Employee Deep Dive – Kylie Koews, Embracing Change “You're never too old to restart and do something that you've always wanted to do.” – Kylie Koews, Author Relations Kylie Koews fills an integral role at Inkitt, now working in Author Relations. Her creativity and love for helping others makes her a dynamic member of the team.
Employee Deep Dive — Rita Halle, Finding Creative Freedom “I was applying to so many entry level jobs where you can’t actually get your hands dirty and my recent position at Inkitt has so much creative freedom and is so complete with what I want.” - Rita Halle, Product Marketing Manager. Rita Halle is a friendly and bubbly addition to the Inkitt team. Now a Product Marketing Manager, getting to this role at Inkitt involved some soul searching.
Employee Deep Dive: Jessica Rätz — Taking Flight Jessica - a dynamic and determined woman on the team, with her caring nature as Lead of People Operations builds up and holds the Inkitt team together. Jessica learns to take care of herself at an early age. At the age of 17, she decides to move into her own flat and stand on her own two feet. There she is at college, having just changed schools and working a mini job. "That was one of the most stressful phases of my life, but also one of the most formative."
Break the Bias! Celebrating International Women’s Day. Let’s Break the Bias! In honor of International Women’s Day, we want to contribute to a world that is inclusive, equitable, and free of bias. We strive to implement these values not only in the workplace but also in our neighborhoods, in our homes, and in our online communities.
Inkitt Celebrates Black History Month with our Featured Galatea Authors February is Black History Month. We wanted to feature a few of our favorite Black-identifying authors from our sister app, Galatea and share why Inkers love them so much!
Team Inkitt’s Walking Challenge During the last six weeks of 2021, our team at Inkitt participated in a collective walking challenge to walk 11 million steps that would inspire us to get up from our desks and move our bodies before settling into the colder winter months to come. While walking, we decided to raise funds in support of World Reader, a non-profit organization that provides reading via mobile phones and e-readers to children in underserved communities in a variety of different languages. Among the 38 participants on the Inkitt team, we covered an impressive 6310km in total - the distance from Berlin to New York City!
Employee Deep Dive: Miguel Tuiran — Exploring the Universe Through Design “I consider myself, as a person, driven by goals and success. I learn from those failures and look at my goals moving forward, as I do not stop. Once I accomplish a goal, I find another one and set the bar higher.” - Miguel Tuiran, Senior Product Designer of Inkitt.
T’is the Season! The Season of Giving Back, of course. This year at Inkitt, we decided that we wanted to support some organizations that we felt aligned with our mission of providing opportunities to undiscovered talents and turning them into globally successful authors. Currently, we love supporting World Reader, a non-profit organization that provides reading via mobile phones and e-readers to children in underserved communities in a variety of different languages from English, Spanish, Kiswahili, Hindi and Arabic.