Join Cartwheel to help tackle the student mental health crisis. 

Cartwheel is an early-stage company building a new kind of mental health program for kids that puts schools at the center. We see our role as supporting school staff who see kids every single day. Instead of going around them, we collaborate with them. This means: 

  • Earlier intervention
  • Higher student and family engagement in care
  • Better coordination among the trusted adults in a student’s life 

Kids shouldn't just aspire to get out of bed and drag themselves to class. They should be able to experience joy. They deserve to envision and build a life they’re excited to live. If you join Cartwheel, you’ll help make this vision a reality for millions of students across the country. We’re backed by top investors including Menlo Ventures, Reach Capital, General Catalyst, BoxGroup, and Able Partners, and we're looking for mission-driven teammates to join our team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Product designers at Cartwheel have the unique opportunity to bring modern, user-friendly interfaces to industries that historically haven’t prioritized user experience – healthcare and education. In this role, you will conduct user research and collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Data teams to translate user needs and business goals into intuitive, impactful experiences. At Cartwheel, we fundamentally believe that strong design is an important part of delivering optimal mental healthcare to the student population we serve. 

Role type: This is a W2, Full-Time, Salaried position

Location: Remote, based in the United States

Start date: Jan/Feb 2025

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Lead the design process for major features, from ideation through implementation, incorporating feedback from diverse stakeholders, including the executive team.
  • Quickly iterate and prototype several concepts to validate product direction
  • Facilitate collaboration sessions with product managers and engineers to create optimal user flows 
  • Partner with data teams to develop visualizations that help school staff monitor student outcomes
  • Partner with operations and customer success teams to streamline access to care for students and families
  • Conduct user behavior research and establish a data-driven design practice to inform feature development
  • Deliver detailed specifications and assets to engineering. 
  • Maintain and enhance our design system to improve the efficiency and quality in feature development
  • Work side-by-side with QA teams to ensure final builds align with designs

WHO YOU ARE 

Must have…

  • Passion for our mission to tackle the youth mental health crisis
  • 5+ years of experience working as a Product Designer with a portfolio that demonstrates expertise in user research,  interaction, and visual design
  • Hands-on experience collaborating with engineers using modern design tools
  • A curiosity driven by first principles thinking, reimagining how technology can improve healthcare and education
  • Experience creating data visualizations that guide users in making informed decisions
  • Affinity for fast-paced startup environments that prioritize outcomes over effort 
  • At times, work efficiently under high levels of pressure and demanding timelines.

Extra credit…

  • Possess a B.A. / B.S. degree in a design related field like Product Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, or Human-Computer Interaction.
  • Experience in healthcare and/or Ed. Tech
  • Experience working in early stage technology startups

Skills…

  • Project Management: Excellent project management skills with the ability to coordinate across many stakeholders and prioritize tasks
  • Technically Savvy: Fluency in modern tech stacks (Figma, Google Suite, Slack, etc.) with an ability to quickly learn new technologies. 
  • Relationship Builder: Experience with building relationships across diverse stakeholders and influence without authority
  • Strong Communicator: Superb written and verbal communication skills 
  • Entrepreneurial: Desire to work with a small, entrepreneurial team to build new features
  • Organized thinker: Instinctively structures problems into logical components

Please apply even if you don't meet all of the criteria. If your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the job description, but you bring other relevant experience or skills, we’d still love to hear from you. You may be a great fit!

WHY YOU’LL LOVE CARTWHEEL

Our hope is that Cartwheel will be your best career decision! In addition to tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time, at a company well-positioned to do so, you’ll have: 

  • Mission-oriented and inclusive colleagues who will go to bat for you
  • Competitive compensation between $120,000 - $170,000
  • Generous PPO medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Generous paid time off, including company closure from Christmas-New Years (12/25-1/1)
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401K with employer match
  • Meaningful equity ownership stake in Cartwheel
  • Flexible and remote role with regular in-person retreats
  • Annual learning stipend
  • Macbook

Cartwheel is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diverse backgrounds and perspectives and an inclusive work environment. We're committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, or veteran status.

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