Role details
- Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It's a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that's where you come in!
- Duolingo's designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun .
- From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out.
- As a designer, you'll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning.
- Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
About the role
- This role reports to a Design Studio Manager as a member of the Design team, the instrumental creative partner in most projects at Duolingo—from our mobile app and website to branded environment builds and Super Bowl ads.
- We take pride in crafting a user-friendly (and fun) experience for everyone, and your work will play a meaningful role in helping us achieve our mission and take our brand further.
🧠 You will...
- Concept and compose engaging character and scene illustrations
- Work in a highly collaborative fashion with the Design and partner teams
- Create new and memorable characters and enhance existing ones
- Consider the user experience surrounding the artwork you create
- Create artwork for social media, marketing campaigns, and workplace experience
✅ You have...
- An online portfolio with illustration samples
- Skill and proficiency illustrating with Figma
- Illustration experience in a tech, agency, or editorial role
- Experience illustrating for animation
- The ability to juggle multiple projects in parallel from concept to completion
- The ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or Detroit, MI
⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...
- 1+ years of experience working at a high-paced tech start-up
- Experience with product design or animation (or both)
- The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons.
- The posted range is subject to change in the future.
- For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation.
- We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!
Salary Range:
$110,500 — $149,500 USD
Benefits
Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here .
We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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