Senior Product Designer

Stile Education

Melbourne, VIC
$120,000-140,000 per year
Permanent
Full-time

17 days ago
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Young people all over the world deserve a world-class science education.We are a global, rapidly growing EdTech company, run by the people who started and own the company. We’re here to build something real and enduring. A company that in years to come we look back on and are proud of what we achieved, and how we achieved it.Every week, over 200,000 students globally, and their teachers, use Stile and we expect this to more than double in the next couple of years in line with our international expansion strategy. At Stile, we create world-class resources for science teachers, whom we call superheroes, (think videos, lesson plans, simulations, activities and more!) that spark excitement and curiosity in every student. At the most basic level, we get kids thinking critically about the world around them.Being a designer at Stile is incredible. We have an impact on almost every aspect of the company. From creating beautiful lessons based on real-world science and global issues, to designing events for teachers’ professional development, creating user interfaces for the tools used every day by not just teachers, but Stile writers— we have a huge impact. The breadth of creative work that we do in the design team makes coming to work every day exciting and fulfilling.We are looking for a Senior Product Designer in Melbourne. In this role, you will lead the user experience and interface design for our web platform and mobile applications. Working in cross-functional sprint teams and collaborating with science writers, designers and engineers, you will work on product features for our in-classroom software, content and class management tools and analytics features.We aspire to provide everything schools and teachers need to facilitate a world-class science education. Creating useful, intuitive tools that enhance the teaching and learning experience is what this role is about. We are very considerate about the kinds of technology and experiences we are introducing to classrooms and ensure that they are never just for technology’s sake. Good design is critical to this mission.Here are some of the things you’ll be doing to help revolutionise science education:

Designing features to enhance the classroom experience of teaching and learning

Working with the Head of Design and the Product Engineering teams to build tools on our web-app that make teaching and learning easier, more effective and more fun!

Building a robust and flexible design system

We have quite a primitive design system and we want to make it amazing to design with and build with. You’ll work on integrating Figma and our codebase to ensure what you are designing is what ends up on the screen.

Co-design with teachers and students

We are really lucky to have a large group of teachers on our team that have used Stile in the classroom as well as a few students that are also now employees! We also have open channels and access to teachers and students for user research and testing.

Working with an amazing, multi-disciplinary team of creatives

We work on so many different things in the Studio team. Beyond your product design responsibilities there will be opportunities to collaborate with our team of designers, illustrators and videographers on a wide range of projects. From event and physical experiences, our in-lesson escape rooms and simulations amongst a few other exciting things we get up to.If you’re a passionate designer looking to have an impact on the education of the next generation and support teachers doing their incredibly important work, this might just be the perfect role.The DetailsAbout you

You bring a minimum of 5 years of product design experience with a strong portfolio of end-to-end projects.

You have experience working closely with software engineers and may have even worked on changing legacy design systems.

You are an expert in interface patterns and have excellent visual design skills.

You have experience with user research and usability testing.

You can build a team of designers to work on multiple product streams.

At Stile we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the points above, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.Hours and locationThis is a full-time, permanent role based in Melbourne, Australia. Overall we’re an “in-person” culture (we enjoy working together face to face), but we’re also flexible. There will be opportunities to work from home 1-2 days per week, or remotely for periods, once you settle in.Life at StileStile is run by the people who started and own the company. We’re here to build something real and enduring. A company that in years to come we look back on and are proud of what we achieved, and how we achieved it.

Colleagues worth working with.

You’ll join an amazing 70-strong team of teachers, scientists, artists, and engineers. We hold ourselves, and each other, to a high standard, and love what we do.

Working on something that really matters.

In partnership with teachers, we’re coaching students to become problem solvers and critical thinkers. We believe that with a strong command of science, tomorrow’s citizens and leaders are set up to sort the misinformation from the facts.

Support always.

Stile is its people, and it’s important we are creating an environment where you’re supported, happy and able to do your best work. We have strong management and feedback frameworks, and a great benefits program check it out here .

A fantastic office environment. We love in-person collaboration, and have built an office to facilitate just that. It has a huge central kitchen, lots of places to put your feet up to work and even end of trip facilities if you ride in.

Flexibility.

We expect that you work hard, but you’ll have flexible hours and you’re the master of your own schedule.

Your own professional development.

We’re lifelong learners here at Stile. Alongside teaching you everything you need to know to succeed in this role, we provide a generous PD allowance.For more info, have a read of our and find out ’.How to applySound interesting?Great! We want to know more about you, so read the details below then click apply and ensure you provide that cover letter to show you’re great at following the details.

A cover letter addressed to Sean Hurley (no more than a page) explaining why you're going to smash this role out of the park.

Include a paragraph on which most resonate with you or which you disagree with and why. * Your resume

Applications close at 9:00am on Thursday 2nd May.

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