ABOUT US
Contentful provides
content infrastructure for digital teams to power websites, apps, and
devices. Unlike a CMS, Contentful was built to integrate with the modern
software stack. It offers a central hub for structured content,
powerful management and delivery APIs, and a customizable web app that
enables developers and content creators to ship their products faster.
Companies like Spotify, Red Bull, Optimizely, Twilio, and Urban
Outfitters rely on Contentful to solve the complexities of content
management in the modern multi-channel world.
The demand for a new way to manage content is in the numbers: the
company is rapidly growing and has raised nearly $50M from VC firms
including General Catalyst, Benchmark, Balderton, Point Nine, and
Trinity.
We're a fun team of over 200 people from 44 nations with offices in
Berlin and San Francisco, looking for more amazing individuals to join
our team!
ABOUT THE ROLE
At contentful we’re redesigning the
way that digitally mature content teams create experiences. Our Content
infrastructure will excel in terms of collaboration, connectivity &
delivering intelligent content programmatically.
To achieve this there are many great
design problems to solve; that’s why we’re building a world-class design
& research team. Hence we are now looking for a second Design
Manager to help lead the designers across different feature teams and
help build on our strong design culture.
DAY TO DAY STUFF
- Lead & develop the product design team to make sure that we’re executing towards our vision.
- Be an advocate for service level thinking and help to mentor the organisation towards that objective.
- Be an expert in your field, understanding the competitive business landscape and the changing market needs.
- Collaborate
with the product management team to understand our users' needs, then
working to ensure a smooth product development process, from discovery
to delivery.
- Make sure
the team is informed by research and is measuring the effectiveness of
its design, whilst also understanding the why and customer value behind
it.
- Balance strategic research with tactical design work within the product teams.
- Give feedback on work in progress. Ensure a high degree of quality, help and empower the team to grow and learn.
YOUR PROFILE
- Know how to balance customer needs with business goals and translate these into engaged and satisfied users.
- Already
built a team that successfully launched great products, with proven
experience leading designers, setting goals and creating plans to
achieve them.
- Be an excellent communicator of design decisions and the rationale behind them.
- Experience using Service design methods and qualitative research.
- A strong design background, think deeply about product design quality and agile design processes.
- Excellent organisational skills and experience in working in a startup.
- Experience collaborating with in-house engineering and support.
- Have an understanding of the technical architecture of web applications.
- Excellent English communication skills, verbal and written (German not required).
BENEFITS
- Join an innovative tech company as we help drive the evolution of
digital experiences to become ever-more ubiquitous and interactive. Be a
part of helping companies build modern architectures for
mission-critical applications
- Shape the future of Contentful: help us establish, scale, and improve our team's processes
- Generous education budget complete with extra days off to be spent on your professional and self-development
- Be set up for success, equipped with the latest and greatest hardware
- Hang-out in one of our many shared spaces, playing games with
colleagues or enjoying a full range of events, including workshops,
on-site meetups, guest speakers, and fun events for the company and each
team. Did we mention an annual off-site?
- Sharpen your PlayStation, ping pong, and kicker/fußball skills during breaks in the day
- As much artisan coffee as you can handle
- Brush up your language skills! Our team speaks more than 20 languages, and we offer free German classes
- Take a break and pat a pup, we are a dog-friendly office
- We fully support your move to Berlin with a relocation budget and
visa assistance. We'll help you settle into your exciting new city
- Plus, Contentful socks, oh yeah!
“Variety is the spice of life” — and a celebrated component
of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive
environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products
and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and
are proud to be an equal opportunity employer: all qualified applicants
are considered for positions regardless of race, ethnic origin, gender,
age, religion or belief, marital status, gender identification, sexual
orientation, or disability. We look forward to your application!