Community & Communications Manager (FT Mat-leave contract)

The Position

We’re looking for a Community & Communications Manager to join the Unsplash team for a 12-month maternity leave cover. In this role, you’ll help grow and support the global Unsplash community by leading our communications across email, blog, and social channels, while collaborating closely with our Community, Content, Product, and Sales teams.

This role sits at the intersection of community engagement and brand communication. A large part of the role involves writing and managing newsletters and email campaigns, ensuring our contributors and users stay informed, inspired, and connected to the platform.

What You’ll Do

• Write and manage email communications and newsletters for the Unsplash community, including planning, drafting, and sending campaigns through our email marketing platform

• Create content for the Unsplash blog and other owned channels that highlights new features, contributors, and community stories

• Oversee major community activations such as the Unsplash Awards, contests, and other growth initiatives throughout the year

• Collaborate with the Product team to communicate new launches and updates to the community in clear and compelling ways

• Support brand partnerships and campaigns that involve the Unsplash community

• Manage the Community Coordinator to support and manage Unsplash social channels

• Engage directly with members of the Unsplash community to maintain strong relationships and encourage participation

• Curate Unsplash+ images and illustrations for marketing, newsletters, and campaigns aimed at current and potential subscribers

We’re Looking For Someone Who

• Is comfortable being part of a small, autonomous, and distributed team and has a strong sense of ownership and accountability

• Has strong writing and communication skills, with experience creating newsletters, blog content, or other marketing communications

• Has experience managing email marketing tools and campaigns (Vero or similar platform)

• Has community management experience and a genuine interest in engaging with creative communities

• Has a good eye for photography, design, or visual content

• Has strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects at once

The Team

At Unsplash we’re enabling everyone to create by making visuals open and accessible.

Today, Unsplash powers more people and products than any other visual search engine in the world, with more than 100 million images downloaded every month — more than the rest of the industry combined. 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’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.

Benefits

Available to all full-time employees:

• Work from home — We’re a remote-first company

• Company retreats — Team retreats when beneficial

• Flexible hours and generous vacation policy — You manage your time. You set your working hours

• Healthcare Plans & Fund — Full healthcare coverage for teammates in almost every country. If we can’t provide a plan for your country, we make a Healthcare Fund available

• Maternal/Parental leave — Generous leave programs for both parents when expanding your family