Designer, Ello

• Broad design expertise across a variety of mediums, including UI/UX, graphic design, and product design
• Ability to drive the product creation process: organize work, set milestones, and deliver from concept to high‑quality handoff
• Demonstrated experience designing for children and families or a compelling reason you want to serve this audience
• Demonstrated track record of innovation and creativity in contributing to the product development process
• Strength in communication & feedback: clear storytelling, design rationale tied to user motivations and business impact; comfortable giving/receiving critiques
• Proficiency in both low and high-fidelity prototyping, and comfort with fast iteration cycles
• Mastery of Figma and standard design tools, attention to detail, and “pixel‑perfect” execution
• Experience thriving in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment and adapting to project changes on the fly
• We look for candidates who:
• Have something to teach us
• Have immense attention to detail
• Want to do work they are proud of to ship products they are proud of
• Have an urge to make a real impact on child development at scale
• Take initiative and full ownership of their work
• Prefer open and direct communication grounded in empathy to beating around the bush
• Exemplify integrity in their actions, decisions, and communication
• Want to build meaningful relationships at work

Desirable

• We’re building the world’s first fully agentic AI tutor for kids, and we’re looking for a full-stack designer who will work end‑to‑end across character & interaction design, illustrations, mobile UI/UX, brand, and web assets, owning ideas from sketch to playtest to polished handoff.
• An ideal candidate will be equally comfortable PM’ing their work and collaborating tightly with engineering, research, content, and leadership.
• You love a strong feedback culture, can clearly explain the “why” behind your decisions, and you’re excited about working in-person in San Francisco and attending playtests to see the impact of your work.
• Most importantly, you are excited about making an impact on early education at scale and have a clear reason for wanting to design for children
• A portfolio submission is required for the application. While competitive candidates will likely have a proven track record in producing polished, high-quality work with real-world product impact, we are very open to opportunistic submissions – we love to see beautiful work
• Lead end‑to‑end design for new kid‑facing product features and experiments: concept → storyboard → prototype → playtest → final assets and handoff
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to create cohesive, user-centered designs that appeal to children
• Produce production‑ready Figma files and partner closely with engineering on implementation, QA, and polish
• Work in a fast-paced, iterative design environment; rapidly prototype ideas, test them out, and refine or discard
• Communicate design rationale and tradeoffs clearly; contribute and respond to design critiques with empathy and candor