Remote Volunteer Interaction Designer Student Education Technology

REMOTE VOLUNTEER INTERACTION DESIGNER — STUDENT EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Help Believe in Me and iLevelUP create clear, inclusive digital experiences that guide students toward college, career, scholarship, and life-readiness resources.
ABOUT THE ROLE
This remote, skills-based volunteer opportunity supports iLevelUP, an education initiative serving students and first-generation learners. The Interaction Designer will translate student needs and program goals into intuitive user flows, prototypes, and interaction patterns.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Map user journeys for students, families, educators, mentors, and volunteers.
Design task flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and reusable interface patterns.
Collaborate with user research, content, accessibility, visual design, product, and engineering volunteers.
Simplify complex education and career-readiness information without sacrificing accuracy.
Document interaction behavior, states, edge cases, and handoff guidance.
Incorporate usability findings and analytics into design improvements.
Apply mobile-first, accessible, privacy-aware, and youth-centered design practices.
IDEAL EXPERIENCE
Interaction design, UX design, product design, human-computer interaction, service design, or a related field. Experience with Figma or comparable prototyping tools is helpful. We value clear systems thinking, inclusive design, dependable remote collaboration, and the ability to explain design decisions.
TIME AND LOCATION
Remote and flexible, approximately 2–3 hours per week. Ongoing participation is preferred, with project scope matched to volunteer availability.
IMPACT AND SUPPORT
Your work will help students find and use educational resources with less confusion and greater confidence. Volunteers receive orientation, program context, collaboration tools, defined priorities, and feedback from program and technical leaders.
HOW TO EXPRESS INTEREST
Submit interest through Idealist. Program questions may be sent to volunteers@ilevelup.app. Learn more at https://ilevelup.app/?utm_source=idealist&utm_medium=volunteer_platform&utm_campaign=volunteer_recruitment_2026&utm_content=interaction_designer
Keywords: remote interaction designer volunteer; UX volunteer; nonprofit product design; education technology; youth education; college readiness; career readiness; accessible design; iLevelUP; first-generation students.