How to Apply: Email team@perch.app with a brief explanation of why you're the best person for the role.
About Perch
The mission of Perch is to make reading free. The best way to understand what we're building is to try the app for yourself and read these two essays:
In terms of initial funding, we've raised over $6 million from some of the best venture capitalists in the world, including Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian's 776 Ventures, Naval Ravikant, Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Kygo's Palm Tree Crew, and more.
The founding team currently consists of Mike (CEO), Matt (CTO), and Will (Founding Engineer).
The Role
Your sole responsibility as our Founding Designer will be to design the most beautiful and useful reading app in the world. This includes owning all aspects of product design and user research. You will also be responsible for fostering a design culture of exceptional craftsmanship. If the design of Perch isn't world-class, our goal of serving a billion users is unlikely to succeed.
We believe this is one of the most exciting engineering opportunities in tech. It's a chance to do your best work and create a product impacting billions, making the world smarter. Financially, it's like compressing 40+ years of work into 2-4 intense years. Here's what needs to happen for Perch to reach a $100 billion valuation, based on Spotify's $125 billion market cap and 640 million MAUs:
- 640 million MAUs: Many already read blogs and newsletters; we aim to grow to over 1 billion by improving discovery and reducing user friction.
- $30 ARPU: Spotify's revenue per user is $30; Instagram's is $50.
Beyond financial rewards, this is a unique chance to grow as a designer and individual. You'll work with talented teammates on challenging problems, becoming a better designer and building lifelong friendships. If this resonates, we'd love to connect.
Originally, Perch was built to test our product and serve writers, but it has grown into a powerful media asset reaching millions monthly. We plan to build a media company within Perch to:
- Enhance Perch and promote great writing: More quality content makes Perch more useful. Successful publications like the Startup Archive and Founders' Tribune can be expanded to benefit users.
- Reduce customer acquisition costs: Creating curated playlists and sharing on social media can boost growth when needed.
- Achieve profitability: While we haven't monetized via ads yet, we plan to do so in the future through revenue sharing, aligning incentives with writers and improving profitability.
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