UX/UI Designer

Europe-based applicants only.About ReedsyWe’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!ResponsibilitiesAs 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 Work from home; Paid paternal and maternal leave; Reedski, our annual ski trip. Salary range:€50k – €70kAbout the companyA friendly place for authors to learn, create and market the best indie booksWe're a community of 1,000,000 authors and freelance publishing professionals. We help authors find top editors, designers and marketers: reedsy.comAnd we're fully remote! ⛰ Read about our co-founder Matt spending 3 months living and working from the Alps: businessinsider.com/i-live-and-work-in-my-car-heres-how-2018-5. And a bit more about how we started here: starterstory.com/book-publishing-services-marketplace.