Description
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available.
Duolingo's designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun. From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out.
About the role
This role is a key part of the Design team,Duolingo's key creative partner across nearly every project. You will work on the user experience across features within the Duolingo language app, play a leadership role on the product design team, and collaborate with designers and artists to build upon and expand the Duolingo design language.
You will:
- Work on the user experience across features within the Duolingo language app
- Play a leadership role on the product design team
- Work collaboratively with designers and artists to build upon and expand the Duolingo design language
- Partner with engineers and product managers to define both the long-term strategy and the short-term tactics for our products
- Sometimes work on very broadly defined, loose concepts, and sometimes on narrowly defined, tactical features
- Work in a highly enthusiastic fashion with the design and product teams
- Consider all parts when crafting the experience: from copy to animation to business impact
- Use a mix of internal and third-party AI tools at every step of your creative process
You have:
- An online portfolio with mobile app or web design samples
- Design experience in a consumer application, product, or software role
- A desire to strive for excellence in your work until all details are attended to
- The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and seek feedback to help you produce your best work
- Experience ideating, building and prototyping with AI tools, like ChatGPT and Cursor
Exceptional candidates will have:
- Experience with managing early-career designers and an interest in developing design talent
- Have worked at a high-paced tech start-up
- Illustration and/or animation skill-set
- Experience participating in or leading user research sessions
- Shipped AI-driven products
The salary range for this role is $200,000-$300,000 USD. We also offer equity compensation and world-class benefits.