Staff Product Designer (Growth Lead)

We power people's progress.

At Preply, we’re all about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor, craft a personalized learning journey, and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is human-led, tech-enabled - and it’s creating real impact. So far, 90,000 tutors have delivered over 20 million lessons to learners in more than 175 countries. Every Preply lesson sparks change, fuels ambition, and drives progress that matters.

Design at Preply:

At Preply, we know learning with the right tutor can be life-changing. Helping to change people's lives is an amazing opportunity and a big responsibility. It takes a large, diverse, multidisciplinary team to create a learning product, and Design is at the very heart of that team.

Preply’s Design mission is to deliver the most beautiful language-learning experience in the world. As the poet once wrote, “Beauty is truth. Truth is beauty.” We take this definition to heart. We craft beautiful surfaces that delight our users and inspire them to learn and teach. But we also dive deep and go beyond surface beauty, to uncover the truth behind our users’ needs and motivations. By combining all of this, we create holistic experiences that help our users achieve their goals. 

To achieve our mission, we need the best designers out there. We need creative thinkers, great product "detectives", and people who care about their impact on the world.

What you’ll be doing:

• Make Preply the go-to platform for learners to connect with their ideal tutors and kickstart a lasting learning journey
• Partner with leadership to align on the strategic direction for the Growth Tribe, ensuring a cohesive vision that guides and connects the work across squads.
• Work closely with the product and engineering teams to shape and elevate the learner acquisition and conversion experience, ensuring a seamless and engaging journey from discovery to subscription.
• Prototype and iterate on design solutions based on feedback from users and stakeholders, leading design experiments and pushing creative boundaries to improve the usability and effectiveness of the learning tools.
• Contribute to the evolution of Preply's Design System by incorporating design patterns and guidelines, ensuring consistency and coherence across the product ecosystem.
• Actively participate in cross-functional discussions and workshops to share insights, learnings.
• Be a leader in the Preply design community, mentoring designers and helping to elevate the craft across the team.

What you need to succeed:

• Minimum of 8+ years of professional Product Design experience, with a strong track record in setting a design vision, mentoring designers, and driving cohesive design strategies across teams.
• Experience building consumer-facing, mobile-first products that have ongoing and frequent use.
• Experience in conducting and leading research, and leveraging insights to do excellent product “detective” work.
• Strong communication skills to effectively present your work, weave compelling narratives, and persuade key stakeholders to align around a cohesive design vision. You are confident in your ideas but open to learning from others.
• You have experience handing off work to engineers, the dedication and focus to work alongside them to ensure high quality design on launch.
• You have the drive to share work early and often, fostering a mindset of collective ownership while mentoring designers and providing constructive critique to elevate the team's design quality. You leave the ego at the door.
• As a plus, we value any experience working on the “seller side” (e.g. content creators, sellers, advertisers, …) of marketplaces, as well as experience using emotional design to deliver “delightful” experiences
• A portfolio to help us understand your skills and experience as a designer.

Why you’ll love it at Preply: 

• An open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture;
• A generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com, Learning & Development budget and time off for your self-development;
• A competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance and health insurance;
• Not in Barcelona? We offer an attractive relocation package to join us in our Preply Barcelona Hub;
• Access to free mental health support platforms;
• Access to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain to promote and support well-being and physical health;
• The opportunity to shape the lives of learners and tutors through language learning and teaching in 175 countries (and counting!).

Our Principles

• Care to change the world - We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing.
• We do it for learners - For both Preply and tutors, learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.
• Keep perfecting - To create an outstanding customer experience, we focus on simplicity, smoothness, and enjoyment, continually perfecting it as every detail matters.
• Now is the time - In a fast-paced world, it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen.
• Disciplined execution - What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our execution. We set clear goals, focus on what matters, and utilize our resources efficiently.
• Dive deep - We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories, unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions.
• Growth mindset - We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe today's best performance becomes tomorrow's starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks.
• Raise the bar - We raise our performance standards continuously, alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can make a real difference.
• Challenge, disagree and commit - We value open and candid communication, even when we don’t fully agree. We speak our minds, challenge when necessary, and fully commit to decisions once made.
• One Preply - We prioritize collaboration, inclusion, and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together, we support and celebrate each other's progress.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Preply is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Different opinions and viewpoints are key ingredients in our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company. 

Preply will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or veteran status. Together, we are The World Class.

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