[Hiring] Web Developer and Designer @KoBold Metals

About the company: 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

Please submit a portfolio of your best works with your application, along with any passwords to view applicable content. (Applications that do not have a portfolio attached, will not be considered) 

About The Role:

As the Web Developer and Designer, you will work directly with the CEO and CLO to ensure the company website accurately reflects our business and values. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the website.

The work will include, but not be limited to:

• Working with project team geologists and data scientists to understand and communicate the scientific and technical work to a broad range of audiences
• Working closely with the KoBold Metals executive team to design concepts or features for the website
• Designing layouts in Figma or Adobe Illustrator and iterating with the team
• Building web pages into a web framework that includes a CMS, utilizing HTML/CSS/JS/PHP
• Maintaining the security and functionality of our website autonomously (e.g., routine bug fixes)
• Designing graphics for various types of media (such as newsletters, posters, flyers, memos, and presentations)
• Being immersed in KoBold’s scientific work in order to make meaningful contributions to KoBold’s branding language and storytelling

Since KoBold is a startup company, your role will be dynamic. Your responsibilities will grow as the company grows.  

Responsibilities

This role will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the company website is updated and maintained in a timely manner with new content, features, and bug fixes
• Overseeing the web content uploaded to the CMS by other KoBold members
• Translating the KoBold mission and vision of the executive team into web pages, graphics, and language for a broad audience
• Helping to define and grow KoBold’s branding language into a cohesive, consistent message
• A desire to be constantly learning new things; deep intellectual curiosity and drive to understand all aspects of KoBold’s business

Qualifications

A great candidate will have:

• Must have proficiency in general graphic design principles, including user interfaces
• At least 5 years experience in designing and developing websites from conceptualization to implementation using a CMS (e.g., WordPress, Shopify, HubSpot, or Ghost)
• Must have high proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP
• Must have high proficiency with either Figma or Adobe Illustrator for page mockups
• Comfortable with managing and organizing web content
• Able to work with frequent project pivots (self-starting autonomous culture)
• Experience communicating scientific and technical content to a broad audience is a plus
• Experience with user experience research (UX) or spatial data (maps) is a plus

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

This position is Full-time Exempt.

The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $80,000 - $125,000.

Location: Remote, Candidates can be located anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada.