Matter is building the future of reading.

We're a small, productive team that obsesses about craft, speed, and pushing technical boundaries in service of building the best reading experience imaginable.

We've raised $9M while in private beta from GV, Y Combinator, and many stellar angels, and we just launched to public beta. (You can read more about our launch here.)

What You'll Do:

Design is at the heart of our product and you’ll be the one who owns it. As our first designer, you’ll own all facets of design, from the 10,000-ft level (what’s our information architecture?) to the 1-inch level (should this spring animation take 400 or 300 milliseconds?).

You’ll design across mobile, tablet, web, and email.

You’ll understand our users’ jobs-to-be-done, shape our roadmap, and figure out how features should work, look, and feel.

You’ll work with our CEO and engineers in tight, demo-oriented feedback cycles and you’ll work closely with our engineers on implementation. We ship quickly and you’ll help push the pace.

Who You Are:

• Senior product designer with 5+ years designing widely used digital products
• Strong conceptual and systems thinker who is also obsessed with pixel perfection
• Proficient in interface design across mobile & web. Proficient in motion. (Experience in typography and illustration are a nice-to-have.)
• Excited to push the boundaries of craft and UX. Excited to design for fidgeting
• Share our orientation toward modern, elegant, clean, efficient aesthetics
• Good intuitive psychologist, especially with respect to attention dynamics
• Operate well in an early-stage environment where there's more change and less structure compared to a more mature company
• Are passionate about reading and want to reimagine the status quo

How to Apply

Write Ben (CEO) directly at ben@getmatter.app with a link to your portfolio and any other information you think is relevant.