Designer

COMPANY PROFILE

Great Minds, a mission driven Public Benefit Corporation, brings teachers and scholars together to craft exemplary instructional materials that inspire joy in teaching and learning. Our English curriculum, Wit & Wisdom®, Eureka Math™ and PhD Science™, all support teachers as they take students beyond rote learning to provide a deeper, more complete understanding of the humanities, mathematics, and the sciences. Founded in 2007, Great Minds now employs more than 1,000 people.

For additional information please visit: www.greatminds.org

OUR MARKET POSITION

Great Minds’ Eureka Math is the most widely used curriculum in the history of American education. It enjoys an unrivaled 40+ net promoter score. Eureka and its sister products, Wit & Wisdom English and PhD Science, embrace much higher expectations for all students and all teachers. In a market dominated by scripted, procedural materials that drive expectations down, Great Minds produces curricula that celebrate knowledge, respect the craft of teaching, and acknowledge the true capabilities of students.

Job Purpose

The Designer's role will be to answer, “What are we making?” with deliverable layouts and concepts for peers and leadership to react to. Oftentimes, they will explore iterations of established designs, while highlighting the unique aspects of content through their design decisions. In other cases, they may collaborate with the Creative Director in exploring prototypes for new products. A designer for Great Minds products should have an interest in design for children or teachers and their portfolio should demonstrate an understanding or empathy for one of those user groups.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Content to gain understanding of user needs, to ensure optimal product experience, and that expectations are met and exceeded

• Research user landscape, through a design lens

• Create prototypes for Content and Leadership to react to and to iterate from

• Iterate on approved prototypes and frameworks to execute designs for a product (exploring ways to make each instance unique and memorable, while adhering to established constraints)

• Some art direction

• Illustration and photo retouching

• Photo research

• Collaborate with production designers to ensure templates have been vetted for use.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a designer role

• Fluency in the following Adobe Programs: InDesign, Photoshop

• Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InCopy, PowerPoint, HTML and CSS (not required, but preferred)

• Computer literacy, especially with Microsoft Office and Google Documents

• Ability to take criticism and feedback on work

• Interest in learning new processes and …