Job Description
Toko is hiring an ongoing, contract, part-time UI/UX designer (10-20 hrs/wk) to increase product dev velocity! To apply, please send us a link to your portfolio.
๐ Compensation
$50-150/hr based on experience, billed hourly or by project
๐ป What you'll do
- Translate user pain points, ideas, and sketches into high fidelity mobile mocks and wireframes ready to be built by engineers
- Improve discoverability of existing features by designing new UI layouts and UX flows
- Turn around first drafts & iterations in 1-2 days for any given project โ weโll always scope the project together such that itโs doable in that time frame
๐ Who you are
- You can work East Coast time zones (to facilitate iteration/comms)
- You enjoy being scrappy and working as the only designer in a small team (we're a team of 4!)
- You have 2+ years of industry experience, some of which (if not most/all) is mobile-first consumer experience
- You have strong English written communication skills
- You would consider UI/UX design one of your strengths -- please note, we are not focused on visual or brand design at the moment
- You either feel ok navigating a mostly Traditional Chinese UI
๐ฐ Bonus
- You have experience working with learning or education products
- You have experience working with the Taiwan or Hong Kong consumer
- You have experience working with the East Asian consumer
Aboutย Toko
๐ Weโre on a mission to help the 1.5 billion English learners in the world unlock better economic opportunities.
๐ For non-native English speakers, leveling up English can materially better their career prospects and their families' lives. For some users, it means unlocking a 3x increase in salary. But any foreign language learner knows that speaking is the hardest part.
๐ช๐ผ Toko helps English learners become fluent in speaking. Through our app, users engage in 5-min conversations with an AI to build confidence for real-life scenarios. We make language fluency accessible to everyone - not just those with the means to meet 1:1 with a tutor.
๐ In the Taiwan App Store, Toko is in the top 3 apps for Education! Toko has thousands of active paying subscribers and is growing rapidly (30+% MoM).
๐๐พ Weโre a proudly women-led team with engineering & product experience at Quizlet, Palantir, Codecademy, Google, and MIT. Toko is backed by a roster of incredible angels and top-tier VCs including GSV and Y Combinator.
๐๐ฝ We're revolutionizing language fluency - join us!
