Product Designer

Summary

Join DonorsChoose as a Product Designer and play a key role in transforming public education. You will design user experiences that empower teachers and donors, owning design challenges from concept to implementation. This role requires collaboration with various teams, utilizing UX thinking, visual design skills, and coding abilities. You will create high-fidelity prototypes, test and validate ideas, and use data to measure impact and iterate for continuous improvement. The ideal candidate possesses significant experience in web product design, strong front-end development skills, and a passion for education and social impact. DonorsChoose offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible hybrid work environment.

Requirements

• 4-5+ years of experience designing and shipping web products (both mobile and desktop)
• A sharp product sense—you stay up to date with the latest in design, technology, and development, and you think critically about what makes digital experiences great
• Fluency in Figma, both in creating new designs and operating within a larger design system
• Strong front-end development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and a willingness to dive into the codebase
• A knack for simplifying complex problems and crafting elegant, effective solutions
• Experience with A/B testing and data-driven optimization methods
• Strong communication skills—able to clearly present designs, articulate reasoning, and bring people along
• A passion for education, equity, and social impact

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with user researchers, product managers, and engineers to identify and solve key user problems
• Design accessible, inclusive, and engaging experiences using user-centered design principles
• Create high-fidelity prototypes in Figma and work with our research team to test and validate ideas
• Communicate your design decisions effectively—gather feedback, build consensus, and get others excited about your ideas
• Contribute to the development process by writing clean, efficient front-end code (HTML, CSS, JS)
• Use data and analytics to understand opportunities, measure success, refine designs, and drive continuous improvement

Benefits

• 25 paid vacation days per year and 11 paid holidays
• A rich employer-paid individual and family health plan
• A matching 401(k) plan (up to 5% of base salary)
• Annual professional development stipend
• Casual and flexible work environment
• Hybrid Workplace