Recruiter Job Spotlight: Squarespace
This week’s Recruiter Job Spotlight is on Squarespace, the leading all-in-one website building and eCommerce platform. Squarespace provides software as a service and allows users to use pre-built website templates and drag-and-drop elements to create and modify web pages. Their products enable anyone at any stage of their process to manage projects and businesses through websites, domains, eCommerce, marketing tools, and scheduling, along with tools for managing a social media presence with Unfold and hospitality business management via Tock.
Founded in a dorm room in 2003 by Anthony Casalena, Squarespace has grown to over 3 million subscribers. The platform has empowered everyone from local artists to iconic businesses to create an impactful, stylish, and easy-to-manage online presence.
Squarespace believes in building a culture that embraces individuality while cultivating collaboration and creativity.
The most important values of Squarespace are developing empathy for customers, giving everyone access to great designs, and building game-changing products. Squarespace believes that the keys to its success are identifying the fastest path to learning, having a healthy bias to action, and fostering the creative process.
Squarespace knows that for their company’s continued growth, it’s vital to create a supportive community for their employees. They currently have seven global employee resource groups with chapters across their many office locations. In addition, they also have a variety of employee-led interest groups. These micro-communities range from Women in Engineering to Caregivers & Parents. These communities help foster a culture of inclusion and belonging at Squarespace.
Today, millions of people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do they embrace and celebrate the diversity of their customer base, but they also strive for the same for their employees.
Why work for Squarespace?
In 2021, Squarespace was voted the best place to work in New York. There are also offices in Dublin, Ireland, Portland, Oregon, Los Angeles, California, and Chicago, Illinois.
Squarespace’s competitive benefits package includes premium medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependent children. They also offer up to 20 weeks of paid family leave, and fertility and adoption benefits. Employees also get two free lifetime Squarespace sites to pursue their creative passions and side hustles. In addition, all employees receive an equity package in the company as part of their total compensation, and they match up to 4% of a team member’s annual salary in 401(K) (US) or Pension (Ireland) contributions.
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