Intermediate Product Designer, Thinkific
Design System
CA$75-113k
Offers equity, bonus and ESPP
Online course creation platform
Be an early applicant
Online course creation platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$75-113k
Offers equity, bonus and ESPP
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make it simple for entrepreneurs and established businesses – our Creator Educators - to scale and generate revenue by teaching what they know.
Role
Who you are
- Are you a passionate and detail-oriented product designer who loves building scalable design systems that empower teams and create great user experiences
- Have 2–4+ years of experience in product or experience design, with a strong interest or experience contributing to design systems
- Share a portfolio that shows your ability to create, maintain, or contribute to design libraries or systems
- Are highly skilled in Figma, with experience building components, styles, tokens, and templates
- Enjoy collaborating closely with cross-functional teammates including Product, Engineering, and Content
- Are committed to accessibility and inclusive design, and strive to make your work usable for all
- Are excited to keep learning and growing in your craft
Desirable
- Experience designing for the needs of scaling or enterprise customers, including workflows involving multiple users, roles, and permissions
- Experience in planning and setting up user research programs and synthesizing research at scale
- Familiarity with mobile app experiences, having designed them previously
- A fundamental understanding of HTML, CSS, and Javascript and can work with engineers effectively
- Experience in conducting heuristic evaluations on existing interfaces
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an Intermediate Experience Designer focused on design systems to join us at Thinkific
- As an Intermediate Experience Designer on our Design Systems team, you’ll play a vital role in shaping our platform
- You’ll help evolve and maintain a design system that ensures consistency, usability, and accessibility across Thinkific’s learning commerce experience
- Your contributions will support product designers, engineers, and content designers, making it easier for teams to build intuitive and inclusive experiences for course creators and their students around the world
- You’ll work closely with cross-functional teammates to build high-quality components, maintain design libraries in Figma, and advocate for consistency and craft across the product
- Your goal will be to strengthen and scale Thinkific’s Design System so teams can move faster, stay aligned, and deliver accessible, high-quality experiences across our platform
- Evolve and maintain Thinkific’s Design System, helping refine core components, patterns, and documentation to support quality and scalability across the product
- Create and maintain reusable libraries, templates, and tokens in Figma, ensuring everything is organized, accessible, and ready for use across teams
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, researchers, and content designers to align systems work with product needs and user goals
- Apply accessibility and inclusive design standards across components, contributing to an experience that works for a diverse range of users
- Contribute to design critiques and team reviews, offering thoughtful feedback and supporting the adoption of best practices
- Work within established guidelines while helping identify opportunities to improve our system through craft, documentation, or design tooling
- Bring a systems mindset to your work, thinking about how your contributions can scale and support consistent experiences across different parts of the platform
Our take
As the world becomes increasingly globalized, the competition for jobs is fiercer than ever. Whilst traditional educational institutions are failing to deliver the skills of tomorrow, Thinkific provides a way for the new wave of instructors to meet this educational demand, with its all-in-one course creation platform.
Course creators on Thinkific have unparalleled ownership over their content and course, whilst also having access to a suite of tools to help operate, promote, and monetize those courses. Its customization tools also mean creators can create a strong brand for their knowledge business, with a range of integrations ensuring Thinkific remains a one-stop shop for all their needs.
Its latest updates enhance its capabilities for building engaging customer education programs. New features like advanced customization and CORM integration offer users powerful tools for creating interactive and personalized learning experiences. With continuous innovations, Thinkific remains dedicated to supporting course creators and enterprises, providing them with the flexibility and resources needed to excel in the competitive educational market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2020
$22m
EARLY VC
Nov 2019
$2.4m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $24.4m
Company benefits
- Open vacation policy: We're big proponents of sand, sun, and taking time to recharge. As long as you're getting your work done and keeping your team supported, take vacation when you need it. We encourage Thinkers to take at least 4 weeks vacation each year
- Flexible work environments: Whether you’re working from Thinkific HQ or working from home, set your own hours to find a rhythm that works for you and your team. Finding the time for workouts, laundry, daycare dropoffs, or appointments is easier than ever.
- Learning opportunities and personal development: Interested in a course, conference, or career coaching? We’ve got you covered with our $1500 Learn and Grow fund to support your personal and professional growth, on top of regular lunch & learns, internal courses and workshops, and a coaching program. Our people leaders will work with you to ensure you’re taking advantage of the learning opportunities you want and need
- Competitive benefits package: Our benefits kick in on your first day at Thinkific and include coverage for health, vision, dental, prescriptions, and up to $3000 for your mental health. Our Employee and Family Assistance Program will also take care of you and your family, providing everything to support your well-being
- Parental leave: We care about helping you grow your career AND your family. Family is important to us, and our paid parental leave gives you a little extra help while you're beginning this new adventure. Learn more about our family leave benefits here
- We actually hang out: Thinkers are some of the kindest (and most fun!) people out there. We're into boat parties, hackathons, company retreats, and celebrating everything from Canada Day to Brazilian Carnival. Wherever you’re based, you’ll have opportunities to connect with your team both virtually and IRL
- The bow-wow benefits: Office dogs. Plural. Meet them on Instagram at @dogsofthinkific
Company HQ
Strathcona, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Greg Smith
(CEO)Spent 3 years working as a Lawyer before co-founding Moving Media Group, working as the Director of Sales. They now hold the position of CEO at Alpha Score Seminars, as well as being Co-Founder and CEO at Thinkific.
Miranda Lievers
(Advisor)Spent 7 years at Telus in progressive leadership roles launching high-speed internet across Canada. Co-founded Blue Olive Photography Inc. before co-founding Thinkific.
Matt Smith
(CSO)Over a decade of experience in Product, Technology and Growth roles. Founded Alpha Score Seminars before working as CTO of Healthism. Previously worked as CTO of Thinkific before launching successful Instagram-scheduling software startup, Later.com. Returned to Thinkific in 2021 as CSO.
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