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Duolingo is hiring a Staff Product Designer, Monetization. The role involves designing and prototyping user experiences related to monetization within the Duolingo app, using metrics to inform design decisions, and leading large work streams. The designer will collaborate with engineers and product managers to enhance Duolingo's subscription offerings and improve the overall user experience.

Highlights

Design and prototype user experiences within the Duolingo app.
Utilize metrics for informed design decisions.
Lead large work streams with independence.
Collaborate with engineers and product managers.
Experience with consumer mobile apps and websites required.
Compensation ranges from $200,000 to $360,000 USD.
Portfolio showcasing design experience is essential.
Mentoring skills and experience in a tech start-up are advantageous.

Staff Product Designer, Monetization 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 the Product Design Director of Monetization and is part of the Design team—Duolingo’s key creative partner across nearly every project. From our mobile apps and website to our brand voice, email newsletters, and community events, the Design team helps shape the full user experience. At Duolingo, we take pride in crafting experiences that are both user-friendly and fun—and we sweat the details to get them just right.

The Monetization pillar helps fund Duolingo’s mission by generating revenue through a variety of channels—including ads, pacing mechanics, premium learning features, gamification, and in-app purchases. We own the full purchase experience and focus on retaining subscribers while effectively marketing our subscription offerings in-app. Our work is a blend of strategic, data-driven iterations and bold, high-impact bets that shape the future of how we monetize.

You will...

Design and prototype user experiences across Monetization within the Duolingo app
Leverage metrics to inform design decisions big and small
Have direct impact on Duolingo's business
Drive large work streams across your team with independence—you’ll lead!
Be a peer leader and mentor across Duolingo Design
Work with other designers and artists to expand Duolingo’s design language
Partner with engineers and product managers to define what we build, and how we get there
Consider every part of a finely crafted experience: animation, copy, UI to business impact

You have...

An online portfolio featuring simple consumer mobile apps and mobile websites
Design experience in a consumer application, product, or software role
A desire to strive for excellence in your work until all details are attended to
The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and seek feedback to help you produce your best work

Exceptional candidates will have...

Experience with mentoring early-career designers and an interest in developing design talent
Have worked at a high-paced tech start-up
Illustration and/or animation skill-set
Experience participating in or leading user research sessions

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range:

$200,000—$360,000 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

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 accommodations@duolingo.com.

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.

By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.

Original Job Description

Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

Design and prototype user experiences across Monetization within the Duolingo app
Leverage metrics to inform design decisions big and small
Have direct impact on Duolingo's business
Drive large work streams across your team with independence—you’ll lead!
Be a peer leader and mentor across Duolingo Design
Work with other designers and artists to expand Duolingo’s design language
Partner with engineers and product managers to define what we build, and how we get there
Consider every part of a finely crafted experience: animation, copy, UI to business impact

You have...

An online portfolio featuring simple consumer mobile apps and mobile websites
Design experience in a consumer application, product, or software role
A desire to strive for excellence in your work until all details are attended to
The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and seek feedback to help you produce your best work

Exceptional candidates will have...

Experience with mentoring early-career designers and an interest in developing design talent
Have worked at a high-paced tech start-up
Illustration and/or animation skill-set
Experience participating in or leading user research sessions

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

Salary Range:

$200,000—$360,000 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.

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