Senior Product Designer

At PowerSchool, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you’re joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere. 

Team Overview 

The Enterprise Resource Planning team at PowerSchool is a tight-knit group of designers, product managers, and engineers building world-class software that helps school finance teams make the most of their funding to improve student outcomes. We’re a smart, friendly, and goofy team that cares about making software that looks good and feels good to use.

Description 

You’ll be a crucial part of product design and ideation and use your expertise in visual design and user experience to make our product something people love to use. This is not just a UX design position, you will be expected to have a strong visual design sense. 
 

Your day-to-day job will consist of: 

• Designing the UI and honing the UX of a core pillar of PowerSchool's Allovue and talent software platforms.
• Focused design tasks structured around quarterly product feature goals.
• Owning and expanding our design system.
• Creating and iterating on product designs in Figma. 
• Collaborating with our design team, product managers, and engineers to find the best solutions to tricky problems and constraints.
• Having a direct hand in shaping product design around those constraints; You will have a direct effect on what form requested features take as they make it into the product.
• Reviewing Pull Requests for design consistency and accuracy before they are merged.
• Proactively asking for assistance and critique.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience designing web apps or software. 
• A portfolio of work that demonstrates a strong understanding of UX and visual design. 
• Proficiency in working with remote colleagues and communicating across Pacific, Central, and Eastern time zones.  
• Experience using Figma 

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience building Figma designs that make extensive use of components. 
• Experience building and expanding design systems both in general and in Figma 
• Experience mentoring designers at earlier stages in their career. 

PowerSchool offers the following benefits:

• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy benefits, Life Insurance and AD&D)
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Comprehensive 401(k) plan
• Generous Parental Leave
• Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)
• Wellness Program, including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage

A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $93,800 - $163,700 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; specific geographic location; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process, please let us know by emailing accommodations@powerschool.com.

#LI-ME1  #LI-REMOTE