Job Description

We’re always on the lookout for talented Designers and Design Leads who are passionate about world-class user experience, deeply understand their users’ needs, and are interested in working with a diverse and global team. 

At Automattic, we design to empower our users, solving real problems for real people. We strive to create amazing, seamless user experiences to enhance our products and the customer journey. Our goal is to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging.

We design to make a better web.

You can visit our Design Blog to learn more about our team and read articles on design, software, and user experience.

Is this you?

• Motivated by impact. A perennial learner and sharer.
• A past work experience that is relevant for Automattic: experience with consumer products, remote work, WordPress, e-commerce, site editors, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills—you’ll collaborate with others and present your work regularly in a written format.
• Strong UI and visual design skills with a portfolio showcasing craftsmanship in both writing and visuals.
• Attitude to integrate feedback, validate, and iterate on our products while being mindful of users.
• Able to align business strategies and technical limitations while designing solutions to provide exceptional user experiences.
• Literacy about front-end code, particularly HTML and CSS.
• Genuinely interested in and familiar with some of our products and the open-source community.
• Familiarity with remote work (or excitement to try it!).

What makes Design at Automattic unique

• The possibility of working with the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and other best-in-class products.
• The flexibility to design in low and high fidelity, and choose the most efficient process for the job at hand.
• The possibility of working in a collaborative environment: you can join a team of 80+ talented designers!
• Opportunity to work on and contribute to high-impact projects with full ownership, and solve complex design challenges.
• No formal design titles or levels; we have a pretty flat team hierarchy!
• A fully-remote environment, where we value autonomy and agency to make the best decisions for our products.
• Yearly meetups to travel and meet the team, and get inspired by other talented designers!
• Autonomy, flexibility, and many opportunities to have an impact on the users, the business, and the organization.
• Never-ending growth and learning opportunities, with a Design Operations team (DesignEx) that supports and facilitates design processes to give you all the time to focus on designing!

Read more about our benefits!

If that sounds exciting and you want to learn more, apply below👇

At Automattic, we value diversity and know that different perspectives will ensure our team is innovative and creative thinking.