Senior Product Designer

<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Join Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) as a Senior Product Designer and bring your creativity to life by designing innovative and engaging experiences across our educational platforms that will challenge and inspire the next generation of problem solvers.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>The Senior Product Designer will:</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Design experiences across our suite of educational products</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Collaborate closely with our Product, Academics, and Marketing teams to set design strategy, optimize existing user interfaces and experiences, and conceptualize user interfaces and experiences for new products and features</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Create, share, and iterate through ideas via storyboards, user flows, wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes, or other methods</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Collaborate with Engineering and Project Management to translate those ideas through implementation into delightful experiences</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Deliver solutions that consider engineering feasibility and technical requirements</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Help create a user-centric and data-driven culture by conducting research and user testing and by analyzing the data and outcomes of design projects</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Drive development of processes, standards, and best practices for design, testing, and research</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Provide mentorship to more junior designers</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>The ideal candidate has:</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">5+ years of UX/UI, Interaction, or Product Design experience</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A solid online portfolio showcasing exceptional design skills and systems thinking with a focus on user-centered design</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience designing scalable, complex, large-scale projects</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience developing innovative design solutions and participating in the design process from end-to-end</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Ability to work independently and manage design work with high-level stakeholders</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Ability to clearly communicate how design delivers on user, business, and product goals</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Excellent communication, collaboration, organization, and decision-making skills</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Why Join AoPS:</strong> This is a hybrid full-time position based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The full salary range for this position is 127.2k-159k. Here are some things you can look forward to:</p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>Impact:</strong> As a Senior Product Designer, your work will directly shape how students engage with and progress through AoPS's educational platforms, helping to inspire and develop the next generation of great problem solvers</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>Flexibility:</strong> Casual work environment with a hybrid work week and flexible scheduling</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>Benefits:</strong> Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>Future Planning:</strong> 401(k) with company match</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>Quality of Life:</strong> PTO Plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>Ease of Transition:</strong> Relocation bonus (if currently located outside of San Diego)</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Background Check:</strong> Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Work Authorization:</strong> Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>About AoPS:</strong> Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.</p>