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Kiddom

Director of Design

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Hybrid
San Francisco, CA, USA
240K-270K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
San Francisco, CA, USA
240K-270K Annually
Senior level
The Director of Design will lead a senior design team, set the product design vision, evolve the design system, and partner with various teams to enhance the user experience.
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About Kiddom

Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.

Kiddom is seeking a Director of Product Design to lead a senior team with full latitude to rebuild how we think about design quality. Reporting to our VP of Product, this leader will be responsible for setting the design vision, scaling our design system, and partnering across Product, Engineering, and Curriculum to deliver experiences that teachers and students love. You will set the vision for product experience, build the systems and processes that enable design at scale, and partner across Product, Engineering, and Curriculum to deliver intuitive, high-impact experiences for teachers, students, and administrators.

What you'll do...

  • Lead and grow a team of product designers. Set a high bar for craft and feedback from day one.

  • Own the platform design vision across teacher, student, and administrator experiences. Know what good looks like and say so when it isn't.

  • Own and evolve Kiddom's design system. Keep designer and engineer velocity high as we scale.

  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Curriculum on roadmap, OKRs, and executive reviews.

  • Lead the team through a once-in-a-generation change in how design work gets done.

  • Stay in the work. Managers who stop building lose the ability to lead well.

  • Define career paths across disciplines. Give designers a clear picture of what excellent looks like.

What we're looking for...

  • 8-12 years in product design, with at least 3 years leading design teams.

  • A portfolio that shows systems thinking, interaction design, and craft across complex digital products.

  • Proven experience building or significantly maturing a design system.

  • Track record of influencing roadmap and priorities across Product, Engineering, and Curriculum.

  • You still make things. Your best work isn't behind you.

  • Fluent with AI tools and actively using them in your workflow.

  • Clear, direct communicator. You can defend a design decision in a room of skeptics.

  • Comfortable with ambiguity. You adjust fast when the ground shifts.

  • Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices.

Salary range is dependent on geographic location, prior experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process.

What we offer
Full time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits from their first day of employment:
* Competitive salary
* Meaningful equity
* Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
* One Medical membership (in participating locations)
* Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
* 10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)
* Paid holidays
* Paid bereavement leave
* Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.
* Commuter and FSA plans

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Kiddom is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Kiddom San Francisco, California, USA Office

We are in Union Square, close to BART, MUNI, other public transportation, coffee shops, restaurants, bars, and shops. It's a bustling neighborhood in the heart of San Francisco with easy access to restaurants for offsite socializing at lunch or after work.

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