About the role
Europe-based applicants only.
About Reedsy
We’re here to give authors the tools and resources they need to create beautiful books. Our marketplace gathers the industry's best publishing professionals — the likes of Neil Gaiman's editor, Nora Roberts' book marketer, and GRRM’s cover designer.
We’ve grown to a community of 5,000,000 authors, and transformed the way people write and publish their book. Want to hop on board and help us get to our next destination? Cool, keep reading!
Responsibilities
As a UX/UI Designer, you will be working closely with our founders, Lead Designer and engineering team to craft beautiful interfaces and develop an outstanding user experience.
Working across multiple products, you will:
- Design new user journeys, features and products;
- Contribute to maintaining and evolving existing applications;
- Design and maintain the components, UI patterns, and documentation for Reedsy’s design system and component library;
- Develop (at least some of) the front-end for your designs and collaborate closely with our engineering team to ensure perfect implementation.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as UX/UI designer and ability to implement (some of) your own designs;
- You enjoy learning about complex concepts, dissecting them, and simplifying them for the team and ultimately users.
- Knowledge of design tools such as Sketch or Figma;
- Strong knowledge of interaction design, information architecture, and visual design principles;
- A portfolio of design work;
- Good, critical eye for detail;
- Perfectly fluent in English, great communication skills;
- Experience working remotely.
Bonus points
- Experience working with fast-growing Series A – B startups
- Experience with Ruby on Rails
- Fluent in multiple languages. Reedsy welcomes applicants of all cultures and backgrounds.
- A good dose of ambition, a willingness to learn, and a great sense of humor
Benefits
- Work from home;
- Paid paternal and maternal leave;
- Annual team retreat
Salary range
€60K- €100K