Product Designer - Volunteer Position
🟢 Currently Accepting: Ad-hoc Contributors (Senior Designers Preferred)
Location: Remote, Global
Experience Level: Junior, Mid-level, Senior
Time Commitment: Flexible - contribute on your schedule
Compensation: Equity-based (Slicing Pie model) - see below
About Aihe
We are Aihe, an ed-tech early-stage unfunded project. Our vision is to enable a world where any learner can become an expert. We believe in the power of education and are mission-driven to support teachers being excellent educators while also enjoying what they do outside the classroom.
We've built an AI solution that marks free text responses faster than Google Forms to help reduce the time spent on marking tests and assessing students. Our goal is to assist instructors who are forced to mark and grade anywhere between 1,200 to 36,000 questions in the span of a week during their private time and outside paid hours. We want to create more time for teachers to focus on what they love, both inside and outside the classroom.
Where We Are
We started with the Google Design Sprint method, released our first prototype, and are recruiting participants for closed beta testing. Our next experiment is validating our beta prototype for usability and value against our qualitative, quantitative and product-market fit goals.
We're looking for someone ambitious and driven to lead or work alongside other designers—someone who enjoys challenges with the potential for significant impact in education.
Ideally, you will help with product discovery, product delivery, and achieving product-market fit.
Two Work Streams
Ad-hoc Stream (Currently Open):
Contribute on your schedule with no mandatory meetings. This experience is customizable, providing the freedom to choose how and when you contribute.
Scrum Team (Currently Closed):
For those who prefer structure: biweekly sprint planning, weekly one-on-ones, and daily 15-minute standups. We periodically have openings - apply for future consideration.
What You'll Do
- Watch past usability tests to get up to speed
- Conduct user research, usability tests, and reviews
- Develop hypotheses about prototype improvements
- Create quick iterations and designs in Figma and/or Plasmic
- Learn and grow by exploring design resources and best practices
- Work collaboratively as a self-managing team player
- Be fun, kind, and all-around great to work with
Qualifications
- Prototyping in Figma and Plasmic (low, mid, and high fidelity)
- User research and testing experience
- Self-motivated and collaborative
- Teaching experience or willingness to teach others is a plus
- Programming experience is an asset
- Experience with Plasmic is an asset
- Generalists are welcome
The listed qualifications are approximations. If you don't fit the requirements but are passionate, apply anyway.
About Compensation
This is currently an unpaid, volunteer position. We're seeking missionaries, not mercenaries—people who are excited by the mission and the challenge, not primarily by compensation.
That said, we use the Slicing Pie model to track contributions and allocate equity fairly. If we're successful, early contributors will own meaningful portions of the company proportional to their contributions. But we're being honest: most startups fail, and there are no guarantees.
If you're motivated primarily by equity or compensation, this isn't the right opportunity. If you're motivated by the problem we're solving, the learning experience, and the chance to build something meaningful, we'd love to talk.
Apply
Apply Here or scroll down to fill out the embedded application form.
Include your portfolio, why you're interested, and your typical availability.
Questions? Reach out at one [at] aihe [dot] me.
Equity tracked via Slicing Pie model. Learn more at slicingpie.com