Kiddom

educational platform

DirectorofDesign

$240–270k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Director candidates.

The Brief

“Director of Design at Kiddom. Skills: product design, leading design teams, design system. Lead and grow a team of product designers. Set a high bar for craft and feedback from day one”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver experiences that teachers and students love; deliver intuitive, high-impact experiences for teachers, students, and administrators

Industry & Context.

educational platform
Problems you'll solve

Comfortable with ambiguity; You adjust fast when the ground shifts

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8-12 years in product design, 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, Fluent with AI tools and actively using them in your workflow, Clear, direct communicator, Comfortable with ambiguity

Nice to Have

Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices

What You'll Do.

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

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

and Curriculum on roadmap

and executive reviews

Lead the team through a once-in-a-generation change in how design work gets done

Define career paths across disciplines

Give designers a clear picture of what excellent looks like

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

partnering across Product, Engineering, and Curriculum; Partner with Product, Engineering, and Curriculum on roadmap, OKRs, and executive reviews

Communication Scope

Clear, direct communicator; You can defend a design decision in a room of skeptics

Full Job Description

## Description About Kiddom Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning. 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. ## What you'll do... 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. ## What we're looking for... 8-12 ye

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