San Francisco Chronicle Names Inkitt a Winner of the Top Workplaces 2023 Award! We’re thrilled to announce that Inkitt has been recognized as a winner of the Greater Bay Area Top Workplaces 2023 award by The San Francisco Chronicle. This prestigious accolade is a testament to our unwavering commitment to fostering a thriving and engaging work environment for our employees. Having only moved our HQ from Berlin to […]
Redefining Publishing: Celebrating 10 Years of Inkitt! Inkitt, the world’s first data-driven publisher is proudly celebrating our 10th anniversary! It has been an entire decade of empowering authors, connecting writers and readers, fostering a vibrant reading community, and helping writers from around the world achieve their dreams of becoming published authors. We’ve evolved so much over the years, so join us […]
Introducing Inkitt’s new headquarters in San Francisco, California! We have big dreams at Inkitt. We’re on a mission to discover talented writers and build a world-class platform to shine a light on their phenomenal stories, and eventually develop these stories into movies, TV shows, merchandise, video games, or even a theme park. We’re working towards becoming the Disney of the 21st Century, and our move to San Francisco is a commitment to our ambition.
A Day in the Life of a Story Intelligence Associate What is Story Intelligence? Story Intelligence lives at the intersection of science and creativity. We’re writers in lab coats. Shakespeare with a microscope. J.K. Rowling wielding data instead of magic. Basically, we use data to improve the way we tell stories. Typical Day Each Story Intelligence Associate’s daily routine is different. The nature of the work allows for us to work from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. One associate crafts her prose in sunny LA. Another analyses data as he tours the world, from Indonesia to Croatia. Yet another hosts workshops for our authors all around the globe from our headquarters in Berlin.
A Recap of our 2022 Summer Summit in Berlin: Building Connections and Kickstarting New Collaborations Inkers convened in Berlin for our first company offsite since 2019. Two years ago, like many other companies, Inkitt went 100% virtual. During that time, we continued to grow as a team and expanded beyond Berlin. We learned to collaborate efficiently while working remotely across different time zones using tools like Slack and Google Meet. Although we’ve opened our new offices in Berlin and San Francisco, we continue to operate as a hybrid team— those of us located close to the office come in 1-3 times a week. Our team has more than doubled since 2019, and many of us now regularly work with people whom we’ve never met in person at all! The last time we organized a company-wide offsite was a little over two years ago. So, we brought the entire team to Berlin to work together, learn from each other, and build relationships.
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."