Job description

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 1,000,000 authors and over 3,000 freelancers in just a few short years, while picking up a number of industry awards along the way 🏆

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;
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