Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.
Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners.
Develop product pricing and positioning strategies.
Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact.
Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources.
Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members.
Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed.
Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding.
Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products and services.
Requirements:
Proven work experience in product management or as an associate product manager.
Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle.
Proven ability to develop product and marketing strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive management.
Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies.
Strong problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job.
Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
MS/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent preferred.
Pluses:
Knowledge of product development methodologies and research.
Product management tools and product specifications gathering.
You've worked on large, complex apps in the past.
Product Designer
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Think and discuss deeply/critically about user experience, from the tiniest details to the product as a whole.
Collaborate heavily with our developers and marketers to plan and craft UX for product features.
Mockup and design simple, slick interfaces and marketing materials for all parts our product.
Track, analyze, and test for measurable UX improvements.
Design beautiful new templates for all our users.
Requirements:
Strong product sense. Can think about how a complex software product and brand like Strikingly behaves and feels like as a whole, and how users interact with it.
Very strong communication skills -- defend your ideas!
Amazing taste. Show us your awesome portfolio. You should be a master of colour, typography, and visual layout, and in a wide variety of visual styles.
Proficient in Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, etc.
Can pick up a pencil to draw up interfaces on the fly.
Pluses:
The ability to code! HTML/CSS would be great. An understanding of JavaScript is even better.
You've worked on large, complex apps in the past.
Community Manager
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Build and manage the company’s social media profiles and presence, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium, Telegram, Slack and Google+, and potentially additional channels.
You will work closely with our Content Marketing Team to create shareable content appropriate for specific networks to both spread our brand, our content, and links.
Working with our Content Marketing Team, you will act as an extension, assisting in the connection with journalists and reporters, which can result in increased coverage for the company.
Listen and engage in relevant social discussion about our company, competitors, and/or industry, both from existing customers and leads and from brand new audiences that don’t yet know us.
Run regular social promotions and campaigns on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Have metrics in place to track their success - ranging from Twitter conversations, Instagram contests, and link building with blogs and websites relevant to our brand.
Drive consistent, relevant traffic and leads from our social network presence.
Find new opportunities and strategies to reach out to our target audience, by keeping a pulse on the industry.
Requirements:
At least 3 year of social media marketing experience, managing communities on channels like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.
Active and well-rounded personal presence on social media, with a command of each network and their best practices.
Excellent communicator and creative thinker, with an ability to use both data and intuition to inform decisions.
Have some familiarity with scheduling tools.
Resourcefulness, and the ability to connect people and stimulate discussion, remaining firm but empathetic.
Pluses:
An understanding of paid social media programs and platforms.
Experience with graphic design and comfortable using certain graphic design tools.
Experience in the internet industry and mobile application marketing.
Backend Engineer
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Design and build new features from the ground up, crafting UIs with front-end engineers and building backend systems with GoLang and Java.
Practice disciplined software engineering (e.g. automated testing, code reviews, and writing beautiful, pragmatic code).
Communicate closely with users, collect feedback/metrics, and rapidly iterate on the product.
Work closely with other engineers, designers, and marketers to ship an awesome product.
Be flexible, grow, and learn fast in a startup environment.
Requirements:
Experience with development in GoLang and Java platforms.
Extensive knowledge of Unix/Linux.
A solid foundation in computer science, with competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design practices.
Experience with Github and other development tools.
Object-oriented programming.
Pluses:
Experience in the blockchain industry and application of blockchain technologies.
You've worked on large, complex apps in the past.
Frontend Engineer
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Design and build new features from the ground up, creating beautiful and enjoyable interfaces in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. We use tools and libraries like React, Angular, Webpack, and Karma.
Practice disciplined software engineering (e.g. testing, code reviews, and writing beautiful, pragmatic code).
Work closely with other engineers, designers, and marketers to ship an extraordinary product.
Communicate closely with users, collect feedback/metrics, and rapidly iterate on the product.
Test and optimize features and interfaces to ensure quality experiences for users on all devices and browsers.
Be flexible, grow, and learn fast in a startup environment.
Requirements:
Good taste in web design.
Solid understanding of UI/UX principles.
Solid understanding of HTML5/CSS3 standards and cross-browser/cross-device web compatibility.
Very strong skills in object-oriented JavaScript, jQuery, DOM manipulation.
Can implement HTML/CSS/JavaScript efficiently from mockups or wireframes.
Can easily pick up new front-end libraries/frameworks.
Experience with Github.
Pluses:
You know how to fully optimize your front-end code for speed and compatibility.