Contractor (LATAM) for Product Design Services

Newsela is seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Latin America for Mid-Level Product Design Services. 

Scope of Services: 

• This Contractor will own the design experience of the products within Newsela that help empower our content creators to develop the content teachers and students use. We're accelerating the evolution of these tools to help create different types of high-quality content, the type Newsela is well known for.
• Understand and articulate user and business problems, and propose a range of thoughtful and creative design solutions.
• Execute designs based on a strong understanding of current UX/UI best practices and expertise using industry-standard design tools/programs, always ensuring accessibility considerations are addressed.
• Reporting to the Director of Product Design, you will partner closely with Design, Product, Engineering, UX Research, Data, Content, and Marketing to align on problems, define solutions, and ensure feasibility, by following our user-centric product design vision and culture.
• Own the design execution, build trust, and have a “learn continuously” mindset.

Skills / Experience: 

• You have 3+ years of experience as a Product Designer working with complex user and business problems.
• You understand feature requirements and tech constraints, to create simple, engaging, and scalable experiences.
• You have demonstrated success in approaching patterns holistically and thinking about the larger experience. 
• You have a strong understanding of web and mobile-web platform technologies, and you keep in mind accessibility. You know when to use broad-stroke sketches, use a design system, or when to apply pixel-perfect attention to detail.
• You can leverage your knowledge of user pain points and goals, informed by research (quantitative and qualitative) to inform your design direction to effectively document your decision and specifications. 
• You can provide and receive actionable feedback from a cross-functional team and understand the value of working cross-functionally and have a collaborative mindset. 
• You partner with Product Management, Engineering, UX Research, Data, Content, and Marketing to define problems, align on solutions, and ensure feasibility through workshops to coordinate on process to soliciting feedback at all stages of the product life cycle.
• You have experience working in Figma
• You understand the value of a Design System and have collaborated and worked in one
• While not required, knowledge of Motion Design or animation done using Adobe After Effects would be a plus.

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits.