Ux Designer Jobs

Sago Mini is an award-winning publisher of preschool apps and toys worldwide. We are supported by a team of artists, designers, developers, product managers, thinkers, and doers devoted to play. With over 100 million downloads, three subscription services, and 40+ apps, Sago Mini brings thoughtful design to life for kids and parents worldwide.

About the Role

Sago Mini is seeking a UX designer to work on Sago Mini School. As a UX designer you will work with our product owners, the Principal UX designer, developers, and artists to craft beautiful experiences for parents and their children ages 2-5. You will be a key advocate of the parent and child experience, applying insights and research to establish and iterate on the details of interaction and visual design. This is an intermediate position suitable for candidates with 5+ years of related experience.

This is a hybrid position. You will be required to work in-office at least one day a week.

You’ll thrive in this role if you…

• Have a strong visual design sensibility, have pride in ownership and work well in a collaborative environment.
• Are obsessed with the details, and can take an experience from good to great.
• Craft your presentations with storytelling at the core.
• Are empathetic and desire a strong understanding of your users.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, export, and implement creative assets
• Attending play testing sessions with parents and children, observing their behavior and then integrating feedback.
• Crafting visual designs that speak to our brand while resonating with our customers.
• Designing and documenting new experiences with an eye to overall user experience, flow, visual design, and execution.
• Working collaboratively with a product manager, Principal UX designer, digital artists, copywriter, animators, and developers to shape products.
• Understanding parents’ and kids’ motivations and expectations when it comes to user interface.
• Creating storyboards, flows, wireframes, visual design, specs, and paper/digital prototypes.
• Presenting design concepts to the team, then discussing and integrating feedback.

Qualifications and Skills

• You have a deep understanding of interface design.
• Have experience creating and/or working with vector illustration in Adobe Illustrator.
• Ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• You have a portfolio of products and experiences that you’ve helped create.
• 5+ years of professional experience in interaction design or a related field.
• Great storytelling skills for presenting information.
• A degree in interaction design, visual design, or a related field.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Have experience creating IA artifacts for both apps and websites.
• You’re able to synthesize business and user requirements and construct thorough Information Architecture (IA) artifacts that guide the team.
• Have experience using Figma for documentation and/or design.

Nice to Haves

• Experience working with video and/or motion graphics.
• Experience designing for children and/or families.
• Copywriting experience.

About the Process

• You’ll get an email response confirming we’ve received your application, and we’ll let you know within a few weeks if we’d like to schedule a follow-up.
• If that goes well, we’ll send you a short homework assignment to get a better feel for your skillset.
• At this point, you’re a strong contender for the role! We’ll have you meet for a chat with the team you’d work closely with prior to making a decision.
• If the assignment goes well, we’ll book an interview with you and the hiring team to dive deeper.
• If you’re moving ahead, we’ll book a call to learn more about your experience.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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Based in Toronto, Sago Sago Toys of Spin Master Limited a leading global children’s entertainment company that creates, designs and manufactures a diversified portfolio of innovative toys, games, products and entertainment properties. We hire humble, collaborative, and ambitious people who care about doing great work. Sago Mini is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company.