Staff Product Designer

Quizlet is building experiences that help new learners move from first visit to committed study. This hybrid role in California (San Francisco) focuses on designing the end-to-end product moments that drive activation and early retention, supported by experimentation and AI-powered personalization. You will shape how sign up, onboarding, personalization, first study sessions, and early habit loops work together to create measurable learning momentum.

What you’ll do

• Own end-to-end design for large, complex, multi-feature projects across the new-learner journey, including sign up, onboarding, personalization, first study session, and early habit loops
• Lead projects from discovery through launch and iteration, delivering high-quality outcomes independently
• Drive measurable impact to activation and early retention metrics
• Connect onboarding experiences to the broader product so first impressions flow naturally into Quizlet’s core learning activities
• Run productively structured discussions with clear recommendations, while staying open to alternate ideas when it improves learner outcomes
• Evaluate trade-offs openly, such as speed to value versus personalization, or conversion versus long-term engagement
• Facilitate alignment so projects move smoothly into successful implementation
• Deliver well-crafted solutions by assessing multiple options and trade-offs
• Use quantitative and qualitative insight, including funnel analysis, A/B tests, and UX research, to find friction and turn it into opportunities
• Design and iterate on experiments, then apply results to guide the next iteration of work
• Apply current best practices and emerging technologies, including AI-powered personalization, to raise the team’s bar
• Continuously improve how you use AI in your design process, building speed and quality as your technical knowledge grows

What you bring

• 5+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio showing end-to-end ownership of complex, multi-feature projects
• Experience designing onboarding, activation, growth, or conversion experiences at consumer scale
• Strong interaction and visual design craft, plus systems thinking across web and native mobile
• Comfort with data, including defining success metrics and using funnel analysis and experiment results to shape decisions
• A track record of working independently, proactively resolving issues, and driving alignment across product, engineering, and marketing partners
• Clear communication of design rationale, including leading discussions with recommendations and debating trade-offs
• Experience giving feedback that improves the quality of peers’ work
• Curiosity and thought leadership on current best practices and emerging technologies, including AI, and how they can make learning more personal
• Experience designing for students, education, or younger audiences is a plus, including familiarity with privacy and age-appropriate design

Team and role details

This is a hybrid position with collaboration in Quizlet’s San Francisco office. To support teamwork, employees are asked to be in the office at least two days a week, Wednesday and Thursday.

Your work will be measured by outcomes such as activation rate, early retention, and time to first value. This role is suited to a senior designer who enjoys growth problems, is energized by experimentation, and maintains a high bar for craft in experiences used by millions of students.

Technologies you’ll work with

• Generative AI
• Adaptive learning
• AI-powered personalization
• A/B tests
• UX research