At Automattic, we believe in making the web a better place and making our workplace a happy place. We hope you can join us on this journey!
We are the people behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, Jetpack, WooCommerce, and more. We are looking for an experienced, motivated developer relations advocate who also has writing and editorial skills to join our team on WordPress.com. This role will focus on communicating with community developers about WordPress.com, the open source WordPress CMS, and the surrounding ecosystem to build positive and sustainable relationships with WordPress developers.
A key focus of this position will be on the planning, writing, commissioning, and editing of thought leadership and developer-focused content – from how-to tutorials to developer community profiles. You will arrange for content creation from within and across Automattic, as well as from outside contract agencies, community developers, or freelancers.
Your work will have an impact on:
- Informing and building developer community partnerships
- Raising awareness and changing the perception of WordPress.com’s capabilities and competitive advantage in the developer community
- Building out a successful, omnichannel, developer-focused content strategy for WordPress.com
- Growing the WordPress.com Developer blog
- Attracting the best developer talent in the world to WordPress.com and its parent company, Automattic
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Forging connections with the wider WordPress developer community
- Participating in various content formats including video and podcasts in addition to text content
- Inviting guests to participate in developer interviews or roundtable events and/or participating in interviews, WordCamps, meetups, or events (live or virtual) elsewhere
- Crafting a content strategy and taxonomy for the WordPress.com Developer Blog, laddering up to a larger WordPress.com unified content strategy
- Writing developer-focused WordPress content, from tutorials to profiles to thought leadership
- Commissioning and editing developer-focused content from contract writers and subject matter authorities both within and outside the company
- Running an editorial calendar and collaborating with adjacent content and creative teams to optimize the success and visibility of your content
- Building out, tracking, and reporting on content success metrics that ladder up to company, team, and division goals
- Collaborating on adjacent developer and consumer/creator content projects
REQUIREMENTS:
All levels of seniority are encouraged to apply.
Experience in the following areas will be vital for success in this role:
WordPress Knowledge - You have a solid understanding of the WordPress platform and community, and a sense of how you could build compelling developer content within the community.
Community Relations - You love the WordPress community and are comfortable interacting with community members as well as participating in community events.
Writing and Editing Expertise - You’re well versed in translating complex technical ideas into compelling editorial and tutorial content, and you understand how to apply technical editing to submitted content drafts.
Content Strategy - You have experience with shipping audience-aligned content at a regular cadence.
Technical Knowledge - You have some degree of experience with WordPress development, GA (Google Analytics), PHP, CSS, HTML, etc.
Nice to have: Prior dev rel and content management experience and/or established relationships within the WordPress developer community.
HOW TO APPLY:
Does this sound exciting? If so, we’d love you to apply below and fill out our application form. In your cover letter, let us know what you can contribute to the team. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic accurately. We are lucky to receive many applications for this position, so try to make your application stand out.
Please include an answer to the following question in your cover letter:
- What challenges do you think you’d face growing an audience for the WordPress.com Developer blog, and what would your approach be to working through them?
Applicants who do not submit their cover letter with their answer will not be considered.
ABOUT AUTOMATTIC
We are the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.
We’re a distributed company with more than 1900 Automatticians in 96 countries speaking 120+ different languages. We democratize publishing and commerce so anyone with a story can tell it, and anyone with a product can sell it, regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or country.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AT AUTOMATTIC
We’re improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tech industry. At Automattic, we want people to love their work and show respect and empathy to all. We welcome differences and strive to increase participation from traditionally underrepresented groups. Our DEI committee involves Automatticians across the company and drives grassroots change. For example, this group has helped facilitate private online spaces for affiliated Automatticians to gather and helps run a monthly DEI People Lab series for further learning. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a priority at Automattic, though our dedication influences far more than just Automatticians: We make our products freely available and translate our products into and offer customer support in numerous languages. We require unconscious bias training for our hiring teams and ensure our products are accessible across different bandwidths and devices. Learn more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion and our Employee Resource Groups.