A note on diversity
Public transit is used by overwhelmingly more women and people of colour than other modes of transportation. We try to make sure the diversity of our users is reflected in the team that serves them. Because when we include people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and identities — we end up building a better app for everyone who uses Transit.
So if your lived experience has given you a unique perspective on all things transportation, mobility, accessibility, urbanism? Let us know, and we’ll make sure your application gets the attention it merits.
Responsibilities
- Make sure we’re communicating important information to our partners’ riders (which involves working with partners, our partnerships team, and our support team)
- Launch campaigns that ensure our partners’ riders know to download and use Transit (then working across teams, to keep momentum up after the initial launch)
- Work with partners to communicate our shared vision for an open, integrated, transit-first future (working with our policy braintrust, and relevant press)
- File no-nonsense copy, as well as lighthearted copy with some Transit™ pizazz
- You’ll take the lead on messaging like: informational push notifications, seen by millions of our riders each month; in-app banners, advocating on behalf of our partners; press releases, helping put our work with partners in the spotlight; and more.
Requirements
- An ear for good copy (and a knack for writing it)
- Familiarity with Transit’s brand voice, and the ability to inflect it with different tones depending on the audience
- Your level of English is native or fully fluent (since most of our partners are English-speaking)
- Experience in communications, ideally in the tech or transportation worlds
- Coordination is your middle name. You can juggle phone calls and emails with partners (like transit agencies and mobility companies). Then you can turn around and chat with the occasional reporter or editor.
- Design sense (you’ll be working with designers and making calls on what looks right)
- Tech sense (you don’t need to know how to code, but you must be able to explain how Transit works to both uninformed + informed audiences)
- Diplomatic savvy (you can intuit the communication needs of our partners, and identify when the stars are aligned for a joint-messaging offensive)
Would be nice
- Fluent in French — which would give you the opportunity to work with our partners in Québec and France. (The more languages you can speak, write and understand, the better!)
- Startup experience: life comes at you fast, which means you’ll have to work well under uncertainty, imperfect information, and goal posts that will occasionally shift
- You know how to navigate your city without your own car — monkey-branching from bus to bikeshare to scooter to subway to ridehail without batting an eyelash 😉
- We have a strong preference for someone based in Montreal (we’d all like to be back together in the office again some day) but we’re open to the right candidate elsewhere, particularly in the Eastern or Eastern-adjacent time zones.
Don’t feel like all the requirements apply to you but you still think you’d be a great fit for Transit? Don’t hesitate to apply!
💰 Compensation and benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- 5 weeks vacation
- Apple laptop and equipment
- $1,500 annual mobility allowance. STM? BIXI? Uber? E-bike? Scooter? Going car-free is free at Transit.
- A training and development budget
- Generous maternal/paternal/parental leave policy. Gotta fill out our tandem bicycles somehow!
- Flexible work hours
- Spend your days surrounded by first-rate teammates and the best
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👨💻 A note on diversity
Public transit is used by overwhelmingly more women and people of colour than other modes of transportation. We try to make sure the diversity of our users is reflected in the team that serves them. Because when we include people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and identities — we end up building a better app for everyone who uses Transit.
We encourage candidates of all ages, genders, origins and orientations to apply. If you’d like to specify which pronouns you’d like to be referred to, feel free to include that in your application email.
And if your lived experience has given you a unique perspective on all things transportation, mobility, accessibility, urbanism? Let us know, and we’ll make sure your application gets the attention it merits.
We believe in the importance of an inclusive and diverse team. We welcome people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, orientations and backgrounds to apply.
How to apply: Send your resume, a brief explanation of why you want to work for Transit, links to any online presence you’re particularly proud of (blog, Twitter), and any other information you find relevant to [email protected].
PS: When you apply, let us know how you heard about the position! Whispers, grapevines, middle-of-the-night Google searches? We’re dying to know.
