Full-Time

Motion Graphics Designer & Editor

Growth Marketing

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Duolingo

Duolingo

1,001-5,000 employees

Language learning platform with gamified lessons

Consumer Software
Education

Compensation Overview

$113k - $184kAnnually

+ Equity Compensation + World-Class Benefits

Mid, Senior

New York, NY, USA

Category
Motion Graphics
Art, Graphics & Animation
Required Skills
Adobe After Effects
Figma
Video Editing
Requirements
  • Proven track record as a motion design and video editor generalist with experience in either agency, brand or ideally both.
  • Portfolio that includes well-crafted motion graphic videos scaling from storytelling and narrative content to product focused performance marketing.
  • Curiosity about learners needs and business goals.
  • A strong understanding of our product and how it works.
  • Experience in A/B tests to gather data-driven insights that optimize designs and develop hypotheses to inform design decisions.
  • Ability to balance craft, critical thinking, and business needs to deliver meaningful impact.
  • Ability to work in high-level content strategy and hands-on design tasks with extreme attention to detail.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, forward-thinking creative, proactivity and critical thinking skills.
  • Proficiency in the Adobe Suite, After Effects, Figma and video editing is a requirement.
  • Ability to lead your own projects with autonomy.
  • Knowledge of performance metrics, experience working with teams in marketing analytics, and testing/optimization techniques.
Responsibilities
  • Partner with creative, social, design and marketing teams to develop high quality product focused performance marketing creative videos and content.
  • Develop & experiment with new creative content across social media, campaigns, partnership collateral and new things we haven’t developed yet including short and long form video.
  • Collaborate with performance marketing team to experiment on learnings and iterate on best performing creative assets.
  • Collaborate with illustrators, designers and animators to bring a cohesive brand experience to the world across marketing touchpoints.
  • Conduct testing on your designs, capture insights, and seamlessly integrate these findings into iterative design improvements.
  • Partner with other teams to scale brand moments and constantly strive for excellence.
Desired Qualifications
  • Produced Industry award winning crafted video work.
  • Working proficiency in more than one language.
  • Experience with character animation and working with illustration art.
  • A passion for education, memes, culture, and language.

Duolingo provides a language learning platform that engages users through gamified, bite-sized lessons. The app is designed for a wide range of users, from those learning for personal enjoyment to professionals and students. Users can access the core features for free, while premium subscriptions offer an ad-free experience and additional functionalities. Duolingo stands out from its competitors by being the most downloaded education app ever and the top-grossing education app in 2019. The company's goal is to make high-quality education accessible to everyone.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$178.3M

Headquarters

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Founded

2011

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-1%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Partnerships with companies like Netflix boost user engagement and brand visibility.
  • AI-driven personalized learning, like AI agent Lily, enhances user experience and retention.
  • Growing demand for language learning due to globalization supports Duolingo's mission.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from AI-driven platforms could threaten Duolingo's market share.
  • Reliance on Amazon Web Services poses risks if service disruptions occur.
  • AI agent Lily for premium users may cause dissatisfaction among free users.

What makes Duolingo unique

  • Duolingo offers 98 courses across nearly 40 languages, a broad language selection.
  • The platform uses gamified, bite-sized lessons to enhance user engagement and learning.
  • Duolingo's freemium model allows free access with optional premium features for revenue.

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Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision for employees as well as eligible partners and dependents

Mental health benefits such as therapy sessions and coaching to support you to be your best self

Fertility benefits to support your family planning journey

Fully paid parental and adoption leave

Fully paid subscription to Care.com and paid backup days for dependents and your fur family

401(k) with generous match and immediate vesting

20 days of PTO, with two additional weeks off for winter break

Yearly professional development stipend

Transportation reimbursement for however you get to work

Lunch prepared daily by our in-house chefs

Annual international retreat for all full-time employees

On-site gym and massages

On-site game/break room