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Senior Director of Design

Art of Problem Solving
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/23/2025
At AoPS, we are world leaders in teaching advanced mathematics. We train many of the most elite mathematicians in the world, including all members of the US International Math Olympiad team. Despite this impact, AoPS remains relatively unknown to the broader public.

We're looking for a Senior Director of Design to reimagine our brand and product experience. Today, our curriculum and academic programs are absolutely world-class, but our digital experiences are dated. Your job is to make AoPS a design-forward company, bringing excellence and craft to our full suite of products.

The Senior Director Of Design Will Be

  • Helping lead a major brand refresh project to build an iconic, nationally renowned educational brand
  • Designing a new website and major updates to our digital products, making them modern, intuitive, fun, and quirky
  • Fostering a "demo culture" where design ideas are quickly prototyped and tested with real students and teachers
  • Developing consistent design systems across all our offerings: software, courses, textbooks, and learning centers
  • Mentoring designers as a strong and empathetic manager while creating a culture of constructive critique
  • Collaborating with engineering, product management, curriculum developers, and marketing teams to ensure cohesive and high-quality execution

You might be a good fit for this position if...

  • You hold a high bar for exceptional design, have strong opinions, and can evangelize excellence in design and craft across the company
  • You're willing to throw away good ideas in pursuit of great ones
  • You believe in showing, not telling – preferring tangible demos and prototypes over lengthy documents and decks
  • You've created distinct and memorable design systems rather than derivatives
  • You enjoy spending time with customers and are excited to make things intuitive and obvious for them
  • You're curious about mathematics and eager to dive into what makes a great learning experience
  • You excel at mentoring designers and building team cohesion

Perks And Benefits

This is a full-time position based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The base salary for this role is 180k - 210k. Compensation includes a performance-based bonus.

Some Benefits Of The Position Include

  • Impact: The opportunity to significantly shape our visual identity and help more students discover the joy of mathematical problem-solving
  • Culture: Work in an environment that values tangible demos, rapid iteration, and the magic that comes from seeing your designs in action with real students
  • Creativity: Freedom to experiment, test, and refine designs that make both learning and teaching mathematics more engaging
  • Benefits: Competitive compensation package including medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Future Planning: 401K with company match
  • Ease of Transition: This can be your era of sunshine, palm trees, and beaches. Relocation assistance is available if currently located outside of San Diego.

Background Check: Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.

About AoPS

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.

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