Lead of UX Design

**Lingokids is on a mission to help families raise amazing kids through Playlearning. Ready to join us on this exciting journey?**:
Beyond our award-winning app, we’ve built a **multi-platform educational universe**, including our **“**_Baby Bot”_** and “**_Baby Bot’s Backyard Tales”_** shows, Podcasts, and Music Publishing**. Our content, developed in collaboration with top education experts and Oxford Press University, ensures an engaging, high-quality learning experience in a **safe, ad-free environment**. This dedication to excellence has earned Lingokids multiple industry awards across app, podcast, and video categories, including **Best Original Learning App by Kidscreen Awards, National Parenting Product Awards by NAPPA Awards, and Best Parenting Product by Good Housekeeping,** among many others

**Mission**:
Lead the design discipline at Lingokids, evolving our Playlearning user experience in sustainable ways. Define and scale our design principles, systems, and practices to create a world-class mobile experience that delights children and parents, drives measurable business outcomes, and elevates design as a strategic capability inside the company.

**Responsibilities**:

- **Design Leadership**: Own the end-to-end UX/UI vision, strategy, and execution for Lingokids’ products.
- **Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Partner with Product, Engineering, Content, Marketing, and Brand to align user needs and business goals.
- **Thought Leadership**: Represent design internally and externally, evangelizing Lingokids’ approach to play-based learning UX.
- **Innovation & Optimization**: Balance bold new ideas (new features, UI innovations) with iterative improvements to core flows.
- **Team Coaching**: Manage and mentor a team of ~3 designers, providing detailed feedback, hands-on corrections, and long-term growth plans.

**Others**:

- ** User Research**: Champion user research and hypothesis-driven design decisions.
- **Stakeholder Management**: Handle complex, high-pressure conversations and influence executives with clarity and authority.
- **Design System**: Define, implement, and evolve a scalable design system and documentation that supports high quality at speed.

**What success will look like in the first 12 months**:

- **Mobile Design Excellence**: Establish and enforce a gold standard in mobile product design across Lingokids (UI, interaction, flows, usability).
- **Impact on Retention & Engagement**: Lead design contributions that demonstrably improve subscription conversion, user engagement, and NPS.
- **Team Development**: Coach and level-up junior designers through hands-on guidance and mentoring. Define clear growth paths for design roles.
- **Stakeholder Influence**: Earn trust and credibility across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Studios, ensuring design is a central voice in decision-making.
- **(Nice to have) Design System at Scale**: Build and maintain a robust design system that enables consistency, rapid iteration, and innovation across squads.

**Requirements**:

- Proven experience: 7+ years in mobile product design with a strong mobile portfolio with significant impact on users and business outcomes.
- Proven track record with consumer subscription products, ideally in education, gaming, or kids’ space.
- Prior experience leading and scaling design teams.
- Hands-on coaching ability: Skilled at teaching junior designers through direct demonstration, not just abstract feedback.
- Experience aligning UX/UI decisions with clear hypotheses and measurable KPIs.
- Strong communication & influence: Proven success managing senior stakeholders and earning trust.
- Thrives under pressure: Demonstrated ability to deliver in fast-paced, high-urgency environments.
- Energy & drive: Ambitious, proactive, and motivated to make a big impact, not looking for a “safe” role.
- English fluency: Excellent spoken and written communication, including long-form async writing.

**Nice-to-have**:

- Experience with game design/mechanics.
- Experience with kids’ products (ages 2-8).
- Background in user research leadership.
- Expertise in career frameworks and progression for designers.

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**Life at Lingokids**:
**Career Growth**: Your growth drives our success We invest in your development up to **€2,000 per year** for books and training—so you can keep learning and growing with us.

**Remote-Friendly**: Work from where you’re most productive—home or our offices in Madrid—anywhere within a **2-hour difference from Spain (GMT+1)**. The choice is yours

**Stock Options**: Your contribution matters You'll receive **stock options**, giving you the opportunity to own part of the company and share in its success.

**Home Office Setup**: Create your ideal workspace with a **€400 allowance** for setup and **€35/month** for remote work expenses—because comfort fuels creativity

**Meal Allowances**: Get **€60/month** on your Cobee card to enjoy meals at restaurants or food delivery—good food makes every