About the Role
As the first dedicated Product Designer, you will shape the end-user experience for our software, which empowers educators to implement mastery-based instructional models. You will work closely with founders and senior leadership to build our design operation from the ground up, taking products from initial concepts to refined, user-friendly interfaces.
Responsibilities
- Refine end-to-end user experience by mapping teacher, student, and administrator journeys.
- Define information architecture and design intuitive product paths.
- Create wireframes and high-fidelity, clickable prototypes to validate flows before development.
- Build and maintain a documented design system and component library.
- Establish design best practices and mature the internal design operation.
Requirements
- Ability to execute end-to-end design from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes.
- Experience conducting usability testing and iterating based on user feedback.
- Strong proficiency in information architecture and design systems.
- Ability to write clear, empathetic interface copy.
- Understanding of accessibility standards, cognitive science principles, and real-world technical constraints.
- Passion for the mission of empowering educators and students.
Skills
- UI/UX Design
- Wireframing and Prototyping
- Design Systems
- Information Architecture
- Usability Testing
- UX Writing
- Accessibility Design
- Cognitive Science Principles
Location
- Remote
- USA-based
Work Type
- Full-Time
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000 - $160,000 per year
Benefits
- Employer-sponsored health insurance
- Employer-sponsored dental and vision insurance
- Vanguard 403(b) plan with 3% employer match
- 20 days of vacation/PTO
- Paid holidays and parental leave
- Sick and safe paid time off
- Me Days
- Paid Comp time off
- Annual budget for continuous learning
- FSA and Dependent Care FSA access
- Company-paid life insurance
- Wishbone Pet Insurance access
- Flexible working hours
About the Company
- The Modern Classrooms Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering educators to build classrooms that respond to student needs.
- We promote a self-paced, mastery-based instructional model leveraging technology.
- Our resources have empowered nearly 100,000 educators across 150+ countries.
Equal Opportunity
- The Modern Classrooms Project is committed to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, or ethnicity.
- We are committed to hiring a diverse team and encourage applications from under-represented backgrounds.
