Designer

Job Description

Job Description

About the Role

CredLens is looking for a detail-oriented, production-savvy Designer to join our small but mighty mission-driven team in Washington, DC. This is a hands-on execution role — and we mean that in the best possible way.

Our core design system, component library, and brand templates are well established. Your job is to work fluently within those systems, maintain quality across every touchpoint, and help us produce polished, on-brand work at pace. Over time, as you grow into the role, there is real opportunity to take on more creative ownership and contribute to how those systems evolve.

You will report directly to our design lead, giving you a close mentorship relationship and clear direction from day one. We are looking for someone eager to learn, highly organized, and genuinely proud of the craft — whether that means perfecting the spacing on a slide deck or making sure a Webflow page renders beautifully on mobile.

This is a hybrid role based in Washington, DC — two days a week in office, flexible on which days. We aim to move quickly and have someone on board by late July or early August 2026.

What You Will DoApp & Product Design

• Work within our established Figma design system and component library to design and refine screens, flows, and UI elements for our core software application.
• Maintain consistency across the product UI, applying existing patterns and flagging gaps or inconsistencies in the design system.
• Support product and engineering teams with design updates, annotations, and production-ready handoff assets.
• Use AI-assisted tools — including Claude for generating and pressure-testing UX and UI concepts — to accelerate ideation and explore design options quickly.

Web Design & Webflow

• Design, build, and maintain Webflow pages; execute content updates; and use analytics, SEO, and AI-driven discovery insights to improve site performance and visibility.
• Resize, adapt, and optimize digital assets for web use, including images, icons, and graphics.

Presentations & Decks

• Produce polished slide decks for executive briefings, client presentations, conferences, and internal communications using our established presentation templates.
• Translate data, research findings, and written content into clear, visually organized slides — making complex information accessible.
• Manage a library of reusable slide components and keep templates up to date.

Print & Brand Production

• Produce print-ready files for brochures, one-pagers, event materials, and signage using existing brand templates in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator.
• Coordinate with print vendors to ensure accurate specs, proofing, and on-time delivery.
• Maintain an organized asset library and keep brand files clean, version-controlled, and accessible to the team.

What We Are Looking For

• 1–3 years of professional design experience, ideally with exposure across digital and print.
• Working proficiency in Figma — comfortable navigating a component library, building within a design system, and preparing handoff files.
• Hands-on experience with Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop for production work.
• Some experience with Webflow, or strong motivation and aptitude to learn it quickly.
• Solid fundamentals in layout, typography, and color — an eye for when something is off, and the patience to fix it.
• Strong organizational habits: clean files, clear naming conventions, and a tidy handoff are as important to you as the design itself.
• A portfolio that demonstrates care and craft, even in production-level work.

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Interaction Design, UX Design, or a related field.
• Experience working within an established design system or brand guidelines rather than building from scratch.
• Familiarity with presentation design at a professional level — knowing what makes a deck work for an executive audience.
• Some exposure to print production: understanding of bleeds, CMYK, and vendor file prep.
• Some experience using AI tools (Claude, Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, or similar) as part of a design workflow.

Who You Are — We are not looking for the most experienced designer in the room. We are looking for someone with the right foundation and the right disposition:

• Highly detail-oriented. You notice misalignment, inconsistent spacing, and off-brand colors. You fix them without being asked.
• Coachable and growth-minded. You receive feedback openly, act on it quickly, and see every project as a chance to get better.
• Curious and self-directed. When you encounter something unfamiliar — a new tool, a tricky Webflow layout, an AI workflow — you lean in rather than wait for instructions.
• Organized and self-directed. You manage your own workload independently, communicate risks early, and follow through consistently.
• Collaborative and low-ego. You are here to make the collective work better, not to leave your personal stamp on it. You contribute ideas and also execute on others'.
• Mission-aligned. You care about work that has a purpose beyond aesthetics. CredLens connects learning to economic opportunity — that means something to you.

A Note on AI Tools

CredLens actively integrates AI tools into our design workflow. We use Claude to generate and critique UX and UI concepts, explore layout alternatives, and pressure-test design decisions before committing to them. We also use generative image tools and AI-assisted features within our existing Adobe and Figma toolsets.

We are not looking for someone who has mastered every AI tool — the landscape is moving too fast for that to mean much. We are looking for someone who is curious and open to working this way, and who sees AI as a collaborator in the design process rather than a threat to it.

Portfolio

A portfolio is required. We are not evaluating you on the complexity or scale of past projects — we want to see your eye for detail, your ability to work within constraints, and evidence that you care about quality at every level of the work. Student projects, freelance work, and internship outputs are all welcome.

About CredLens

Non-degree credentials are reshaping how people move from learning to earning. Millions of learners are pursuing certificates, bootcamps, and workforce programs as pathways to better jobs and higher wages. But growth has outpaced clarity.

Thousands of offerings, uneven definitions, and fragmented outcomes data make it nearly impossible to distinguish impact from activity. When results are unclear, learners carry the risk, strong programs can't stand out, and investment can't reliably flow to what works.

CredLens exists to fix that.

We are a neutral, trusted source of high-quality outcomes data for non-degree credentials — connecting issuer-verified credential records to real-world employment, earnings, and education outcomes. Our partners use that data to improve programs, guide investment, and strengthen career pathways for learners.

Two years in, we have a firmly established platform, a growing client base, and the backing of Strada Education Foundation. We are not a startup finding its footing. We are a company beginning to scale — and we are building the team that will take us there.

Mission and Values Alignment

Committed to providing equitable pathways to opportunity through postsecondary education and training (PSET), particularly for individuals who have faced significant barriers. Demonstrated alignment with CredLens' guiding values, commitment to building a strong and healthy workplace culture, and working in a collaborative environment.

How to Apply — Please submit the following:

• A current resume or CV.
• A link to your portfolio (required — applications without a portfolio will not be reviewed).
• A brief cover note — no more than a few paragraphs — telling us why this role appeals to you.

plus annual bonus

The pay range listed is based on national compensation benchmark data and may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, variations in cost of labor, and in some cases, geographic location. The exact job offer will be determined based on several factors such as the candidate's individual skills, qualifications and experience relative to the requirements of the role. The range displayed with the job posting represents the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across the U.S.

 

The company also reviews and considers internal equity (current employee salary) when hiring new employees to the organization. The range is the expected starting base salary for someone hired into this position with room to grow professionally, including increased earning potential beyond the starting pay range. Beyond a new hire's base salary, CredLens also offers all full-time employees a comprehensive employee benefit package.

Mission and Values Alignment:

Committed to providing equitable pathways to opportunity through PSET, particularly for individuals who have faced significant barriers. Demonstrated alignment with CredLens' guiding values, commitment to building a strong and healthy workplace culture, and working in a collaborative environment.    

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to CredLens' organizational vibrancy, employee experience, and mission. We strongly encourage applicants from people of color/the global majority, immigrant, bilingual, and bicultural individuals; people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQIA2S+  and gender nonconforming communities; and people with other diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. We believe every member on the team enriches our workplace by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and discover, design, and deliver critical insights and solutions.