Product Designer

Mate academy— an EdTech startup with an AI-powered LMS platform where people learn IT specialties. Try it!

🌎 Our mission is to help 1 million people worldwide build their careers in IT.

🤘 We’re launching Aligned- a subscription-based AI Coach trained on 1,000+ top books and expert insights — helping users achieve personal and professional goals faster with 24/7 coaching.

We’re looking for an ambitious Product Designer to own and drive the entire product design function at Aligned.

🚀 Your superpower? Deep user empathy and the ability to craft a product experience that hooks from the first click.

Your skills:

• 4+ years of experience designing mobile and web products
• Strong in both visual and UX design
• Skilled in building and maintaining design system architecture
• Comfortable working fast and independently in uncertainty
• Able to prototype quickly and validate ideas via usability testing
• Portfolio with end-to-end design examples (mobile-first focus)
• English level: B2

Bonus points:

• Experience designing conversational AI interfaces
• Familiar with Rive
• Comfortable with generative AI tools (Midjourney, Adobe, Recraft)
• UX writing sensibility and brand/marketing design experience

What you’ll do:

• Run user interviews and usability tests to validate ideas
• Build and maintain a scalable design system in Figma
• Push creative boundaries for an innovative consumer AI product
• Own all things UI/UX: screens, illustrations, micro-animations, prototypes
• Design and improve core product flows
• Set up and refine internal design processes

Team: A small product team. You'll work closely with the CEO and Engineering Lead.

We offer:

• Real influence on how and what we build — not just “hitting KPIs”
• Growth path to Head of Design
• A no-bullshit culture with 0% bureaucracy
• A team that shares knowledge and isn’t afraid to make mistakes
• The top EdTech product in Ukraine
• Competitive salary, regular reviews, official employment
• Unlimited vacation, no-hassle sick days, and learning days
• English courses and learning budget
• Apple gear
• Pet-friendly office in central Kyiv with company-paid lunches
• Relocation bonus

Recruitment process

• Portfolio screening
• Talent acquisition screen
• Technical interview
• Culture fit interview

Ready to build design that changes lives? Send us your portfolio and CV — let’s chat!

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