Don’t get me wrong. I love, and I mean love, the Effector theme by Pixel Union. It looks so awesome plus it’s free. What more can you ask for, right? Of course, I did modify the template a bit lot to my liking and I do like the way it currently looks.

We’re hiring an Interface Designer

Pixel Union is growing and we need someone to join our interface design team. Here are a few things that are important to us—if it sounds like you might be a good fit, we’d love to meet.

Culture is important. Pixel Union is a tight-knit team of designers, developers and creatives from around the world. We’re growing quickly, but it’s important to us that we don’t lose the friendly, supportive, passionate ethos that got us here. If you’re driven to do great work, open to improving your skills and actually like people, you’ll do well.

Communication is important. We work in a collaborative environment with a global team, so good communication is key to our success. That means connecting with team members regularly, giving and receiving quality feedback, and contributing ideas. We don’t care where you live, but if you’re the kind of person who likes to work in a silo, it probably isn’t a good fit.

Design is important. It defines our reputation. We need designers who are driven, passionate and capable of producing work to the highest standards. Whether you’re working on an app with our agency division or designing our next theme, we want you to feel inspired by the process and confident about getting your work in front of millions of people.

Experience is important. Our clients are everyone from Fortune 500 companies looking to build the next great app to mom and pop shops starting their first online store. We build real products for real people and are looking for designers who understand good UX and can turn complicated problems into elegant solutions.

We're looking for a QA and customer support team member

Pixel Union is looking for a QA/Support generalist to join our team in Victoria or Vancouver, BC. We’re a small team dedicated to refining the experience of prefabricated design on the web. We’re looking for core members that want to help customers bring their vision to reality.

What we’re looking for:

You need to love what you do and be excited to keep up-to-date with the latest and greatest techniques.

The ideal candidate has at least a year of hands-on experience in software testing or technical support coupled with a solid knack for problem solving.

You have at least an entry-level knowledge of HTML and CSS, and are familiar with the platforms that we work on (Wordpress, Shopify, Tumblr, Ghost) or have worked with other web-based products.

You aren’t afraid of getting into the code to troubleshoot issues and you have an eye for design details.

Strong communication and problem solving skills.

We prefer people who also have experience outside of technology so you can bring perspective to your work; an understanding of how real people use technology.

What you’ll be doing:

Collaborating closely with other QA/Support team members, developers and designers to build or enhance themes ensuring that our products are of the highest quality.

Communicating first hand with our customers. The workload jumps from sales, to problem solving, to design advice.

Managing and refining our back catalogue—squashing bugs, suggesting features, making the user experience better.

Creating tools to make everyone’s job easier. Including your own.

What we offer:

Exciting work. Tesla Motors, MoMA, and Snoop Dogg (Snoop Lion?) all use our themes. You’ll be working on products that people know and love.

Flexible work. We don’t want you to get burnt out or bored. We’re happy to shuffle you around production lines every now and then to mix things up.

Flexible work hours. We all meet at the office between 2 and 4pm but otherwise, you set your own work hours. It’s all about maintaining quality and knocking off deadlines.

Unlimited vacation time. We want you to be doing the best work of your life. That means managing burnout and taking some time to develop yourself culturally.

Send us:

We’re looking for a Marketing Manager

Pixel Union is looking for a Marketing Manager to join our team in Victoria, BC. You will report to the Creative Director and will oversee all of Pixel Union’s marketing efforts with the goal of better understanding our customers and engaging them directly through comprehensive online campaigns.

Who you are

You’re a people person with excellent interpersonal skills.

You’re confident with data analytics and setting up SEO, SEM, content marketing and drip campaigns.

You have at least two years of web marketing experience.

You have proven success in creating and delivering integrated marketing campaigns.

You have exceptional copywriting and editorial skills.

You have experience in partner/reseller enablement.

You’re organized and manage deadlines like a pro in a fast-paced environment.

What you’ll do

Be the market expert. Who are our customers? How do they buy? What are their buying criteria?

Dive into site statistics to develop a content strategy focused on SEO and a strong sales funnel.

Head up current marketing initiatives and continually identify new advertising opportunities.

Develop positioning, core messaging, and related materials for products and features across major channels including website, paid media, social, and customer support.

Collaborate with product launch teams to ensure marketing and product goals are aligned.

Be a part of our creative process by bringing a data-driven perspective.

Develop and monitor multiple initiatives simultaneously.

Weigh in on creative processes based on past experience and current data.

Who we are

Pixel Union is a growing team dedicated to helping individuals and businesses engage with their audiences across the web. With a focus on e-commerce, both through platform theme development and custom services, we specialize in finding the perfect balance between form and function for our clients. Since 2009, millions of individuals and organizations—including MoMA, Newsweek, Tesla, Yale, and The White House—have used our products to share their ideas, grow their businesses, and make the web a better place.

Send us

A brief introduction to [email protected] without any jargon or cover letter awkwardness.

Resume and work samples (if available).

I recently came across this really thoughtful feature by pixelunion-staff member Fred Spears.

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Blogs We Like: Ryan Tippery

Until about a month ago, I’d have had a hard time isolating a common thread among Ryan Tippery's many projects. His work includes illustration, book and graphic design, and collage, with dozens of different media and subjects. But in a warmly sincere response to the classic question of how to know when a project's complete, Tippery explains that

"I wish I could tell you that I knew when my drawings are “done.” But often I completely over work things, I get obsessed with details that no one else will ever even notice, I have this urge to cover the whole page. It honestly takes someone sitting by me who knows me saying, Stop, it’s done! However I feel at that point, I just let it go and call it a day. But more often than not no one is around to do that. It’s really hard to tell yourself something is done."

I’d argue that this hesitance toward closure is the most prominent idea in Tippery’s work overall. In his most recent project IN/FLUX, Tippery shows more restraint than in his ink illustration (which often borders on hypergraphic/manic in the very best ways), but nevertheless utilizes immense visual concentration in its foregrounded elements. Tippery’s spotty, marbled textures are a kind of controlled anarchy in each image, structuring the project’s interrelations with a fluidity that really does feel endless.

The result of this ongoing balancing act is a body of work that revels in volume changes—lingering in spare color fills only to blast into a storm of lines or spatter-worlds a moment later. And there’s an organicism to that, a sense of physis that synthesizes classical logic and contemporary aesthetics to unique and hypnotic ends.

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We’re looking for a Creative Director

Who We Are Pixel Union is a growing team dedicated to the idea that effective design empowers people to become better artists and entrepreneurs. Since 2009, millions of people, numbered among them MoMA, Newsweek, Tesla, Yale, and The White House, have used our products. We believe in taking the time to learn new things and getting out of the office to better ourselves. We also like really good coffee.

Who You Are You believe that cultural, social, and artistic awareness are integral to one's ability to speak with authority about design. Your portfolio is established, impressive, multi-disciplinary, and refined in more than one style. You’re a magnet for excellent work and talented people. You have big ideas and the persistence to see them materialize. You tell your team when their work doesn’t sit right, and you push them to outperform themselves. You’re a generous listener and an articulate communicator.

Your Role To lead our designers and challenge our entire team. To produce the highest calibre of digital design possible. To enable our customers to succeed and to respond to their needs. To ensure our products are at the forefront of web publishing and ecommerce. To bring an extensive understanding of design and experience beyond design. To tell the world our company’s story.

Theme Update | Startup 4.0

Your business is growing, and so is Startup. We've just added a bunch of new features, including an Instagram widget, full-width slideshows for your product pages, a mega-navigation menu, and redesigned featured product sections. You can see them all in action on our demo theme, Ernest & Forbes. We also want to thank you again for all your feedback – and please keep it coming! Without you, these features might never have made it out of the lab.