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Aceable is seeking a UX and Product Designer to collaborate with product teams in creating user-centered designs for their mobile education platform, emphasizing adaptability and innovation.

Responsibilities: Lead brainstorming sessions, create user journeys, design prototypes in Figma, collaborate with teams, and ensure accessibility compliance.

Skills: 5+ years of UX/Product design experience, expertise in Figma, collaboration, user research, and knowledge of accessibility standards.

Qualifications: Experience in cross-functional teams and designing for web/mobile applications, preferably with knowledge of iOS and Android patterns.

Location: Austin, TX with flexibility for remote work depending on specific locations within the USA.

Compensation: $100000 - $130000 / Annually

ABOUT THIS POSITION

Aceable is looking for a UX and Product Designer to support one of our empowered product teams. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to design experiences that are engaging, accessible, and user-centered. While team focus may shift, the key is adaptability—this role requires a designer who can concept, validate, and iterate on product solutions while balancing business goals and user needs.

This role will require leading brainstorming sessions with stakeholders, creating user journeys and storyboards, and designing intuitive, high-quality experiences from wireframes to high-fidelity designs in Figma. You must be comfortable working within the limitations of a design system while still advocating for innovation and improvement.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead design brainstorming sessions with stakeholders, product managers, and engineers to generate ideas and solutions to problems.
• Create user journeys, wireframes, and storyboards to communicate design concepts and user flows.
• Design both low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, ensuring usability, accessibility, and scalability.
• Work within the constraints of a design system while identifying opportunities for refinement and enhancement.
• Collaborate in real-time with product managers, engineers, and researchers to define and iterate on features.
• Conduct or support user research, including surveys, interviews, and usability testing, to validate product solutions.
• Ensure accessibility compliance by designing experiences that align with WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Document and communicate design decisions effectively through written, verbal, or visual formats to cross-functional teams.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 5+ years of experience in UX and product design, preferably in a cross-functional product team.
• Expertise in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity design, with experience creating user journeys, storyboards, and both low- and high-fidelity prototypes.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers while effectively articulating and documenting design decisions.
• Experience designing for web and mobile applications, including knowledge of iOS and Android design patterns.
• Understanding of accessibility and inclusive design, ensuring experiences meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Ability to conduct user research independently or in collaboration with researchers, including surveys, interviews, and usability testing.
• Experience working within a design system, ensuring consistency while identifying opportunities for refinement and enhancement.
• Reside in one of the following locations: California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (excluding Boroughs), North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

 BONUS POINTS

• Experience designing for iOS and Android apps.
• Familiarity with A/B testing and data-driven decision-making.
• Knowledge of front-end development.
• Passion for education technology and helping people reach their life goals.

ABOUT ACEABLE

Aceable is a mobile education platform designed to create affordable, engaging, and convenient online courses available across mobile devices. Built by former teachers, NASA engineers, and those passionate about education, our team is obsessed with helping people reach their life goals and milestones through online certification. 

After launching our first mobile app to provide accredited driver's ed courses, Aceable expanded into real estate education, healthcare education, and most recently mortgage and home insurance. Aceable serves hundreds of thousands of students per month, but we need your help to tackle our vision of serving millions of students per month! 

Aceable has been awarded one of the Best Places to Work for multiple years running by numerous entities, such as the Austin Business Journal, Built In, USA Today, and EqualOcean. We actively work to foster a creative, collaborative, and diverse culture whose overall mission is to impact as many student lives as possible.

ABOUT THE PRODUCT TEAM

The Aceable Product Management and Design Team lives our core values, is ego-free and team first, and is obsessed with our users and asking why. We are currently co-matrixed and broken out into core areas of responsibility: Real Estate, Driving, Learning Platform, and eCommerce Platform.

ACEABLE PERKS

• Join one of Austin's Best Places to Work in 2024 & 2025
• Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus/stock options, if applicable)
• 401k match
• Robust medical, dental, and vision benefits 
• Generous paid time off programs + 19 paid holidays per year
• Flexible work schedule
• Wellness programs
• Our own space on the top floor of a downtown Austin building with free parking
• Weekly lunch, a fully stocked fridge, and plentiful snacks
• Company events and activities (holiday events, happy hours, volunteering)
• #PursueGrowth Reimbursement ($600 per year for full-time employees)
• Free Roadside Assistance subscription
• Passionate teammates excited to help you succeed and learn
• NOTE: Our team is currently working in a hybrid work environment with flexibility to work in office or remote based on role/department and location*

At Aceable we celebrate and support all differences. Aceable is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital, disability, and veteran status. Even if you don't think you meet every qualification listed, we'd love to review your application!

*Remote Hires I Aceable is only able to hire employees in the following locations: California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (excluding Boroughs), North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington.]

Compensation: $100,000-$130,000