Course Hero
Course Hero's mission is to transform studying into a seamless experience for every course.
Redwood City, CA
Hybrid

Director of Product Design

Sorry, this job was removed at 7:40 a.m. (PST) on Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Find out who's hiring in Peninsula.
See all Design + UX jobs in Peninsula
Easy Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.


Course Hero is scaling! Our design team is looking for an experienced Product Design Leader to help us revolutionize the way that we work with educators and students on our platform. We are developing impactful and long-term relationships with our educators. You are a dynamic, creative, hands-on design leader with deep knowledge of how to understand what people need and then drive engagement and retention. In this role, you will hire, manage, and mentor. You get to create an environment where designers flourish.


Since starting our educator strategy in 2017, we have welcomed 25,000 college educators onto our platform. Course Hero aims to help educators quickly discover teaching resources and new connections to support the development of innovative courses, lectures, assessments, and approaches to teaching. We also look forward to creating new ways for students & educators to interact through our products & services. 


Here are some ways you will make an impact:

  • Increase the value that we deliver to our educators by leading complex design initiatives that help us better meet their needs
  • Partner with our Educator Community and Partnerships, User Research, Analytics, and Data Science teams to understand our educators, and leverage qualitative and quantitative data to create thoughtful experiences that meet both user & business needs
  • Hire, manage and mentor designers, partnering with them to create opportunities as they chart their own career growth
  • Evangelize our brand
  • Help make our educator experience mobile-friendly 
  • Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to contribute to our vision, strategy, and roadmaps

Are you our next Director of Product Design?

  • 3+ years of managing a design team in a high-growth startup
  • 10+ years of leading individual contributor roles designing cross-channel user experiences across desktop web, mobile web, mobile apps
  • Track record of using design to produce measurable business results and customer value
  • Successfully launched habit-forming products that customers love and/or products that excel at helping users discover new content
  • Systems thinker and a creative problem-solver, with proven expertise turning complex consumer problems into simple and engaging products, all the way from high-level concepts down into the UI details. Creating & establishing design systems in an open, collaborative, sustainable way 
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving agile environment and collaborating with product managers, engineers, researchers, customer support teams and marketers
  • Working on products prior to product-market fit; iterating on your products post-launch based on user data about how your designs are performing
  • Excellent communication skills and a hands-on leadership style grounded in collaboration and radical candor
  • Thrive in the player-coach mode, guiding the work of other designers while also executing design work yourself 
  • Outstanding portfolio, showcasing your strong foundation in ideation, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, designing for accessibility, and producing high-impact business results

Bonus Points

  • Education-focused
  • Designed products powered by Machine Learning and AI
  • Designed social network or marketplace products

About Us:

At Course Hero, we have an awesome team and a truly engaging culture. We are customer-focused, collaborative, responsible, gritty and we love to learn. Our bold mission is to help students graduate confident and prepared.



We are not the only ones that think we’re onto something big. Course Hero has been recognized as the 278th Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500 and also 2019’s One of the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area by the Bay Area News Group. Read up on some of our recent news coverageblog, and learn more about us to see what it is like to work with our team. 

 

Benefits & Perks!

  • Competitive salary and stock options
  • Full medical coverage (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) program with match
  • Education Reimbursement
  • Quarterly team events and outings (Sporting Events, Escape Rooms, Go-Kart Racing, Karaoke, Bowling and much more!)
  • Free lunches twice a week, on-site cafe discount, plus an endless snack and drink supply
  • Onsite gym – Pacific Shores Center – Classes – Pool – Spa – Rock Wall - Massages!
  • Commuter benefits, shuttle service from Redwood City, and cell-phone allowance
  • 10K Local Move Program to move within 10 miles of our office!
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave
  • 8 hours per quarter paid time for volunteering for a cause of your choice
  • Front row seat to Master Educator lectures – check out videos on our LinkedIn Career Page
See More
Easy Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

What are Course Hero Perks + Benefits

Course Hero Benefits Overview

We foster a culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance and encourages wellbeing and personal development. Our employees are fans of our virtual-first work environment (bye bye commute), employee experience that extends beyond the office and holistic wellness, health, family planning and leave benefits. Check out our perks and benefits to see how we care for our people.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Course Hero employees participate in local volunteer activities, such as the Second Harvest Food Bank, Life Moves, etc.
Partners with nonprofits
Course Hero partners with non-profits like iMentor and continuously finds ways to volunteer or work together with others.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Course Hero has a dedicated wellness committee that sets up weekly and monthly events.
Team workouts
Course Hero has on-site yoga and fitness classes taught by other Course Hero employees.
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Charitable contribution matching
Course Hero will match $1 for $1 up to $1,000 each calendar year to support a cause of your choice.
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Employees receieve free lunch on Tuesday, Thursday.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
We offer employees free parking in our parking lot.
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Meditation space
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

Our perks and benefits stem directly from employees themselves. Our People team sends out an engagement survey every quarter and make internal changes to our perks based on data stemming directly from our engagement surveys!

More Jobs at Course Hero

Easy Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.
Learn more about Course HeroFind similar jobs like this