At Planning Center, we build powerful web and mobile applications for churches. Each of our eight products has a dedicated team of designers and developers committed to refining and expanding that product in response to real customer needs. Our customers include not only over 90 of the 100 largest churches in the country, but also tens of thousands of small community churches—we strive to make day-to-day operations easier for all of them. We’re seeking a front-end designer with expertise in modern web technologies to support our team in improving our software.
The job
In your daily life at Planning Center, you can expect to:
- Take ownership of your projects and have a voice in how and what gets built.
- Collaborate with your product manager, development team, and fellow designers on tasks ranging from napkin sketches through to writing &deploying production-ready code.
- This open position is on a team responsible for a Gatsby Marketing site and 2 other Rails/React products. That means on any given day you might be writing HTML in React or ERB, and CSS in a stylesheet or—dare we say it—inline.
- This is a technically-leaning position, but to be successful you’ll need to demonstrate competency in UI design.
Designers at Planning Center are
- Invested. We care about the products we create and the people we create them for, and we all contribute to the vision and direction of our products. Every one of our designers is critical to their team.
- Curious. We aren’t afraid to ask questions, experiment, and iterate. We also love playing with fun new technologies &processes, and we take time every few months to do just that.
- Humble. We are always looking for opportunities to grow and learn from one another. We believe the strongest teams are made up of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We are ready for the ongoing work of building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do your best work.
Where we work
Planning Center is a company of 95 people—and growing! About 70 of us are spread across the US in home offices and coworking spaces (though we’re presently 100% distributed). Although we have a beautiful office building in Carlsbad, California our work culture is optimized for our distributed teams. So, we rely heavily on tools like Slack, Basecamp, and video conferencing throughout the day. A few times a year we gather together for team retreats.
When and how we work
Planning Center is serious about work-life balance. We take meaningful steps to avoid burnout and it’s the main reason we have an extremely low employee turnover across the entire company. We avoid deploying on Fridays, we mute Slack notifications on the weekends, we don’t feel guilty about vacations or sabbaticals, and we trust people with their time.
What to expect if you apply
Here’s what the entire application process looks like:
Requirements
Benefits
We love our people and want this to be the best place for them to work. In addition to a competitive salary (starting between $100,000 –$150,000 depending on expertise), we offer:
- Full health, dental, and vision coverage
- Company contribution to a 401(k)
- Mobile phone stipend
- Co-working stipend
- Health stipend for counseling or a gym membership
- Charitable giving match
- Paid maternity, paternity, or bonding leave
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Paid Fridays off in the summer
- Continual education allowance for books, videos, or conferences
Equipment
We’ll provide all the things you need to get your job done. That includes a laptop, monitor, standing desk, chair, and a budget to purchase other items you may need.
Work from Anywhere in the USA
We are dedicated to hiring the best talent available;part of working at Planning Center is the option to work remote! We fly our distributed team into the office once every quarter to connect with the rest of the team (75% of which is remote).