Editorial Designer, Stripe Press

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About Stripe Press

Stripe Press publishes books about technology, science, and economics because we believe that for many of the most significant breakthroughs in each of these categories, the key ingredient is ideas. The Stripe Press audience is global, fiercely curious, and extremely high-agency. We hope our work — which ranges in scope from books which advance a moral case for economic growth or offer models for scaling a company or engineering management, to podcasts about infrastructure — can be tools that inspire optimism, catalyze research and development, increase entrepreneurship, and ultimately, accelerate progress.

About the team

The Editorial Design team designs books, digital and physical experiences, campaigns and the brand to resonate with readers of Stripe Press. We are a small, highly collaborative team that values unique creative vision, meticulous craft and high-quality, versatile, and forward-looking visual approaches. We work closely with the publishing team, our authors, and other external partners to elevate the output of everything we do. 

What you’ll do

You’ll be joining a highly creative team that spans brand, digital and book design for Stripe Press. The work is highly editorial, idea driven, and very collaborative and cross-functional. You’ll help us elevate and evolve our brand through the design of books (both covers and interiors), posters, swag, merch, special editions, zines, events, campaigns, social media and other digital experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Design really, really beautiful books first and foremost
  • Craft and amplify the Stripe Press brand
  • Think about and drive conceptual ideas
  • Be an adamant maker that is genuinely curious, experimental, and loves to make, iterate, and innovate on ideas, narrative, and making beautiful things
  • Creative vision: Design execution and quality of ideas work in equal partnership
  • Collaborate with like-minded creative people who have radically different skill sets and together create ideas that envision an optimistic, progressive future
  • Help shape the strategic vision for design that pushes the boundaries of the brand and build awareness for what we do and why it’s important to Stripe
  • Partner widely with cross-functional teams to build upon great ideas through making things
  • Give and solicit feedback from wide range of teammates and stakeholders

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

  • 6+ years of relevant design and art direction experience for technology, cultural or editorial organizations 
  • Impeccable book designer proficient in designing covers and interiors
  • Substantive experience in the printing medium and book production processes
  • Experience working on a variety of branding projects that exemplify expertise in design, typography, and art direction
  • Strong track record independently delivering work as well as influencing the work of other designers, contractors, and agencies
  • A strong strategic acumen for building leading brands or editorial in a fast paced environment
  • Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Exceptional craft; exquisite taste

Preferred qualifications

  • Are genuinely curious, ambitious and creative with a refreshing sense of design, impeccable typography skills, digitally savvy and deep appreciation for creative process, technology
  • Are persuasive and humble in explaining your work, process, and decisions and experienced at facilitating stakeholders to advance the project as well as design quality 
  • Have excellent organization and presentation skills, and excel in written and verbal communication
  • Love working with other designers to help them learn and grow—and invite them to help you learn and grow
  • Experience working (collaboration and facilitation) with cross functional partners 

Working remotely at Stripe

A remote location, in most cases, is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently or plan to live. ##  

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (typically, 35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

A remote location, in most cases, is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently or plan to live.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is €68,000 - €102,000. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

Office locations

London

Remote locations

Remote in Spain

Team

Design

Job type

Full time

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We look forward to hearing from you

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.