Director of Design, Kiddom
$240-270k
+ Equity
Creator of Learning Intelligence Technology
Be an early applicant
Creator of Learning Intelligence Technology
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$240-270k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable teachers and learners to achieve their full potential.
Role
Who you are
- 8-12 years in product design, with at least 3 years leading design teams
- A portfolio that shows systems thinking, interaction design, and craft across complex digital products
- Proven experience building or significantly maturing a design system
- Track record of influencing roadmap and priorities across Product, Engineering, and Curriculum
- You still make things. Your best work isn't behind you
- Fluent with AI tools and actively using them in your workflow
- Clear, direct communicator. You can defend a design decision in a room of skeptics
- Comfortable with ambiguity. You adjust fast when the ground shifts
- Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
What the job involves
- Kiddom is seeking a Director of Product Design to lead a senior team with full latitude to rebuild how we think about design quality
- Reporting to our VP of Product, this leader will be responsible for setting the design vision, scaling our design system, and partnering across Product, Engineering, and Curriculum to deliver experiences that teachers and students love
- You will set the vision for product experience, build the systems and processes that enable design at scale, and partner across Product, Engineering, and Curriculum to deliver intuitive, high-impact experiences for teachers, students, and administrators
- Lead and grow a team of product designers. Set a high bar for craft and feedback from day one
- Own the platform design vision across teacher, student, and administrator experiences. Know what good looks like and say so when it isn't
- Own and evolve Kiddom's design system. Keep designer and engineer velocity high as we scale
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Curriculum on roadmap, OKRs, and executive reviews
- Lead the team through a once-in-a-generation change in how design work gets done
- Stay in the work. Managers who stop building lose the ability to lead well
- Define career paths across disciplines. Give designers a clear picture of what excellent looks like
Our take
Digital education has become an increasing reality in recent years. Whilst services such as Zoom have provided platforms for remote teaching, the minimal functionality of such services has outlined the lack of digital engagement tools that classrooms require.
Kiddom develops a collaborative learning platform for K-12 schooling, with integrated solutions for remote teaching, in-person school and homework assignments. The platform allows teachers to assign tasks and to collaborate with students on them, whilst the software gathers data to provide insights on student engagement and performance.
The startup currently provides its services to individual teachers for free, but solutions for inter-institutional curriculums come at an annual subscription fee. Kiddom’s approach aims to fill the gap between remote and in-school teaching, at the same time as integrating student analytics to optimize and personalize the way students are educated.
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Insights
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2021
$35m
SERIES C
Mar 2018
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $56.5m
Company benefits
- Meaningful equity
- Remote friendly culture with budget to make sure you can work comfortably from home or office
- Health benefits: medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
- Flexible vacation policy
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ahsan Rizvi
(CEO & Co-Founder)Spent a year as a Fulton Collective Partner, before co-founding Le Sensor in 2010. They leveraged this entrepreneurial experience to found Kiddom in January 2015.
Abbas Manjee
(Chief Academic Officer & Co-Founder)Previoulsy Founding Math Teacher and Department Leader at ROADS Charter High Schools and at the NYC Department of Education. Was also an Investment Banking Analyst at Merrill Lynch for 2 years.
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