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TikTok for language learning with native videos and AI

Founding Product Designer

San Francisco, CA+ Equity4/5
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Founding product designer at a YC edtech startup building "TikTok for language learning." Consumer mobile, video-first, AI-powered — a rare combination of creative and product design challenges.

Job description

Parrot is building the TikTok for language learning with real native videos, interactive subtitles, and AI-generated activities grounded in second-language acquisition research. Launched February 2025, the company already has thousands of active users.

The Founding Product Designer will redesign the core experience, shape product direction with the CPO and founders, influence activation and retention, establish design systems, and set visual standards.

Responsibilities:

  • Conduct user research and translate insights into product direction
  • Design user journeys and reusable patterns
  • Create wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity mobile UI
  • Partner with engineering through implementation
  • Iterate based on usage data and qualitative feedback

    • Required Skills: Strong mobile portfolio (iOS/Android preferred), exceptional eye for layout and typography, deep UX thinking, fluent in Figma, independent work capability, product/analytical mindset.

    Salary: $120K-$180K. Equity: 0.50%-2.00%. Visa sponsorship available.

    About Parrot

    TikTok for language learning with native videos and AI

    ycaib2c
    parrotapp.com

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