[Remote] Education Designer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Figma is a company dedicated to making design accessible to all, and they are seeking an Education Designer to join their Product Education team. The role involves creating educational content, developing learner-centered courses, and leveraging AI tools to enhance learning experiences.

Responsibilities

• Create files using all of Figma’s products that follow best practices to optimize for effective learning outcomes for our tutorials and projects
• Plan and develop learner-centered courses and video content that cover Figma’s suite of tools, while meeting learners at their skill levels by: contributing to goal setting, outlining, scripting, design asset creation, and feedback during video production
• Draft video scripts and other written content that tell narrative-driven stories that use clear language to teach realistic examples of workflows and highlight product behavior, to teach important skills efficiently and clearly
• Author and maintain design systems and example assets that integrate with features and products like Figma Make, Dev tools, and the Figma MCP server
• Design hands-on exercises, experiences, and knowledge checks to assess learner skills
• Author project proposals that identify opportunities, define scope and requirements, and mitigate risk for new strategic initiatives that tie back to our top business objectives
• Leverage AI tools to enhance and scale our educational content creation process, optimizing production workflows while maintaining Figma's high-quality standards and distinctive voice

Skills

• 3+ years of experience in a product design or equivalent role within a product development team
• Experience building and maintaining design systems in Figma, DS management tools, and/or code
• Some software development experience, especially web development and familiarity with web frameworks, libraries, and tools (e.g. Payload/Sanity/CMS tools, React/JS frameworks, Github, etc)
• Experience as a mentor, learning experience design, instructional design, training, education, enablement, content creation, technical communication, or similar role
• Experience implementing AI tools or features to enhance design workflows, with demonstrable results in improving team efficiency or unlocking new creative possibilities
• An ability to communicate complex topics (e.g. product design, creative software, programming) using language that is clear and accessible to as many people as possible and driving cross-functional and collaborative projects as a team leader
• Experience creating high-quality video deliverables preferably with a motion production, YouTube, social media, or similar creative video team
• A track record of creating designs and educational content that prioritize accessibility
• A portfolio of design work demonstrating product design best practices. Share your Figma Community profile with us!

Benefits

• Health, dental & vision
• Retirement with company contribution
• Parental leave & reproductive or family planning support
• Mental health & wellness benefits
• Generous PTO
• Company recharge days
• A learning & development stipend
• A work from home stipend
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Sales incentive pay for most sales roles
• An annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles

Company Overview

• Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.figma.com.