Part-Time Children's Educational Product Designer & Product Development Specialist

Channie’s LLC is an educational products company that helps children learn and grow through engaging workbooks, coloring books, flashcards, STEM tools, educational toys, and hands-on learning resources. Our products support children from Pre-K through elementary school, including children with diverse learning needs.

We believe learning should be fun, creative, and accessible to every child. As we continue to grow, we are expanding our product assortment and developing unique, innovative educational products that inspire curiosity, build essential skills, and make learning enjoyable for children, parents, and educators.

We believe children learn best when education is engaging, creative, visual, and fun. We are looking for a passionate and creative professional who understands children’s learning and development and can help us discover, design, and develop unique educational products that inspire curiosity and support children’s growth.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who loves working with children, understands elementary education and diverse learning needs, and enjoys transforming creative ideas into practical, marketable products.

Job Summary

We are seeking a creative, market-aware, and detail-oriented Children’s Educational Product Designer & Product Development Specialist to help Channie’s develop new product concepts, expand our educational product assortment, and identify opportunities for business growth.

The ideal candidate combines knowledge of elementary education, special needs education, curriculum development, and hands-on learning with a strong eye for product design, market trends, and consumer needs.

This person will work closely with our overseas sourcing and manufacturing teams throughout the product development process, from researching market opportunities and selecting products to developing design concepts, reviewing samples, providing feedback, and approving final products.

The goal is to help Channie’s bring innovative, engaging, and differentiated children’s products to market while expanding our assortment and strengthening our competitive position.

Key Responsibilities1. Children’s Educational Product Design & Development

• Develop creative concepts for children’s educational products, including coloring books, activity books, workbooks, educational flashcards, puzzles, learning toys, STEM kits, and hands-on learning tools.
• Design or help develop engaging educational content, illustrations, activities, worksheets, and visual learning materials suitable for different childhood developmental stages.
• Create products that make learning fun, interactive, age-appropriate, and easy for children to understand.
• Identify opportunities to develop original products or improve existing products through better design, functionality, educational value, and user experience.
• Contribute new product ideas that help Channie’s differentiate itself from competing brands.

1. Elementary Education & Special Needs Learning

• Apply knowledge of elementary education, child development, and age-appropriate learning methods to product design.
• Incorporate experience with special education and diverse learning needs into the development of inclusive, accessible educational materials.
• Understand how children with different learning styles and abilities engage with visual aids, structured activities, manipulatives, and hands-on learning tools.
• Develop or recommend products that encourage foundational skills such as literacy, mathematics, problem-solving, creativity, fine motor development, and critical thinking.
• Identify opportunities to make learning products more accessible, engaging, and supportive of independent learning.

1. STEM & Hands-On Learning Innovation

• Research and recommend STEM-focused educational products that encourage exploration, experimentation, logical thinking, and problem-solving.
• Identify creative visual learning aids, manipulatives, science activities, building tools, and interactive educational toys.
• Evaluate whether a product offers meaningful educational value rather than simply entertainment.
• Explore emerging educational trends and innovative ways to help children learn through play, discovery, and practical activities.
• Recommend new product categories and concepts that align with Channie’s brand and customer needs.

1. Market Research & Product Opportunity Identification

• Research children’s educational products, market trends, …