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Contractor: Senior-Level Product Design Services (Brazil or Argentina)

FreelanceProduct Designer$150,000 - $165,000*
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Newsela is seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or Argentina for Senior-Level Product Design Services. 

Scope of Services

  • This Contractor will be responsible for crafting user-centric solutions for Newsela’s platform (across mobile, desktop, and tablet).
  • As part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional team, your day to day will involve working closely with product managers, researchers, data analysts, and engineers at each step of the process to find the right problems to tackle, explore ideas for how to solve it and then refine it into a coherent solution and design strategy.
  • You’ll play an active role in shaping the roadmap by understanding and advocating for the needs of our users.

Skills / Experience

  • You have 3+ years of experience as a Product Designer working with complex user and business problems, understands feature requirements, and tech constraints, to create simple, engaging and scalable experiences.
  • Your skill sets span from user research and testing to wireframes and user-flows to high fidelity and prototyping. You are curious, data-informed and unsatisfied with “good enough.” You are energized by solving complex problems and approach design holistically; users are at the center of your process and that is evident in your approach and solutions. You skillfully balance multiple projects to deliver materials on time and within scope, and know how to source input for stakeholders across the company to align with business goals and overall brand guidelines.
  • You have demonstrated success in approaching patterns holistically and think 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.
  • Experience working in Figma as both a design and prototyping tool.
  • Understands the value and has worked with a Design System or has collaborated with one.
  • Knowledge of Visual Design and attention to detail when it comes to pixel-perfect design, and documentation for hand-off to Engineers.
  • You 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.
  • While not required, experience with Educational products or in education in general is a plus.

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

Questions & answers for this job
  • What is the type of contract for this job?
    The contract for this job is a Freelance contract
  • What's the salary range for the Contractor: Senior-Level Product Design Services (Brazil or Argentina) position?
    The suggested salary for this job is $150,000 - $165,000*
  • Is telecommuting possible for this job?
    Yes, telecommuting is possible for this job
About Newsela
Newsela is a literacy-focused edtech startup company founded by Matthew Gross.
Website
Industry
E-Learning, EdTech
Founded
2013
Size
251-1K employees

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