Product Designer (Contract)

A pioneer in K-12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visitamplify.com.

Job Description Summary:

Amplify's creative team is a group of designers, artists, and storytellers. We sketch, we write, we push pixels, we also love paper. We live for the big ideas, and we sweat the details. We work on digital, print, environmental, interactive, and animation projects. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and graphic design systems and ensure ideas are realized to the highest standards of execution.

Product Designers at Amplify combine Visual and UX Design, leveraging a basic understanding of the elements behind front-end websites and digital components, to craft insightful and relevant digital layouts that cater directly to the needs of our young learners and their teachers. As a member of Amplify Literacy Suites ELA design team you will partner with a diverse cross-functional product team of designers, product owners, interaction developers, and curriculum experts to build ELA's 3rd Edition Curriculum.

*This is a contract role expected to end 7/2026.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead design problem solving to drive compelling interactive user interfaces

• Develop consistent, polished visual designs reflective of a design system

• Establish a streamlined design process, including feedback from stakeholders and planning for additional assets

• Maintain and champion style guides, applying them to new designs

• Moderate and manage content migration into design templates

• Prepare and present design work to internal teams and key stakeholders for review

• Collaborate closely with Design, Product, and Content teams to gather requirements, ensure quality, define scope and direction of projects

• Collaborate with Digital Production teams to maintain cohesive libraries of digital assets in CMSs

• Prepare and communicate design solutions to internal teams and key stakeholders

• Drive and participate in creative brainstorming, concept development, and design execution

• Participate in and conduct collaborative discussions, including listening closely and providing honest, thoughtful feedback to colleagues

• Utilize strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening)

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience with digital visual design, digital product development, or equivalent experience with a BA degree in related field or combination of education and experience.

• Demonstrated capability in synthesizing graphic design principles and user-centric design approaches with a specialized skill set in typography and layout design

• Keen eye for detail, including the ability to perform design QA and discuss feasible alternatives with developers

• Experience in managing design feedback cycles and production schedules

• Comfort and confidence in presenting your work at various development stages

• Experience collaborating in multifunctional teams as a design lead

• Expertise with Adobe CC, Figma and an openness to learning and using unfamiliar tools and software

• Experience with Agile processes

• Experience with Content Management Systems (CMSs)

• Experience designing responsive desktop layout experiences

• Portfolio showing a high level of design skills and recent work

• Basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS to be able to speak with and iterate on solutions with developers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with digital product design in education technology or a related field

• Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education

• Experience designing with Accessibility as a priority

• Demonstrated ability to work iteratively with customers to gather and document user experience requirements

• A formal education in Graphic Design, Web Design, Interaction Design, Communication Design, User Experience or related field

• Experience with interactive motion design or games

• Any lived experience with teaching or tutoring students ages K-12

Compensation:

The hourly rate range for this role is $45 - $50.

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

Amplify is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in connection with the application or hiring process, please email hiringaccommodations@amplify.com.

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