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Principal Product Designer (Assessments)

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Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

At least 10 years of experience in digital product design, At least 2 years at Principal or Director level, Experience in mentoring or managing team members, Strong portfolio of UX and visual design work.

Key responsabilities:

  • Partner with Product and Engineering leaders on strategy
  • Oversee design team and provide feedback and direction

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Job description

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers.

We are looking for a Principal Product Designer to join our highly collaborative and motivated design team and specifically own/drive the evolution of our Assessments products. You will partner closely with the Product Management and Engineering leaders and play a key role in defining and shaping a holistic experience across Instructure’s product platform. You will also contribute to the evolution of our design team as well as mentor other designers.


What you'll be doing:
  • Partner closely with the Assessments Product and Engineering leaders to set the overall strategy for how actionable assessments are woven throughout our end-to-end platform experience (for Admins, Teachers, and Students)
  • Leverage AI and other emerging technologies to create innovative and intuitive product design experiences that lead to measurable outcomes
  • Oversee a small but mighty team of designers that focuses on the Assessments product space; provide feedback and direction (both on the UX solutions and visual UI) to ensure high quality work as well as professional growth coaching
  • Partner closely with your fellow design leaders to establish operational structures and best practices across our entire Product Design team
  • Design and build solutions leveraging our InstUI Design System
  • Be an advocate for and follow A11y best practices always
  • Work with a rapid, iterative mindset, being open and flexible to changes based on user feedback
  • Create prototypes and corresponding scripts for user testing
  • Make data-informed decisions based on user research, testing, and other analytics


  • You will be/have:
  • At least 10 years of experience designing (preferably both the UX/interaction as well as visual/UI) for digital products; at least 2 years at the Principal or Director level
  • Previous experience collaborating with Product and Engineering to define the product roadmap and strategy
  • Previous experience mentoring or managing other team members
  • A portfolio representing your strong design work (UX and visual) on complex digital products (must include data heavy and data visualization examples)
  • Previous experience working in the EdTech space
  • Very strong storytelling skills; experience presenting to executive and senior leadership
  • Strong art direction skills and visual UI experience
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Strong communication skills, verbal and written
  • Strong work ethic, sense of accountability and ownership
  • Strong attention to detail and a systematic thinker
  • Deep knowledge and experience designing for A11y best practices
  • Great team player who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
  • Biased to action, with the ability to iterate rapidly
  • Prototyping experience (Figma)
  • Experience designing mobile first and responsive web design


  • Get in on all the awesome at Instructure:
  • 401k with company match
  • HSA program, vision, voluntary life, and AD&D 
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Lifestyle Spending Account
  • Paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules 
  • Motivosity - employee recognition program
  • We’ve always believed in hiring the most awesome people and treating them right. We know that the more diverse we are, the more diverse our ideas will be and when we openly welcome those ideas, our environment is better and our business is stronger.

    At Instructure we participate in E-Verify and yes, in case you didn't catch it from the above, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

    All Instructure employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon being hired.

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    Experience

    Level of experience: Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
    Spoken language(s):
    English
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    Other Skills

    • Collaboration
    • Team Management
    • Problem Solving
    • Accountability
    • Communication
    • Strong Work Ethic
    • Detail Oriented

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