Head of Web, Unsplash

Getty Images

Job Location:

Montreal - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Unsplash were enabling everyone to create by making visuals easily accessible to all creators both big and small. Today Unsplash powers more people and products than any other visual search engine in the world. Our team builds Unsplash for iOS and the Unsplash API directly powering over 10000 applications including: Medium BuzzFeed Facebook Squarespace Google Trello and Square.

We build tools and features for both the free Unsplash library and the premiumUnsplash librarya subscription product that supports Unsplash and the community of contributors.

Were depended on every day as a fundamental building block in the creativeprocess allowing anyone from students to award-winning creators access to high-quality usable imagery.Our team is made up of people who enjoy making thingspeople love. We care about details and we care about quality. We do more with less. Were open and transparent about everything we do both internally and externally.

Who You Are:

Youre a passionate engineer and hands-on leader that is razor focussed on delivering measurable value through your own contributions and those of your team. You have excellent technical chops particularly with modern front-end technologies and strong leadership skills that youre excited to apply and continue growing in a highly collaborative and fast-moving environment.

Lead a small group of talented engineers building and enhancing features for .
Collaborate cross-functionally (Web API Design Data ...) to gain a deep understanding of our product users and what needs to be prioritised to keep Unsplash thriving
Develop pitch and deliver product ideas and improvements that are aligned tobusiness needs
Promote a culture of ownership accountability and high standards
Maintain and evolve our front-end platform ensuring it meets theavailability/performance needs of our users and is optimised for fast andfrictionless development
Support team members in their growth and development empowering them toachieve their career goals and deliver exceptional work
Use data to drive decisions insights and continuous improvement

What Youll Need:

Ready to hit the ground running in a player-coach role
Comfortable leading a team and being responsible for the growth development and performance of team members.
Expert in front-end technologies incl. Node TypeScript React
Experience building web applications at scale
Experience with functional programming

Nice to Have:

Meaningful experience building features related to:

Search
SEO
Ecommerce

Theres a story in every picture a narrative in every frame.

We believe in the power of visuals. As a leading visual content creator our three brandsGetty Images iStock and Unsplashoffer a full range of content solutions to meet the needs of any customer whatever their size location or budget. Whether the goal is commercial or philanthropic revenue-generating or society-changing market-disrupting or headline-driving our visuals help any brand business or organization communicate more effectively with their target audience and urge them to other words we know how powerful an image or video can beand that it can move the world.

Working at Getty Images

Our goal is to be one of the best places to work globally which means were dedicated to providing experiences and resources that allow you to do your best work. Foundational to our culture are our Leadership Principles which are the shared values that guide how we come together to do our work. We raise the bar and collectively bring solutions while exercising trust transparency and care. We actively reject biased behavior and are inclusive of different voices perspectives and experiences. We focus on our customers and deliver on our commitments and commercial goals.

We foster a collaborative and supportive environment that prioritizes delivering results efficiently and using time wisely so that all employees can achieve balance between commitments to the company and health and well-being in our lives. We value the importance of rest and recovery ranging from company-paid holidays to time away from work.

Getty Images Holdings Inc. is a publicly traded company and its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GETY. You may be eligible to participate in our employee Stock Purchase Plan which allows employees to purchase company stock at a 15% discount to market.

Our employees growth development belonging and engagement are important investments. We offer learning experiences ranging from leadership development diversity and inclusion training mentoring programs a high potential program and professional and skills development. We prioritize staying connected in our hybrid-working world and encourage participation in global morale events and local gatherings as well as finding community in one or more of our Employee Resource Groups. Learning about our business is paramount and our open and transparent culture means youll have direct access to experts and senior leaders via open forums all hands and content hours.

Getty Images believes that diversity is critical to our success in moving the world and is committed to creating an inclusive mutually respectful environment that celebrates diversity. We seek to hire based on merit competence performance and business needs. Getty Images is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances.

Required Experience:

Director

We build tools and features for both the free Unsplash library and the premiumUnsplash librarya subscription product that supports Unsplash and the community of contributors.

Who You Are:

Lead a small group of talented engineers building and enhancing features for .
Collaborate cross-functionally (Web API Design Data ...) to gain a deep understanding of our product users and what needs to be prioritised to keep Unsplash thriving
Develop pitch and deliver product ideas and improvements that are aligned tobusiness needs
Promote a culture of ownership accountability and high standards
Maintain and evolve our front-end platform ensuring it meets theavailability/performance needs of our users and is optimised for fast andfrictionless development
Support team members in their growth and development empowering them toachieve their career goals and deliver exceptional work
Use data to drive decisions insights and continuous improvement

What Youll Need:

Ready to hit the ground running in a player-coach role
Comfortable leading a team and being responsible for the growth development and performance of team members.
Expert in front-end technologies incl. Node TypeScript React
Experience building web applications at scale
Experience with functional programming

Nice to Have:

Meaningful experience building features related to:

Search
SEO
Ecommerce

Theres a story in every picture a narrative in every frame.

Working at Getty Images

Required Experience:

Director

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Head of Web, Unsplash

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