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Duolingo is hiring an Illustrator to create character and scene artwork for its language-learning app, website, and marketing. The role sits on the Design team and reports to a Design Studio Manager, working with design and partner teams on projects ranging from the mobile app to branded environment builds and Super Bowl ads.

Highlights

Concept and compose engaging character and scene illustrations, and create new, memorable characters while enhancing existing ones.
Collaborate closely with the Design team and partner teams, considering the user experience surrounding the artwork.
Create artwork for social media, marketing campaigns, and workplace experience.
Show an online portfolio with illustration samples and proficiency illustrating in Figma.
Bring illustration experience in a tech, agency, or editorial role, including illustrating for animation.
Juggle multiple projects in parallel from concept to completion.
Relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or Detroit, MI; the role is based in one of those two Duolingo offices.
Exceptional candidates have 1+ years at a high-paced tech start-up and experience with product design or animation.
Base salary of $110,500 to $149,500 USD, supplemented by equity compensation.

Illustrator Full Description

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.

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Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact [email protected].

Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 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.

Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information.

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