Staff Product Designer

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About Understood

Understood is a nonprofit helping millions of people navigate the realities of neurodivergence. We translate trusted knowledge about ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia into clear guidance, practical tools, and community support — so people don’t just feel informed, they feel understood.

Having a shared commitment to our values is a key factor in any hire we make. We have five core values:

• Continuously learn.
• Act with intention.
• Champion difference.
• Inspire change.
• Grow together.

Come be part of an organization with an entrepreneurial spirit that’s helping to shape the world for difference. Together, we can build a world where everyone can reach their full potential.

To learn more about Understood, please visit: www.understood.org .

Who you are

To advance Understood’s mission and further our impact, we’re hiring a Staff Product Designer, reporting to the Director, Product Design.

The ideal candidate is a systems thinker and experienced product designer who can turn complex customer needs and subject matter expertise into clear, useful digital experiences. You’re deeply curious about people and how they understand, learn, decide, and act. You can design experiences for different users and needs while identifying the patterns and systems that allow those experiences to scale.

You’re energized by ambiguity, committed to inclusive and accessible design, and actively exploring how AI is changing the practice of product design.

This is a hybrid role that requires a minimum of three (3) days a week in our NYC office, with a focus on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. We are a Mac-based environment, and team members are provided a Mac laptop for their work.

What you’ll do

• Make sense of complexity: Synthesize research, user behavior, subject matter expertise, and business needs into clear product opportunities and use those insights to make decisions within your projects and workstreams.
• Design the right UX: Design digital experiences that respond to different users, needs, subject areas, and content types.
• Design for cognitive diversity: Consider the different ways people notice, understand, decide, act, and recover, and create experiences that reduce unnecessary cognitive demands while preserving user agency.
• Think in systems: See connections across different experiences and determine what should be unique, reused, standardized, or systematized to create consistent, scalable experiences .
• Explore and build: Move from early concepts through detailed interaction design to launch, using prototypes to learn, test ideas, and create clarity.
• Use AI to expand the practice: Apply AI throughout your product design process to increase quality, speed, and the range of solutions you can explore, and share what you learn with other designers and partners.
• Drive clarity and alignment: Use facilitation, systems, and storytelling to move your projects and cross-functional partners from ambiguity to decisions.

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$170,000 - $190,000, depending on years of experience and qualifications. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports wellness for our team members and their families. You can learn more about our benefits and offerings .

Understood.org does not sponsor applicants for work visas or legal permanent residence, including providing assistance with STEM OPT extensions.

Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Understood encourages individuals of all learning styles and ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, including those whose life experiences may include the challenge of access due to a disability, to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to supporting this work.

Understood is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applications without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, alienage or citizenship status, marital or familial status, domestic partnership status, caregiver status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information, medical condition, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, physical or mental disability (where the applicant or employee is qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation), any protected military or veteran status, or status as a victim of domestic or dating violence, sexual assault or offense, stalking, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local law or that of persons with whom that individual associates, or any other legally protected characteristics.

For additional information on learning and thinking differences, including ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, executive function challenges, nonverbal learning disabilities, processing issues, and more, please visit www.understood.org .

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