About Kit
What is Kit?
Kit, known until its rebrand as ConvertKit, is an email platform for creators: authors, podcasters, coaches, course creators, musicians, YouTubers and newsletter writers. Nathan Barry started it in 2013 "to create more access for people to become creators". Its tools cover forms and landing pages, an email designer, visual automations, paid newsletters, newsletter sponsorships, recommendations, a Kit App Store and the sale of digital products. Kit also runs Kit Studios, recording studios for podcasts and video that are free for creators on its Creator and Creator Pro plans. Its mission is "To help creators build more valuable businesses", and its vision sets public targets: $1 billion earned by creators using Kit, $100 million in annual recurring revenue and 250,000 creators on the platform, while staying "100% independent – We won't sell, raise venture funding, or give up control."
Where will I work?
Almost anywhere. Kit says "We're 100% remote with team members across the globe", and its careers page counts 115 team members "working remotely across 95 cities around the globe". It supports remote work "across 30+ global locations", and some benefits vary with location. Product roles need overlap with teammates in Europe and the US: a few fixed meetings each week and a midday Eastern window kept free for planning, with Fridays kept as "focus days, with no recurring meetings". A few roles are local, such as the on-site manager of the Kit Studios space in Chicago. Kit, Inc.'s mailing address is in Boise, Idaho.
What is the Kit team like?
Kit works by six values: teach everything you know, create every day, work in public, default to generosity, creator success is our success, and do it with excellence. One third of the team has been at Kit for more than four years. Pay is standardised "based on position, no matter where you live", and postings name the level and salary. The careers page is candid about fit: Kit is "not for you if" you want to coast, want a playbook on day one, or need "a traditional 9–5", since the team is "remote, distributed, and often async", which "means more autonomy, but occasional meetings at weird times."
Work-Life Balance
Salaried staff get "Twenty (20) days of paid time off" and "Ten (10) paid holidays a year", and "Kit closes for a week at the end of December, giving everyone a collective break". Kit pays an after-tax bonus of $1,000 for taking five consecutive days of vacation "where you're fully unplugged from work". There are two weeks of paid sick time a year, including mental health and wellbeing days, and a four-week paid sabbatical after five years with the team.
Perks and Benefits
- 20 days of paid time off, 10 paid holidays and a week-long year-end closure
- $1,000 bonus for taking five consecutive unplugged days off
- Four-week paid sabbatical after five years
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave, with flexible scheduling in the child's first year
- Profit sharing and Kit equity
- 401(k) with a 5% match
- Health insurance, with dental and vision premiums fully covered
- $3,500 a year for learning and development
- Childcare benefit of up to $3,000 a year
- Team retreats twice a year