Senior Product Designer
Reedsy
Senior Product Designer
Reedsy
Freelance marketplace for book publishing
Europe-based applicants only.
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!
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.
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
Work from home;
Paid paternal and maternal leave;
Annual team retreat
Salary range:
€60K- €100K
Reedsy connects authors and publishers with a network of vetted freelance professionals for book creation, covering drafting, editing, design, and marketing. It operates as a marketplace where authors hire freelancers through the platform and pay fees that Reedsy takes a commission on. It also offers Reedsy Studio, a free online tool that lets authors write, edit, and format their books for publishing. The product works by pairing authors with editors, designers, and marketers, and by providing project management features to coordinate work. Reedsy differentiates itself by combining a curated freelance marketplace with an integrated author-focused production tool, emphasizing vetted talent and streamlined collaboration for publishing projects. The goal is to help authors publish books more easily by providing access to professional services and practical writing/production tools, while generating revenue from commissions on freelancer services.
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