Transeo Hiring for Software Designer – SaaS – Education Technology – WFH Job at Remote Full Time

Transeo (we provide software solutions to schools and school districts nationwide) is growing and hiring a Software Product Designer.

Reporting to our VP of Product, you will work closely with our sales and development teams designing application solutions based on customer feedback and requests. You will turn ideas into presentable concepts and translate those concepts into designs that are usable, simplistic, and elegant for our education ecosystem customers.

An ideal candidate understands and has well-rounded software application/product experience, wireframing, user interface mockup design, and working with customers, product managers, and developers for successful outcomes.

What you will do:

• Work with Project Manager and Lead designer to create new products from lo-fi mockups
• Lead and expand our Design System from the design side
• Create well thought out design solutions to fix current product usability issues
• Collaborate with engineering to support the development of new components and patterns across all Transeo products
• Proactively identify areas for improvements to the Design System
• Assists other teams in contributing best practices to the correct areas of the design system
• Works with UX team to collect and analyze user feedback into actionable changes to design system.
• Lead design sessions, coordinating, facilitating and documenting user requirements and requests leading to coherent and prioritized UI/UX centered application design artifacts.
• Contribute to front-end, UI and UX design for applications
• Adhere to enterprise design standards
• Evolve graphic standards and designs
• Participate in projects throughout the project lifecycle
• Mockup, wireframe and iterate designs
• Implement mobile and responsive designs, usability and best practices
• Possibly test application features for accessibility and usability
• Possibly lead design meetings in addition to preparing requirements and specifications
• Possibly solicit customer feedback and package it an actionable, effective and economical manner, which progressively improves product suite
• Meet with customers and partners regarding application feature development

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Minimum of 3 years of Product Design (UX/UI) experience
• 2+ years working with Figma’s component libraries
• Experience working in the education ecosystem, designing software products for student, administrator, or parent usage is a HUGE PLUS
• Excellent eye for responsive user-centered design, typography, layout, and color with attention to detail
• Experience with analytics and data-driven design.
• Working knowledge of WCAG guidelines
• Strong working knowledge of web technologies & browser compatibility across multiple platforms and devices.
• Willing to provide an online portfolio that showcases information architecture, interaction design, information design, and visual design experience design.
• Experience creating and implementing design systems
• Strong visual communication ability and the ability to quickly mockup a workflow
• Experience working remotely and autonomously
• Previous experience creating and implementing design systems
• Experience working on a product at a product-focused company
• Ability to effectively communicate design choices and rationale
• A comprehensive understanding of modern interface design patterns
• A drive to create structure and clarity wherever it’s needed
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong problem-solving abilities and an aptitude for learning new technologies
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
• Self-motivated, creative, and strong sense of accountability.
• Understanding of technical constraints

The Company

Transeo is a different kind of company. We place a premium on social impact, having fun, working hard, and thinking deeply but practically. Transeo was created for educators by educators. We have forged both a corporate team and collaborative partnerships that represent some of the highest caliber talent and thinking in the field of K-12 education. In addition to diverse, high-energy, and smart professionals, we have a strong national network of leading educational organizations.

The Platform

We build and deploy software with a suite of tools that helps schools, districts, regional entities, and states transform the way they support students in their college, career, and life readiness journey. Transeo currently features 4 products (Serve, Jobs, Journey, College) with more on the way, all fully integrated and built using the most relevant and up-to-date tech stack. The suite is highly configurable to suit the needs of every organization and impacts students in highly meaningful ways.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $85,000.00 plus commensurate with experience. We also provide the following benefits to all employees:

All required hardware and software (PC/Laptop, Software, Tools & Platforms)

Generous health plans with substantial portions covered by Transeo including:

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Potential for a stock compensation plan