Visual Designer

About Toddle

At Toddle, we help teachers do better what they do best - teach! We do this by creating intuitive technology tools that empower educators across all stages of teaching and learning. We’re reimagining how educators interact with technology to deliver learner-centered experiences. Our mission is to amplify teaching for 60 million PreK-12 educators globally by supporting them in delivering meaningful and personalized learning experiences.

At Toddle, we build teaching and learning tools for IB PYP, IB MYP, IB DP, Cambridge, US Independent, and other progressive PreK-12 teaching teams. Today, over 100,000 educators across 2,000+ schools in 100+ countries use Toddle to streamline curriculum planning, student portfolios, reports, assessments, family communication, and more. Toddle’s growth is fuelled by positive word of mouth and by users who have turned into evangelists and advocates of the product. In addition to the intuitive technology, Toddle offers a range of world-class professional learning opportunities and resources for educators and school leaders, all for free.

We love solving for

• Creating delightful experiences that help teaching teams collaborate better & be more effective
• Building tools that help teachers personalize learning for their students
• Helping teachers around the world connect with each other meaningfully

We are at a series A stage right now, growing fast in the SaaS Ed-tech space, and have been funded by Sequoia, Matrix, Beenext, and Better Capital among others.

Here’s what you’ll be doing

"Good design is as little design as Possible" - Dieter Rams

Design is one of Toddle's core competencies and as a designer on the team, you'll lead the way. Our designers are makers and storytellers. They envision how people experience our products and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined and even magical.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Has an interest in designing for education and knows the difference between "good" and "great" and is able to work through team dynamics and timelines to deliver excellent design
• Is obsessed with breaking new creative ground through crafting the best ideas in design
• Is optimistic and open to new ideas and ways of working
• Has a diverse portfolio that shows good aesthetic judgment and attention to detail

Is this someone that looks like you?

• 1- 3 years of experience in designing for brands, digital products and services
• Formal design training with an incredible eye for detail and obsessive appreciation for
• typography, design and layout
• Strong design sensibilities (visual, motion and interaction)
• Adept at using the Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch or similar design tools
• Excellent organizational, collaboration, and communication skills
• We deeply value building the right culture at Toddle, and these are a few things that
• we look for in each hire – coach-ability, curiosity, ownership and hustle
• High sense of accountability & ownership
• Strong team player and someone who derives great joy from efficient teamwork
• Humility, diligence and a willingness to learn new things – A Lifelong Learner

Within the first 3 months, you will

• Understand Toddle's vision and brand strategy.
• Get a good end-to-end understanding of our creative development process, design
• language and design system
• Translate business and technical requirements into designs that are visually enticing
• and emotionally engaging
• Produce creative assets including templates, layouts, etc., for marketing activities across
• multiple channels. These include web, social media, events, and other activations
• Participate in design reviews and give feedback on the work of other team members

Within 6 months, you will

• Design for website, product, emails, social media graphics and various print media.
• Simplify a complicated idea, compliment the words or message being delivered to the
• user through design
• Brainstorm with the marketing and design team to come up with the graphic concepts.
• Generate ideas and concepts that are clear, communicative and engaging.
• Create original pieces of visual images for posters, brochures, blog covers, resources,
• etc. (Check out https://learn.toddleapp.com/resources)

Within 12 months, you will

• Own projects from kickoff through completion, working closely with design, marketing and business stakeholders
• Develop your own toolbox of varied styles that work for the brand seamlessly
• Manage timelines & ensure adherence to systems & processes
• Create and sustain a culture of creative excellence for the team and company

Excited about the role?

Here are a few more benefits:

1. Flexibility at work

• Work from anywhere – home, co-working space, cafe or even the hills
• Block “no-meeting hours” to enable uninterrupted focused work

2. Exposure to diverse learning opportunities

• Work across different projects & teams to develop skills outside of your core expertise
• Access to a small budget towards learning (e.g. books, online courses, substacks)

3. Industry best leave policy

We trust you fully on your commitment to our mission and your judgment on planning your time and taking leaves:

• No cap on the number of sick or casual leaves
• Special paid leaves for childbirth, weddings, etc.
• And if in any circumstance you feel burnt out – there is a little something for this too!