Merlyn Mind is a "Remote First" VC-backed AI EdTech startup that brings the latest advances in AI to Education to help improve the lives of teachers and ultimately the learning outcomes of their students. Our leadership team includes talents from IBM, Amazon, Facebook, Roku, Broadcom, HP, Allen Institute for AI, and more. We have come together to build on a unified product experience for an extremely urgent mission – building a digital assistant for teachers, to untether teachers from the desk and help them with managing classroom technologies.Learn more about our mission, our vision, and our product at merlyn.org

You Are:
Incredibly creative with a striking sense of style. You are versatile and are able to develop multiple types of designs. You love typography. You are passionate about shades of color. You understand people, how they read, how they see information, how to move them and excite them. You want to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to wear many design hats and collaborate with creative and innovative people. You have both an artistic and a practical sense; you are creative and also organized. You are detail oriented.

Your mission:

Conduct user requirements analysis, task analysis, conceptual modeling, information architecture design, interaction design, and usability testing
Design and specify user interfaces and information architecture using participatory and iterative design techniques, including observational studies, customer interviews, usability testing, and other forms of requirements discovery.
Produce user requirements specifications, personas, storyboards, scenarios, flowcharts, design prototypes, and design specifications.
Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale both verbally and visually.
Participate in product ideation and conceptual development.
Work closely with development teams to ensure that design specifications are implemented.
Create visual design systems that effectively communicate product function, evoke emotion, and align with user needs.
Create clear, compelling data visualizations and illustrations that support product narrative.
Produce design specifications, wireframes, storyboards, and motion-based prototypes to show design intent and guide implementation.
Successfully communicate conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale, both verbally and visually.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary team that includes creative leads, project management, business and brand strategists, and hardware and software developers.
Position is fully remote, with offices in Midtown, NYC and Irvine, CA
This is what you bring to the company:

5+ years of user interface design experience.
Proficiency with design and prototyping software packages including AdobeCC and Figma.
Knowledge of capabilities and limitations of different technologies such as Android, CMS, Unity, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
Degree in graphic design, interaction design, or related design discipline
Background in education, AI, digital experience design, and/or product design
5+ years of user experience design for digital products and services. Familiarity with designing educational experiences a plus.
Experience with animation software and integration with Figma.

Benefits:
Every last Friday of the month Paid Time off for everyone.
After your second year anniversary you get one month off!
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Unlimited Paid time off
Parental leave
Vision insurance