Roles we’re hiring for
We have 6 openings in total
Frontend
Senior Frontend Developer (Remote in Europe/Asia)
We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Developer that loves to make an impact at scale. Besides having technical expertise and knowledge in the Frontend domain, you are someone who cares about putting the best code forward and does these as part of a squad, not a lone ranger.
Piktochart has an open environment through weekly sharings that encourage participation and suggestions to improve the platform. You will be working closely with a team, composed of product owner, backend and frontend developers, to discuss, shape and deliver value to our users. We believe that having maintainable and readable code is better than smart code and that any value that goes into the users hands doesn’t have to be perfect from the beginning. We move fast but we do not break things. If you believe in good code quality and pleasing the users with your craft and if you believe that the HOPEFUL Values resonate with you, please read on, joining us sounds like a good challenge for your career and
Your mission
1.Strong craft
Craft includes not just delivering the most bug-free (current and future) code on the planet, but also value that is well-thought of. We implement features on a continuum of progressive enhancements and the Front end team supports this by writing technical design documents, automated tests, clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
2.Problem-solving is your thing
We value developers that are user-focused and problem-solvers. To do that, a developer has to be curious and inquisitive about the users and the business. For example, you build a proof-of-concept of fonts and color schemes to enable teams to be on brand, while also recommending the best font and color pairing. We believe that developers and designers should work together, so the developers should actively research and think of good ways to implement a solution.
3.Collaborative work makes the outcome better
You thrive in a collaborative atmosphere, working together with product designers and PM, Customer Support, and Marketing on the tasks that need to be done. You actively participate and contribute to discussions around making our product better.
About you
You are an experienced front-end developer in startups with a similar profile to us (SAAS, remote a plus) and bring an extensive share of strategic learnings & experiences. You are an expert in JavaScript fundamentals and libraries, HTML5, CSS3, and other web languages & technologies. You have strong experience writing Javascript in Component-Based Architecture frameworks such as VueJS, ReactJS or Svelte. You have shown how you maintained a strong craft and intend to continue on that path. Work collaboratively with the team, and you care about the collective growth to achieve higher goals.
This position is remote, and the candidate has to be in either Asia or Europe.
Remote in Asia/Europe
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UX
Lead Product Designer (Europe/Asia)
We’re looking for a lead product designer that loves to make complicated things simple. You’ll be building intuitive and elegant experiences for a seamless design editor. You’ll be responsible for taking features throughout the design journey: from ideas to rough sketches, to prototypes, to something engineers can implement, through different iterations. You’ll work with multiple internal teams, including product management, engineering, sales and marketing, and interface closely with customers to solicit feedback and test your designs.
We’re currently working on a new version of our platform that reinvents the way professionals tell visual stories. You’ll be leading the entire design team, helping them be the best version of themselves, improving our strategy and processes. This isn’t a managerial role, you also will be getting your hands dirty yourself. You will report directly to the CEO.
Your mission
The Lead Product Designer will be responsible for the following items.
1.Defining the product experience
From wire-framing to designing end-to-end flows and prototypes, you will be in charge of designing products that solve problems in a simple and elegant way. You love a good challenge of turning the complex into simple solutions that solve customer needs. Running regular user testing workshops and guerilla testing are also things that you believe in.
2.Leading and providing guidance to the design team
You coach and review the design process on a regular basis. The team regularly presents at product and design reviews. You identify areas for improvement and ensure the team has the right skills and training. You inspire and elevate the team by producing work that is always raising the bar.
3.Analytical/Decision Making
You manage a high-level product design strategy while remaining hands-on in design skills. You collaborate with stakeholders (users, customers, product managers, sales, engineers) to translate business goals into unique product experiences. You work with user research (evaluative and generative) studies to recommend and implement continuous improvements to the product, reviewing the performance and finding ways to enhance it.
About you
You have 5 or more years of experience in Product/UX design in a highly technical environment and at least 2 years in a mentorship/leadership role. You possess an enjoyment of analytics and curiosity for discovering insights from data. You have strong communication skills, with the ability to explain using data and customer insights to influence design decisions. You have exceptional cross-functional collaboration skills. You must be comfortable and confident in leading discussions with domain experts at all levels. You are able to balance customer needs with business goals, market viability and technical feasibility. You have a portfolio that showcases a sophisticated aesthetic with strengths in design systems and visual storytelling.
This position is remote, and we prefer the candidate to be in Asia or Europe.
Remote in Asia/Europe
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PM
Head of Product & Design (Europe/Asia)
The mission of the Head of Product & Design is to steer our product portfolio to success while strengthening our culture of empowering people. Being a bootstrapped company, we focus our resources to prioritize profits over ‘growth at all costs. The Head of Product has a key responsibility to achieve our three core purposes:
- Purpose: To empower people to communicate impactful stories
- People: Everyone who has come in contact with the organization to become better versions of themselves
- Profit: To run a profitable company with sustainable growth
There are 2 PMs, 1 Lead Senior Product designer and 1 Data analyst who will be reporting to this candidate. You report directly to the CEO.
Your mission
The Head of Product & Design will be responsible for the following items.
1.Entrepreneurial traits with a bias for action and customer-centricity
You have “been there, done that,” leading product organizations through changing markets, failed & learned, as well as succeeded and grown. In this VUCA world, the only way we will know whether a product would be successful or not is to validate it with the market. Therefore a strong bias for action and speed are our advantages. You will need to have demonstrated the ability to learn, build, measure, and lead the product to do that repeatedly!
2.Strong ability to identify & reap trends & business opportunities in the market
You (will) have a deep understanding of our market and adjacent markets, to navigate our product around external risks towards commercial success. You analyze, identify, and articulate opportunities. You formulate a roadmap for long term commercial success of the business and product. You don’t need to be a subject matter expert of our design-led product. You are comfortable making decisions without ever having 100% perfect data, and you map out the strategy of the product according to the business goals. You have a solid ability to understand, analyze, size, and define target markets. You bring in experience working in different business and pricing models.
3.Setting business priorities for the product team
You possess an uncanny ability to articulate the ‘Why?’ and rationalize the business goals for the product teams. We try to ensure that our product teams are as autonomous as possible, which allows you to be more strategic. Like an orchestra conductor, you ensure that we have strong alignment and synergies within our product portfolio of currently two products and across our cross-functional teams.
4.(Preferable) Has a prior background in product design
The team and you will be building intuitive and elegant experiences for a seamless design editor. Together, you will be responsible for taking features throughout the design journey: from ideas to rough sketches, to prototypes, to something engineers can implement, through different iterations. You’ll be leading the entire design team, helping them be the best version of themselves, improving our strategy and processes.
About you
You have led product teams in startups with a similar profile to us (SAAS, remote a plus) and bring an extensive share of strategic learnings & experiences. You have shown how you own & drive business outcomes. You are an exceptional team player, which allows you to connect the dots between teams & stakeholders to achieve business objectives together.
This position is remote, and we prefer the candidate to be in Asia or Europe.
Remote in Asia/Europe
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Frontend
Frontend Tech Lead (Europe/Asia)
Piktochart is hiring a Frontend Tech Lead to help shape the future of business storytelling in the Innovation team. Besides having technical expertise and knowledge in the Frontend domain, you are someone who is keen on mentoring (note, not managing) a team, as well as ensuring their execution and quality towards achieving the goals.
You’ll have the freedom, trust, and autonomy to do your best work. The Front end team currently consists of 10 developers, split between Innovation, Growth and the Piktostory team (another product line). You will be reporting directly to the CTO.
Your mission
1. Strong craft
Craft includes not just delivering the most bug-free (current and future) code on the planet, but also value that is well-thought of. We implement features on a continuum of progressive enhancements and the Front end team supports this by writing automated tests, clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
2. Problem-solving is your thing
We value developers that are user-focused and problem-solvers. To do that, a developer has to be curious and inquisitive about the users and the business. For example, you build a proof-of-concept of fonts and color schemes to enable teams to be on brand, while also recommending the best font and color pairing. We believe that developers and designers should work together, so the developers should actively research and think of good ways to implement a solution.
3. Collaborative work makes the outcome better
You thrive in a collaborative atmosphere, working together with product designers and PM, Customer Support, and Marketing on the tasks that need to be done. You actively participate and contribute to discussions around making our product better.
4. Coach the team to constantly give their best and improve
The team regularly gets together to discuss code reviews and best practices. You are expected to be able to contribute to those discussions and help lead and coach the teams. While we do not expect any form of performance review, you have to enjoy working with other Front end developers and help them hone their craft.
About you
You have led or mentored front-end developer teams in startups with a similar profile to us (SAAS, remote a plus) and bring an extensive share of strategic learnings & experiences. You have shown how you maintained a strong craft and intend to continue on that path.
This position is remote, and the candidate has to be in either Asia or Europe.
Remote in Asia/Europe
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Marketing
Brand Ambassador
Piktostory is an all-in-one video editor for non-professional video content creators developed by Piktochart. We focus on simplifying the video-editing workflow by consolidating multiple video editors into one easy-to-use tool.
In April 2021, we went out of beta and launched Piktostory on Product Hunt. We have reached #2 Product of the Day, and have been growing since then. We have some big plans for 2022 — viral video and blog content, more brand mentions, and more influencer campaigns.
And guess what? We won’t be able to do it without your help.
We are looking for a Brand Ambassador who will help us turn Piktostory into a mainstream brand. The ideal candidate is self-driven like an AV, has the NASA-level attention-to-detail and storytelling skills of Pixar. As our Brand Ambassador, you’ll be our go-to-person to ensure that Piktostory comes to life through inspiring, compelling, share-worthy stories. You’ll be responsible for creating fresh, authoritative, yet concise text or video content for social media channels, YouTube, product releases, learning resources, and more. You will be not only Piktostory’s brand voice but also a growth marketer who comes up with creative ways on how to get Piktostory in front of thousands of eyeballs.
Your Mission
1. Build social presences
You build Piktostory’s presence online through videos, AMAs, creative social media content, and mentions in online media publications. You are responsible for developing content strategy for our blog, website, YouTube, and social media channels, including key messaging and content creation schedules.
2. Create engaging content
You write high-quality, fresh, and engaging content pieces for the Piktostory blog and other publications where we publish guest posts. “Okay” is not good enough. We are looking for unique, story-like content that fits our values, existing voice, and target audience. You create and distribute engaging video content in the form of vlogs, video tutorials, and customer interviews.
3. Establish and consolidate relationships
You develop relationships and coordinate campaigns with YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram Influencers. You manage and grow our affiliate program.
About you
You have a minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar role with a good understanding of content marketing and social media marketing. You have hands-on experience with copywriting and short-form video recording to tell stories and grow a brand. You have a strong social media experience and presence (Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, or TikTok).
You are not camera-shy, 15 seconds is enough for you to tell an inspiring story with video. You possess a good understanding of how content marketing, SEO, email marketing, and social media function, how they can work together to get results, and the different writing/stylistic requirements of each. You have a strong portfolio of high-quality writing and video samples around product releases, blog articles, vlogs, email marketing, or other web copy related to the tech/startup industry. You are native or close to a native level of written and spoken English. You have strong written and verbal communication skills.
Remote in anywhere
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PM
Senior Business Analyst
As a Senior Business Analyst your mission is to find insights and suggest improvements that drive business impact.
You will act as the link between data and the teams that depend on data to make decisions, collaborating with stakeholders across the company ranging from growth, product, engineering, finance and UI/UX.
As part of the Product Team reporting directly to the Growth PM, you will be focusing on growth initiatives as well as supporting the wider business as the data and analytics champion. You will be the only Analyst in the company.
Your mission
1. Create data framework and communicate key insights
You design reports, dashboards and data visualizations to support the needs of various teams that assess success. You create and maintain data documentation, translating business needs into technical requirements. You present technical data and experiment results to make business data easy to understand, including company-wide monthly data presentations.
2. Analyze data and identify areas of improvement
You leverage data and analytics to identify problems and suggest actionable improvements across the customer lifecycle — from acquisition, activation, retention/engagement and monetization. You analyze experiment results and help decide whether to iterate or explore different experiments to help drive growth.
3. Perform quality assurance
You ensure the constant quality of the data gathered by defining best practices and processes in data collection as well as investigating anomalies. You define and help structure the extraction of data with respect to users’ privacy. You oversee the company’s data protection strategy to ensure compliance with GDPR requirements.
About you
You have 5-7 years of experience in an Analyst role. You have experience in SQL and working and multiple datasets, data ETLs and data warehouses. Python or R experience is a plus. You are experienced with data visualization tools, e.g. Mixpanel, Holistics, Looker, Data Studio, Tableau, etc. You are familiar with Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. You have a good understanding of SaaS products and business methodologies. You think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges. You have strong problem-solving, communication, self-management and organizational skills.
While the above mainly deal with technical skills, we also very much value curiosity. We are looking for someone who will proactively dig into the team’s questions and struggles, and make use of its knowledge to provide assistance to them.
This position is remote, and the candidate has to be in either Asia or Europe.
Remote in Asia/Europe
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