Paper is reimagining how schools support students so that every learner can reach their full potential. Our vision is a world where every student receives timely, personalized, and relevant academic support. We offer a suite of scalable solutions including 24/7 tutoring, writing feedback, math practice, college and career support, and AI-powered instructional tools that provide personalized support to all students, including multilingual learners.
Requirements
- Strong portfolio demonstrating illustration skills and visual design that connects with younger audiences (elementary through middle school)
- Experience designing consumer products, gaming experiences, educational tools, or youth-focused apps where engagement and retention actually matter
- Comfort with modern design tools (Figma, etc.) and excitement about new workflows that amplify creative output
- Deep curiosity about game mechanics, habit formation, behavioral psychology, and what makes students come back tomorrow
- Ability to balance qualitative insights with quantitative data to make product decisions - and the judgment to know which should lead
- Track record of not just designing features but defining them, scoping them, and managing them through to measurable impact
- Comfort writing specs, setting priorities, and having the difficult conversations about what not to build
- You spend your first conversation with any stakeholder asking questions about goals, constraints, and context before jumping to solutions
- You see how your work fits into the bigger picture of customer experience, growth, and business opportunities
- You can articulate design decisions in terms of business strategy, not just user needs or aesthetic preferences
- You understand that exceptional design work is dead in the water without the acute management skills to carry it from idea to delivered solution
Benefits
- Comprehensive & competitive compensation
- Health benefits
- Retirement plan
- Stock options
- Vacation days
- Sick days
- 4 extra weeks off
- Statutory holidays
- Paper Days throughout the year
- Full Paper Week from Dec 25 to Jan 1
- $500 stipend to set-up your workspace
- $100 monthly stipends to support with on-going workspace needs
- Generous paid parental leave
- Unlimited access to tutoring and educational support for children of Paper employees
