Job 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... Duolingo Creative Producers are the hinge on which projects swing from idea to reality.
This role reports to a Senior Creative Producer or Studio Ops Manager as a member of the Design department: the instrumental creative partner in most projects at Duolingo. At Duolingo we take pride in, and agonize over, crafting a user-friendly (and fun) experience for everyone—from those that go directly into our mobile app, to ones that shape our brand voice and identity.
You will join a team of Creative Producers who bring projects to life for illustrators, animators, and designers. You will be responsible for delivering excellent work efficiently and consistently: distilling creative & product challenges into plans, creating the space for teams to ideate and explore, organizing and shepherding teams through the stages of production, and keeping everyone informed and aligned along the way.
You will... - Collaborate with creative teams (Creative Directors, Animators, Experiential Designers, Product Designers) to align on project scope & approach—resources, deliverables, timelines, etc.
- Work with cross-functional partners (Product Managers, Engineers, Marketing) to establish project requirements through briefs and project plans
- Drive day-to-day production: managing teams and/or vendors, leading kick-offs, running weekly syncs, tracking timelines and budgets, compiling feedback, striving for clarity, and comm’sing status updates to stakeholders
- Advocate for the work and for Design Studio’s creative perspective
- Remove roadblocks and drive progress
- Create efficiencies: implementing scalable & repeatable processes, improving team rhythm/collaboration/communication, recording and sharing learnings along the way
- Collaborate with fellow Creative Producers and product leaders to connect teams across large-scale, impactful initiatives
You have... - Worked as a Producer at an agency or on an in-house creative team
- Experience working with designers & product teams on strategic metrics-based initiatives
- A track record of operating independently in a fast-paced environment
- A meticulous sense of organization, with a passion for operational excellence
- Effective communication skills
- The ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA
Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience in consumer tech
- A strong vendor/production network
- A strong sense for visual design, mobile UI convention and user empathy
- Hyper vigilant attention to detail
- A desire to synthesize ambiguity into action
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.
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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 $102,000—$166,750 USD
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