, a chance to combine excellent art skills with user empathy and systems thinking.
As an Experience Designer on ABCmouse, you will collaborate closely with the Sr. Creative Director, product leadership, Curriculum, and product teams to create best-in-class interactive educational experiences that meld the best user experiences with product vision, providing clear designs for both parents and kids. You’ll be a “capital D” Design thinker and an excellent visual designer who maintains mastery of both the thought and aesthetic sides of the creative process.
This position requires high attention to detail and the ability to balance fun and learning based upon research findings and live data
with the goal of creating lasting learning outcomes for young kids.
Responsibilities:
- Create, design, and own the implementation of fun, engaging features, content, events, and other product experiences that provide meaningful context to both parents and kids. This includes not only design thinking but the visual assets that end up in the final design.
- Be the voice of and advocate for meaningful design for users and drive user experience design through all design-thinking phases of development and product implementation.
- Work closely with game design, art, animation, and cross-functional teams on the UI/UX design implementation and iterate on our product experiences to engage, surprise, and delight users.
- Collaborate with design research, data analytics, and other departments to evaluate, engage, retain, and activate our users and drive design decisions for efficient, effective product experiences that converts users to improve KPIs.
- Assess and apply both qualitative and quantitative feedback to improve informed design through highly engaging experience tuning across the entire product evangelizing the best practices of experience design.
Required Qualifications:
- Possess 5+ years of professional experience in Visual Design, Interaction Design, and Information Architecture for creating comprehensive UI/UX Design for modern high-quality, cross-platform applications that entertain, educate, and activate users to be learners.
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Computer Science, Fine Arts, HCI or related fields; or equivalent experience with an emphasis on Visual, Experience, and Product Design.
- The ability to visually design playful interfaces that are intuitive and appealing for very young learners. Illustration capabilities are a huge plus.
- Exceptional creative problem-solving skills with an adaptable, flexible mindset.
- Strong collaborative skills with the ability to receive and give constructive feedback as well as strong interpersonal communication skills to work independently.
- Strong multi-tasking skills with the ability to change priorities as new opportunities arise.
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills to both technical and non-technical team members.
- Candidates must include a link to their portfolio or provide work samples as part of the application process. For each project, please describe the project, team, role, and contribution.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of contemporary children's media, especially children’s educational apps and learning games.
- Familiarity with working in a scrum/kanban/agile environment.
- Experience using both qualitative and quantitative research findings and live data to drive product design decisions and iteration.
- Capable of iterating divergently in low fidelity and refining solutions at high fidelity.
- Experience designing for Unity for cross-platform design and development.
Age of Learning currently provides:
• 90% - 100% of health and welfare benefit premiums
• A 401(k) program with employer match
• 15 paid vacation days plus 11 observed national paid holidays
• Team bonding events and a highly collaborative environment
• Commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment in addition to an inclusive and supportive company culture
• Access to our internal DEI Task Force that focuses on ensuring our products represent all children on a global scale
• Opportunities for professional growth through professional learning and development programs
• A temporary 100% remote work environment, due to COVID restrictions, to help ensure the safety of our employees
• Monthly internet stipend provided due to temporary remote work environment
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