Lead UX Designer

About Age of Learning Age of Learning® is the leading developer of engaging and effective Pre-K through 2nd grade learning resources that help children build a strong foundation for academic success and a lifelong love of learning. The company’s research-based curriculum, developed by education experts, includes the award-winning programs ABCmouse® and Adventure Academy™, as well as the adaptive, personalized school solutions, My Math Academy®, My Reading Academy®, and My Reading Academy Español®. Having served over 50 million children worldwide, Age of Learning is a global leader in efforts to advance equity, access, and opportunity for all children. Age of Learning proudly stands as a 2025 Amazing Workplace Certified™ employer, demonstrating its commitment to fostering an exceptional environment where innovation and employee well-being thrive together.

Age of Learning

Leading developer of engaging and effective Pre-K through 5th grade learning resources.

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ageoflearning.com

201-500 employees

E-Learning Providers

Glendale, CA

2007

Privately Held

43k LinkedIn followers

Raised $531.5M

• We’re looking for a  passionate, player-empathetic designer who can develop
• clear, end-user experiences for children and their parents. The Lead UX Designer
• will work across all of ABCmouse’s game experiences: improving existing learning
• activities, developing and optimizing parent-facing features, and supporting new
• feature development—while keeping the learning needs of young children at the
• center of every decision.
• The ideal candidate has a background shipping strong UX designs, ideally in an
• educational or casual gaming space, with data-informed product thinking. We’re
• looking for action-oriented and producer-minded candidates, comfortable driving
• work from a rough idea all the way to launch, and energized by the challenge of
• making education feel like play.
• Create high-quality UX flows, wireframes, prototypes, and visual specs in
• Figma that communicate design intent clearly to engineering and product
• partners
• Use product data, user research, and competitive analysis to identify
• opportunities for improvement and validate design decisions
• Collaborate closely with producers, engineers, educators, and artists to
• bring features from inception to shipped product
• Champion the end user—primarily children ages 2–10 and their
• parents—throughout the design process, advocating for age-appropriate,
• accessible, and delightful experiences
• Maintain a deep understanding of the ABCmouse product, user base, and
• competitive landscape to proactively surface improvement opportunities
• Leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, Sc, or similar) to accelerate design
• exploration, prototyping workflows, and launch of designs to our end users at
• high quality
• Partner with data teams to pull and interpret metrics that inform ongoing
• feature refinement and live-service decisions
• Contribute to design system standards and best practices for game design
• across the ABCmouse product and within AI tools and workflows

Required

• 8+ years of experience in game design, UX design, or a hybrid of both, with
• shipped titles or products in your portfolio
• Proven experience designing mobile products, with an emphasis on education,
• casual gaming, or other child/family-focused apps
• Proficiency in Figma for UX flows, interactive prototypes, and design specs
• Track record of delivering live-service content and iterating on designs
• post-launch based on data
• Comfort working with product analytics—pulling data, reading dashboards, and
• using metrics to drive decisions
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; able to work fluidly with
• product, engineering, art, and education teams
• Action-oriented with a producer mindset—you drive work forward and see it
• through to completion without waiting to be asked
• Passion for and deep empathy with end users, especially children and
• families

Preferred

• Familiarity with early childhood learning principles or curriculum design
• Experience with AI-assisted design tools integrated into a professional
• workflow
• Experience at a company shipping subscription or live-service consumer
• products
• Familiarity with ABCmouse or similar early learning platforms as a user,
• parent, or designer
• The estimated salary range for a new hire in this position is below. Salary may
• vary depending on job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience,
• and location.

• 91% of employee health and welfare benefits premiums & 70% of dependent
• A 401(k) program with employer match
• 15 paid vacation days (increases to 20 days on your 3rd anniversary), 12
• observed national paid holidays, 9 sick days, and 16 paid volunteer hours per
• year
• 7 paid days for company-wide year end closure (includes 3 observed paid
• holidays)
• At Age of Learning, we prioritize a safe recruitment process. Communication will
• come solely from official Age of Learning email addresses, @aofl.com, or our
• verified LinkedIn Recruiter accounts — be cautious of deviations. We will never
• request sensitive personal information during the early application stages.
• Interviews are conducted via phone, in person, or Zoom — never through messaging
• apps. Job offers are communicated verbally and followed by written documentation
• via DocuSign. Any requests for personal information will occur through secure
• channels only.
• Age of Learning, Inc. (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal
• Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or
• employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or
• ancestry, sex, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, medical
• condition, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual