Sr. Product Designer, Visual / UI Job at Icon Ventures in San Francisco

About Quizlet

At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and half of U.S. college students, powering over 2 billion learning interactions monthly.

We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. Were energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.

Lets Build the Future of Learning

Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.

About the Team

The Design team at Quizlet is passionate about creating high-quality experiences that help people learn, teach, and engage deeply with what theyre studying. Our team includes product designers, user researchers, and content designers who work closely with product, engineering, data, and other partners to bring ideas to life. We value collaboration, curiosity, and giving and receiving feedback. We strive to understand and advocate for student needs, shape the long-term product vision, and design intuitive experiences that drive meaningful learning outcomes.

Within the Design team, Design Foundations is Quizlets evolution of our design system team, Assembly. We work across the company to ensure every product experience is visually cohesive, accessible, and crafted to a high standard.

About the Role

Quizlet is seeking a Visual Designer to join the Design Foundations team. This is our first dedicated role focused entirely on UI craft and visual quality. While most of our product designers are UX generalists, you will be the go-to specialist for refining, evolving, and maintaining the look and feel of Quizlets core experiences across iOS, Android, and web.

You will work closely with product designers, engineers, and our motion and content specialists to bring Assemblys components and patterns to life, ensuring theyre not only functional but exceptional. Your work will directly impact millions of learners and set the visual standard for Quizlet.

Were happy to share that this is an onsite position in our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office a minimum of three days per week : Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.

In this role, you will :

• Shape Quizlets visual language Define and maintain style guidelines, color systems, typography scales, spacing tokens, and iconography
• Elevate our design system Design and refine reusable UI components (buttons, cards, navigation) and interaction patterns that scale across platforms
• Polish high-impact moments Partner on features across the experience to raise the bar for visual quality
• Ensure design integrity Work closely with engineers to ensure components and features match visual specifications down to the pixel
• Document and share Maintain organized Figma libraries and documentation to make visual patterns easy for designers and engineers to adopt
• Champion craft excellence Advocate for accessibility, uphold platform-native best practices, and drive design cohesion across the product ecosystem

What you bring to the table

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Compensation, Benefits & Perks

Why Join Quizlet?

Massive reach : 60M+ users, 1B+ interactions per week

Cutting-edge tech : Generative AI, adaptive learning, cognitive science

Strong momentum : Top-tier investors, sustainable business, real traction

Mission-first : Work that makes a difference in peoples lives

Inclusive culture : Committed to equity, diversity, and belonging

We strive to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome!

We work to create a holistic interview process, where both Quizlet and candidates have an opportunity to view what it would be like to work together, in exploring a mutually beneficial partnership.

We provide a transparent setting that gives a comprehensive view of who we are!

In Closing

At Quizlet, were excited about passionate people joining our teameven if you dont check every box on the requirements list. We value unique perspectives and believe everyone has something meaningful to contribute. Our culture is all about taking initiative, learning through challenges, and striving for high-quality work while staying curious and open to new ideas. We believe in honest, respectful communication, thoughtful collaboration, and creating a supportive space where everyone can grow and succeed together.

Quizlets success as an online learning community depends on a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

As an equal opportunity employer and a tech company committed to societal change, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Come join us!

To All Recruiters and Placement Agencies

At this time, Quizlet does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and / or profiles. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website or to any Quizlet employee. Quizlet will not pay fees to any third-party agency or firm nor will it be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes received will be considered the property of Quizlet.

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