About Kinnu
At Kinnu our mission is to give everyone the power to learn anything they want to. Read about our vision here.
We have raised over 4m USD pre-seed from some of the best angels and venture capital firms to realise our vision, including:
- Spark Capital (Twitter, Oculus, Slack, Coinbase, Snapchat), Jigsaw and Cavalry
- Tom Hulme (partner at Google Ventures)
- Rene Rechtman (CEO Moonbug, exited for $3b)
- Guy Podjarny (CEO of Snyk, valued at >$8b)
- Tom Leathes (CEO of Motorway, valued at >$1b)
- Adelina Grozdanova (Founder of Upgrade, valued at >$6b)
…and are about to announce another funding soon.
About the team
- At heart, we love building products that people love but also have meaning and purpose – products that add something to the world.
- We are serial entrepreneurs – we’ve built and exited startups before. We love this stuff. We also have experience working at larger companies, like Google, and combine the best practices of both at Kinnu.
- Some of us have gone to Harvard. Others barely scraped by at school. What we all have in common is we’re geeky, intellectually passionate, and don’t believe there’s a proper ‘path’ in life.
- Kinnu is our pride and joy. We’re pouring everything we have into this project to make it a success. That feels special.
Is this you?
- You care about ownership. You will receive equity in Kinnu and we want to make you feel like you’re really part of what we’re doing.
- You have worked at and enjoyed, or are interested in, working at a startup.
- You want to work in an intellectually safe environment where you can be yourself.
- You love learning. A plus – you’re interested in the brain / psychology / neuroscience and changing patterns of behaviour in today’s world.
- You’re not afraid of a bit of chaos and changing structure / direction.
- You believe the best way to get the most out of a team is just to trust them (cause that’s what we do. You decide what you need to be effective, not us).
- You don’t blindly follow orders and subscribe to a philosophy of disagree and commit.
- You value open feedback both on the giving and receiving end.
- You’re intellectually meritocratic (best idea wins, no matter who/where it’s from).
- Spending 6 hours on a ‘work day’ accidentally going down a rabbithole with us thinking about the meaning of life, quantum computing, or immortality in a post-scarcity world sounds like fun.
This job is probably not for you if:
- You measure your success by your pay cheque or title.
- Another company’s / startup’s mission is more appealing (this is totally coolsl with us, just be honest with yourself).
- You only feel comfortable if you’re told what to do.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define, lead and own the artistic direction for Kinnu.
- Establish the visual language that defines our mission and what we believe.
- Collaborate with founders, product managers, engineers, and UX designers, all the way to production.
- Work with the marketing team to help create visual assets for campaign and promotional material.
- Explore and learn. Design is constantly evolving, and you should too.
Qualifications:
- You think and care about design deeply.
- Experience building digital consumer products is valuable but not necessary.
- Experience with AI tools like Dall-E is cool but not necessary.
- A good understanding of accessibility principles and best practices in order to design for a wide range of users.
- A passion for education and lifelong learning, with an understanding of how design can make complex concepts accessible and engaging to users.
Work set up:
- Remote / in-person / hybrid is fine. Half the team is in London, the other half are in Newcastle and Cambridge. The whole team meets in person every 6 weeks, the London team meet in person 1x – 2x per week.
- We manage by output, not by input. You decide how / when you want to work and what set up inspires you to be your best self.
- Salary: market for the role with generous options grants.
