Work With Us

Slate magazine helped pioneer podcasting back in 2005, but in the ten years since, the technology powering on-demand audio has barely changed.

It's about to.

In 2015, Slate launched Panoply, which brings millions of listeners the smartest conversation that podcasting has to offer through 50 shows from the New York Times Magazine, Vulture, Huffington Post, Gretchen Rubin, Tablet, WBUR, and many more.

Panoply is a tightly-knit group of some of the smartest engineers, producers, entrepreneurs, and thinkers. We're looking for a brilliant front-end designer/developer to help us chart the future of podcasting from our offices in Washington, D.C.

Working at Panoply means flexible office hours, casual dress, full benefits, competitive salaries, an office 20 steps from the Metro exit, team happy hours, and working alongside our colleagues at Slate. We have a friendly work environment, but coolness under pressure and comfort with short time horizons are a must.

The Position

We need a user-experience-oriented front-end designer/developer who relishes in the design process—from dashed-out whiteboard concepts to full-fidelity design. We want somebody who can debate the finer points of UI/UX, analyze the DOM, prioritize page performance, and implement designs that work for all screens.

You must have a strong visual eye along with expertise in the standard Web stack and be able to communicate clearly with co-workers and clients.

Responsibilities:

• Create design guidelines and standards to ensure consistent user experiences across platforms
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and the product team to conceptualize new products and features wherever user needs are not being met
• Produce prototypes of varying degrees of fidelity
• Shepherd projects from wireframes through full visual design and development
• Follow through on designs with clean, performant code
• Walk colleagues and stakeholders through design decisions
• Continually lift the standard for design across the organization through your work
• Troubleshoot and solve problems when testing and publishing new products
• Participate in meetings with nontechnical staff regarding user experience

Requirements:

• Someone who's hard-working, smart, and nice
• Experience with HTML5, CSS3, and modern JavaScript
• Experience with considerations needed when building sites for mobile devices
• Experience with tools for analyzing and diagnosing Web page performance
• Excitement about new technologies and techniques, along with a strong desire to learn and evolve
• Experience with git

Bonus points if you:

• Have experience working in stacks such as Ruby on Rails
• Have worked with slim and sass
• Have designed audio interfaces
• Have a love for all things podcast
• Can pronounce Panoply properly

About Panoply

Panoply, launched in 2015, is an innovative, full-service podcast network for media brands, authors, personalities, and premier organizations.

Panoply provides production, audience development, sales, and technology services for its expanding number of partners. We're a fast-moving team aiming to build an industry-leading company led by high-quality content, innovative sales solutions, and industry leading technology.

Slate welcomes candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.