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Kid’s Products Design Lead (Remote)
Novakid
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Lead
Remote
3 weeks ago
UX/UI DesignArt DirectionAnimation ProductionVisual StorytellingAI Tools for Asset CreationTeam Leadership
Free
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About the Role
Novakid is looking for a Kid’s Products Design Lead to define creative direction for children's learning experiences. This leadership role involves managing a team of animators, sound designers, and artists, driving design unification, and championing AI tools.
Key Skills for This Role
UX/UI DesignArt DirectionAnimation ProductionVisual StorytellingAI Tools for Asset CreationTeam Leadership
Responsibilities
- Lead, inspire, and develop a high performing team of animators, sound designers, UX/UI designers and artists
- Set the creative direction for lesson content art and kids area features based on user needs and best practices
- Drive the unification of design across multiple products to strengthen brand consistency
- Build clear standards, workflows, and quality benchmarks for asset production
- Champion the use of AI tools for asset creation to improve efficiency, scalability, and turnaround times
- Explore and embed new creative technologies that enhance team output without compromising quality
- Partner closely with Product and Content teams to bring ideas to life
- Provide clear feedback and creative leadership to ensure a consistently high bar for output
- Balance creativity, quality, speed, and business priorities in a fast moving environment
- Help shape the future of the kid facing design function through strong planning, structure, and team development
Requirements
- 3+ years experience in a senior UX/UI Design role within product, animation, gaming, edtech, children’s media, or a related field
- Proven success leading and developing multidisciplinary creative teams
- Strong expertise in art direction, visual storytelling, animation production, and digital asset creation
- A strong eye for brand, with experience creating consistency across multiple products or platforms
- Competent knowledge of AI tools for creating visual and/or audio assets, with the ability to apply them in practical, high value ways
- Experience championing new tools, workflows, and ways of working that improve speed and efficiency
- Excellent planning, prioritisation, and stakeholder management skills
- Confidence working cross functionally with both creative and non creative partners
- A passion for creating joyful, imaginative, high quality experiences for children
Full Job Posting
Overview
- NovaKid is a global leader in online English education for children aged 4–12, serving 100000+ students across 50+ countries.
- We’re now looking for a Kid’s Products Design Lead to define and drive the creative quality of our children’s learning experience across multiple products.
- This is a high impact leadership role for someone who can combine creative vision, team leadership, operational excellence, and innovation.
What you’ll do
- Lead, inspire, and develop a high performing team of animators, sound designers, UX/UI designers and artists
- Set the creative direction for lesson content art and kids area features based on user needs and best practices
- Drive the unification of design across multiple products to strengthen brand consistency
- Build clear standards, workflows, and quality benchmarks for asset production
- Champion the use of AI tools for asset creation to improve efficiency, scalability, and turnaround times
- Explore and embed new creative technologies that enhance team output without compromising quality
- Partner closely with Product and Content teams to bring ideas to life
- Provide clear feedback and creative leadership to ensure a consistently high bar for output
- Balance creativity, quality, speed, and business priorities in a fast moving environment
- Help shape the future of the kid facing design function through strong planning, structure, and team development
What we’re looking for
- 3+ years experience in a senior UX/UI Design role within product, animation, gaming, edtech, children’s media, or a related field
- Proven success leading and developing multidisciplinary creative teams
- Strong expertise in art direction, visual storytelling, animation production, and digital asset creation
- A strong eye for brand, with experience creating consistency across multiple products or platforms
- Competent knowledge of AI tools for creating visual and/or audio assets, with the ability to apply them in practical, high value ways
- Experience championing new tools, workflows, and ways of working that improve speed and efficiency
- Excellent planning, prioritisation, and stakeholder management skills
- Confidence working cross functionally with both creative and non creative partners
- A passion for creating joyful, imaginative, high quality experiences for children
What we offer
- Fully remote work.
- A chance to shape the future of AI driven education.
- A fun, dynamic team that loves building innovative products.
- Unlimited holidays – because we trust you to deliver.
- Bonuses and stock options – we grow together.
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