The Role 

Capstone is seeking a talented Visual Designer I to help shape the future of our fast-growing PebbleGo Suite. In this role, you’ll bring creativity, strong visual storytelling, and user-centered thinking to the design and enhancement of Capstone’s digital products, websites, and learning experiences for K–5 students, educators, and librarians. 

You’ll collaborate closely with Product Design, Product Management, Content, and Engineering teams to create accessible, engaging, and impactful experiences that support literacy development and spark curiosity in young learners. Building on Capstone’s trusted educational content, you’ll help evolve the visual direction of our products through UI design, graphic assets, brand development, visual guidelines, illustration, animation, and video support as needed. 

This role is ideal for a versatile designer with 1–3 years of professional experience who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and enjoys solving creative challenges. The ideal candidate combines strong visual design fundamentals with strategic thinking, attention to detail, and a passion for education and digital learning. 

Our preference is for this role to be hybrid, based out of our Eden Prairie, MN location. 

Why You’ll Want to Join Capstone 

At Capstone, we support teaching and learning through engaging content that inspires students, empowers teachers, and connects families and communities to advance literacy. We are a fast-paced, mission-driven company committed to cultivating a love of reading and lifelong learning because we believe Learning is for Everyone. 

For more than 30 years, Capstone has been a national leader in K–5 educational content, including digital products such as PebbleGo, PebbleGo Next, PebbleGo Create, Capstone Interactive, and Capstone Connect, along with award-winning children’s books. We combine a passion for literacy and learning with the creativity and innovation needed to build meaningful educational experiences. 

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES 

Visual & UI Design 

• Collaborate with creative leaders, UX designers, product managers, researchers, and developers to create visually engaging and user-centered digital experiences.  
• Design polished user interface assets for web and mobile applications, including layouts, icons, illustrations, and interactive components.  
• Translate wireframes and UX concepts into high-fidelity visual designs that align with brand guidelines and usability standards.  
• Contribute to product storytelling through visual hierarchy, motion, and interaction design.  

Design Systems & Brand Consistency 

• Contribute to and maintain scalable design systems, UI libraries, and visual style guides.  
• Ensure consistency across products by applying typography, color, spacing, and accessibility best practices.  
• Incorporate accessibility standards (WCAG) into visual and interface design decisions.  

Collaboration & Product Development 

• Support prototyping efforts to communicate interaction behaviors and visual direction.  
• Work closely with UX leads and front-end teams to ensure design feasibility and accurate implementation.  
• Participate in design critiques and iterative feedback sessions to refine and improve user experiences.  
• Support optimization of designs for responsiveness across desktop, tablet, and mobile platforms.  

Project Management & Continuous Improvement 

• Manage multiple design projects simultaneously while balancing creativity, quality, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.  

Education, Experience, and Skills desired:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Illustration, Digital Media, UI Design, or a related field preferred.  
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and professional experience will also be considered. 
• 1–3 years of professional experience in visual design, digital design, or creative production. 
• Experience designing for digital products, marketing campaigns, or web-based platforms.  
• Portfolio demonstrating strong visual design, illustration, typography, motion graphics, color theory, composition, layout, and branding skills.  
• Experience collaborating within cross-functional teams including UX, marketing, product, and development teams. 
• Experience working in education, EdTech, publishing, or mission-driven organizations is a plus. 
• Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, and Firefly).  
• Proficiency in Figma with the use of libraries and collaborative design workflows. 
• Familiarity with UI design systems and component-based design practices.  
• Knowledge of responsive design and accessibility best practices.  
• Ability to translate concepts and requirements into polished visual solutions.  
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.  
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.  
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to high-quality, consistent design work.  
• Curiosity about emerging design trends, digital experiences, and creative technologies. 

Travel Requirements 

5-10% travel may be required. 

Inclusion & Belonging 

Capstone embraces equal opportunity, and belonging for all employees and applicants.  We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidate information will be kept private according to EEO guidelines.  If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to hrservices@capstonepub.com.  

The pay range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are surrounding compensation including but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, work location, and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $50,000-$65,000.

Capstone strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our employees and their families. Click here to see our benefits.? 

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Employment Authorization:  

At this time Capstone unfortunately cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa. To be considered for one of our roles, applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.