Founding Product Designer
@ Arcadia

Hybrid
$120,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 23 days ago

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About Arcadia

Join Arcadia, an early-stage EdTech startup, as a Founding Product Designer and build the design foundation for transforming the student journey in higher education.

Role Overview

As our Founding Product Designer, you will own the design strategy and execution across both mobile and web. Your work will simplify data-heavy, complex workflows into elegant and intuitive experiences while shaping a category-defining platform.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead design for student-facing and institution-facing products
  • Define and build a unified design system from scratch
  • Transform complex data workflows into intuitive designs
  • Create high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and interactive components
  • Conduct user research and usability testing
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing teams
  • Influence roadmap strategy and overall product direction
  • Help establish a high-performing, design-first culture

What We’re Looking For

  • 6+ years of product design experience, preferably in startups
  • Strong UX design skills for mobile and complex web apps
  • Proficiency in Figma for wireframes, prototypes, and component systems
  • Ability to simplify complex, data-rich workflows
  • Experience in owning design strategy, UI direction, and user research
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills
  • Comfortable working in ambiguity and fast-paced environments
  • Bonus: Experience in designing AI/ML products or developer tools

Why This Role?

Design from scratch and define systems, patterns, and principles. Impact higher education with a mission-driven product, work with smart teammates, have direct line of sight to user outcomes, and gain early equity in solving a high-stakes challenge.

Key skills/competency

  • Product Design
  • UX
  • UI
  • Figma
  • Prototyping
  • User Research
  • Design Systems
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • AI/ML (Bonus)
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How to Get Hired at Arcadia

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Highlight product design and Figma skills.
  • Showcase projects: Include mobile and web design examples.
  • Prepare for interviews: Emphasize UX research and strategy.
  • Research Arcadia: Study their mission, values, and recent projects.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review Figma and prototyping fundamentals.
Practice designing responsive mobile and web layouts.
Study data flow and UI pattern creation.
Run through usability testing case studies.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a complex project you simplified.
Explain conflict resolution with cross-team collaboration.
Share an experience of designing under ambiguity.
Detail how you established design systems.

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