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Head of Web, Unsplash

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At Unsplash we’re 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.com, Unsplash for iOS, and the Unsplash API, directly powering over 10,000+ applications including: Medium, BuzzFeed, Facebook, Squarespace, Google, Trello, and Square.

We build tools and features for both the free Unsplash library and the premium Unsplash+ library—a subscription product that supports Unsplash and the community of contributors.

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

Who You Are:

You’re 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 you’re 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 unsplash.com.
  • 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 to business needs
  • Promote a culture of ownership, accountability and high standards
  • Maintain and evolve our front-end platform, ensuring it meets the availability/performance needs of our users, and is optimised for fast and frictionless development
  • Support team members in their growth and development, empowering them to achieve their career goals and deliver exceptional work
  • Use data to drive decisions, insights and continuous improvement

What You'll 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, Next.js
  • Experience building web applications at scale
  • Experience with functional programming

Nice to Have:

Meaningful experience building features related to:
  • Search
  • SEO
  • Ecommerce
There’s 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 brands–Getty Images, iStock, and Unsplash–offer 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 action. In other words, we know how powerful an image or video can be—and 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 we’re 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 you’ll 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.

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