Product Designer, Ghost
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Online publishing platform
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Online publishing platform
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create the best open source tools for independent journalists and writers across the world, and have a real impact on the future of online media.
Role
Who you are
- Very comfortable with code. Ghost is a software company, and everyone here codes in one way or another. You'll need to be comfortable with coding your designs in modern HTML & CSS — knowledge of React is a bonus
- Confidently independent. All teams at Ghost operate fairly autonomously, and all team members are responsible for helping make decisions about what needs to be done. You'll need to be comfortable ideating, prototyping, testing and delivering designs without someone standing over your shoulder telling you what to do
- Meticulous about style. We don't A/B test 50 shades of blue to determine what converts best, we care about making beautiful things which we love, ourselves
- Humble but opinionated. We like smart people who have lots of ideas, yet are happy to discard their former opinions whenever a better way of doing things presents itself
- A clear communicator. Good design is good communication, and as a remote team which communicates almost exclusively through writing — concise, written communication is absolutely essential to this role
- An active collaborator. We look for people who actively want critical feedback on their work early and often, and who get a kick out of refining and pushing what they do as a collaborative process because it creates a better end result. No design heroes
- Hungry for meaningful work, and space to do it. Almost all work at Ghost is complex and challenging, but also deeply rewarding. This is a role where you can help influence design over the long term, not just fulfil a temporary brief which needs to be delivered quickly
- We value diversity of all types at Ghost and our team is made up of a kind, thoughtful group of people with a wide range of backgrounds. Some of us are single, others are married, while others are parents. We actively try to find people with different perspectives and experiences to the ones we already have
What the job involves
- 🎨 Creation of user interfaces, features, workflows and new ideas. Working directly on the core Ghost product and helping to define and improve what's coming next
- ⚡️ Working with design and marketing teams to define, evolve, and maintain Ghost's identity across all product touch points and documentation
- 💑 We work on cross-functional product teams of 2-4 people, usually one designer and a few developers
- 👻 Lots of freedom to take control of your process, iterating and learning what works (and what doesn't), and putting your work into production. There's a lot of opportunity for professional growth here, as the team expands
- 📢 Communicating effectively with stakeholders when presenting your work and clearly articulating your design rationale
- 🤹♂️ Managing multiple projects, while setting appropriate expectations and meeting realistic deadlines
Application process
- Step 1: We'll review your application against the needs of team
- Step 2: A video call with a member of the operations team so we can get to know each other a little better. It's an informal call, there's nothing to prepare
- Step 3: A second video call, usually with the hiring manager and another member of the team. This call has a more technical focus and gives you the opportunity to find out what might be like to be a member of the Ghost team
- Step 4: A paid trial project - typically 10-20 hours of work. This provides a great opportunity to understand what it's like to work with each other, prior to pursuing a full time offer
- Step 5: A final interview to review the trial project
- Step 6: An offer 🎉
Our take
The creator economy is booming, and with this comes a spate of tools and platforms for monetizing content - one of which is Ghost. Its content management system (CMS) is designed for bloggers and writers to publish their work, cultivate audiences, and transform their content into a business.
A popular choice for publishing despite clear competition from more commonly-known sites such as WordPress, Ghost stands out for its focus on subscriptions - these are easy to set up even for non-technical creators, and capable of generating consistent income for platform users. In addition, Ghost is SEO-friendly, which means content on the platform is more likely to rank higher on search engine results, and thus reach a wider audience.
Since founding in 2013, Ghost has had steady success and become increasingly recognized by content writers and readers alike. It has continued to introduce new features and improvements, and can be expected to keep doing so into the future, beginning with the release of Ghost 6.0, the platform's latest iteration. As more and more creators look to monetize their work, the company is positioned well to capitalize on this, and to maintain a strong position in the expanding market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2020
$7m
SERIES A
Oct 2019
$5m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $12.4m
Company benefits
- 🌍 Work from anywhere: From a home office, or travel continuously if that's your thing. Everything we do is online. As long as you have wifi, you're all set.
- 💻 Hardware included: A new (and regularly refreshed) laptop for work + a $500 office workspace setup budget.
- 🏢 Co-working covered: If you prefer to work from a co-working space, we'll help pay for it.
- 📚 Continue your personal development: There's a budget for attending conferences, taking courses, and purchasing books.
- ✈️ Team retreats: The last few trips have taken us to Dubai, Thailand, Austria & Egypt.
- 📅 Last Friday of the month off: We close the office on the last Friday of each month. Enjoy your 3 day weekend!
- 🏝 Unlimited paid vacation: We close the office for 2 weeks each December, and encourage everyone to take regular time off from work to relax.
- 👶 Paid parental leave: When the time comes to welcome a new member of the family, we offer generous and fully paid parental leave.
- 📈 Regular pay reviews: Everyone receives an annual pay review, with compensation updates based on performance.
- 🧘♀️ Meeting-free focus: Most people at Ghost only have 1 or 2 zoom calls a week. We like to keep calendars empty & leave plenty of space for focusing on creative work.
Company HQ
Chinatown, Singapore
Leadership
John O'Nolan
(CEO)Former Deputy Head of Design at WordPress, with experience as a freelance Interactive Designer.
Hannah Wolfe
(CTO)Was Senior Developer at moo.com, and previously an Interactive Developer at Engine Creative .
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