Best Designer Jobs in Ed-Tech for 2023

Looking for a designer job in ed-tech? Check out our list of the best designer jobs in ed-tech for 2023 and learn how to get started.

Hsin-Jou Lin
Empathy Technology
5 min readJan 9, 2023

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https://angel.co/job-collections/exciting-edtech-companies-hiring-in-2023

Edtech is a rapidly growing industry, with the sector predicted to reach $320B by 2029 due to the increased need for digital tools to teach students in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Companies such as LearnTube, Newsela, Brightwheel, and more are dedicated to making learning more accessible and providing students with the tools they need to succeed. UX Designers can play a role in the education of the next generation by joining one of these Edtech companies in 2023.

Let’s look into the selected startups in ed-tech by WellFound (formerly Angelist Talent).

https://wellfound.com/10-of-10-in-2022#ed-tech

Guild Education

Guild is a female-founded, venture-funded B-corp striving to provide higher education to millions of American frontliners and entry-level managers. Their focus on student outcomes, affordability, and best-in-class coaching/advising services helps their students succeed, partners retain high-performing employees, and universities build a successful pipeline.

Open Design Role

CareerNinja | LearnTube

LearnTube by CareerNinja is a global AI-driven product that provides bite-sized courses, assessments, and peer interactions to help learners upskill in domains such as tech, marketing, data science, and design. It has 4 lakh learners across 64 countries and 2112 cities in India, and 900+ recruiting partners including Amazon, Schbang, Foxymoron, Publicis media, Popxo, and DU Times. The courses are rated 4.8/5 and are delivered through a WhatsApp bot, mobile app, and web app.

Open Design Roles

OckyPocky

OckyPocky is implementing interactive language learning solutions for pre-school kids, taking into account each child’s unique abilities and learning capacity. Founded by an ex-Googler, they are looking to revolutionize pre-school learning. They are a fun-loving team with a great work-life balance and a strong focus on good values.

Open Design Roles

ABL

ABL believe public education should equip next generation to solve world challenges. Academic standards must be high, but also teach critical thinking, creativity & social-emotional skills for college, career & citizenship. Everyone deserves a quality education & we must remove barriers to ensure success. Abl helps districts improve the student experience & outcomes through scheduling, school redesign & resource efficiency.

Open Design Role

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Brightwheel

Brightwheel is a mobile platform for early education that has experienced rapid growth since its launch in 2016, with thousands of schools in every US state and nearly every continent using the product. It is backed by notable investors and has a measurable impact on daily life for teachers, parents, and students. Brightwheel offers ownership in the company and work, a great office in San Francisco, competitive salary and equity compensation, an incredible team, and a company and product that customers love.

Open Design Roles

Newsela

Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that offers a wide range of engaging and leveled content, integrated formative assessments and insights to maximize engagement and learning in any subject. Teachers and students can easily discover digital content from hundreds of reputable sources such as National Geographic, NASA, Biography.com, Encyclopedia Britannica, the Washington Post and the Wichita Eagle. Content is designed to meet students at their own level, with interactive tools and analytics to help them reach their goals. Newsela has become an indispensable solution for schools and districts, with a presence in over 90% of K-12 schools in the US. Newsela is the perfect platform for the connected classroom.

Open Design Roles

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Hsin-Jou Lin
Empathy Technology

UX designer who has experience in nonprofit, SaaS, e-commerce, VR/AR, and consumer electronics industries, and writes design. IG: https://shorturl.at/sxyHX