Senior Interactive Designer (FT, Temporary)

At Curriculum Associates, we believe in the potential of every child and are changing the face of education technology with award-winning learning programs like i-Ready that serve a third of the nation’s K–8 students. For more than 50 years, our commitment to making classrooms better places, serving educators, and supporting accessible learning experiences for all students has driven the continuous improvement of our innovative programs. Our team of more than 2,500 employees is composed of lifelong learners who stand behind this mission, working tirelessly to serve the educational community with world-class programs and support every day.

Are you a designer who loves thinking through complex challenges and finding creative solutions? Curriculum Associates is looking for an inspired and passionate Senior UI Designer to design accessible and engaging experiences for our groundbreaking i-Ready Reading products.  

Working closely with the Senior Design Director and Art Director, a Senior UI Designer at Curriculum Associates is a strong analytical and conceptual thinker responsible for the UI and visual design for our i-Ready Middle School Literacy products. The right person will relish working closely with subject matter experts, product managers, and engineers to create Middle School Literacy lessons for K–8 students.  

Please note: Submission of a design portfolio is required to be considered for this role.

The impact you’ll have: 

• Evaluating wireframes and developing UI systems that support and enhance the user experience. 

• Building and owning visual design systems that support and inform our literacy products; such as creating style guides, templates, and UI component libraries. 

• Using iterative and collaborative design techniques to transform new concepts to products via storyboards/sketches/wireframes and prototypes. 

• Creating high-fidelity comps, developing effective documentation for varied audiences, and collaborating closely with Agile development teams to ensure proper implementation of the designs. 

• Ensuring all media is user-focused, highly engaging, and relevant to students of various abilities and varied demographics such as gender, ethnicity, and age. 

• Participating, as a contributor to an interdisciplinary team, in the definition, planning and prioritization of design work; proactively identifying and solving potential problems within assigned projects through the creative process.  

What we’re looking for: 

• 5+ years designing rich interactive and multi-media experiences. 

• A proven understanding of UI, UX, animation, evidence-based user-centered design, and user engagement principles.  

• A track record of creating innovative and thoughtful products with strong visuals that enhance a user’s experience. · Strong information design, typographic and communication design skills. 

• Strong knowledge of mobile and web interaction. 

• Ability to create micro-animations, and strong understanding of storyboarding and animation design principles. 

• Highly detail-oriented and developed organizational skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines. 

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and a love for collaboration. 

• A passion for exploration and consumption of all forms of media, apps and interactive software and the vision to apply them to K-8 education. 

• Proficient