[Hiring] Senior Product Designer @Wayfinder

Role Description

Wayfinder is seeking a Senior Product Designer contractor to help shape the future of our web platform by designing new and evolving features that support students, educators, and school communities.

• The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of experience designing digital products in the education space.
• Comfortable owning the full design lifecycle, from research and concepting through delivery.
• Strong understanding of the needs of students, teachers, and administrators.
• Ability to translate insights into thoughtful, usable product experiences.
• This is a seasonal, contractor opportunity with an anticipated 3-month timeframe of work needed.
• If interested in full-time employment, please see currently open opportunities on our Careers page.
• We strongly encourage people from traditionally underrepresented populations in tech to apply.

Responsibilities

• Understand student, teacher, and admin needs through direct engagement and product analytics.
• Translate concepts and technical requirements for new features into sketches, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that prioritize intuitive user experience and business goals.
• Define, manage, and execute research and prototyping needs related to product development.
• Document and communicate research findings to internal stakeholders.
• Design modern, delightful, and intuitive user interfaces that align to existing brand guidelines, design systems, and design patterns.
• Collaborate with educators, designers, and engineers from discovery to delivery.
• Contribute to the maintenance and standardization of our component library.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-7 years of demonstrated experience with UI and UX design.
• A strong portfolio of case studies and relevant work samples.
• Proficiency with Figma.
• A track record of working with educators, designers, and engineers to create coherent and intuitive user experiences.
• Ability to work independently with general supervision and willing to receive feedback/guidance.
• Experience supporting design research projects, usability studies, and customer engagements.
• Experience working directly with customers/stakeholders and interpreting their feedback.
• Outstanding time-management skills and experience/comfort working efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and a bias towards action.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Preferred experience

• An undergraduate degree or equivalent in product design, interaction design, software engineering, user experience, or a related discipline.
• Experience designing features for AI-enabled workflows, and leveraging AI to streamline user experience.
• Experience with fast-moving, startup environments.

Compensation

• Hourly rate between $45-70/hr, commensurate with experience.

Location

• Remote work. Wayfinder’s regular operating hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.