Working at The Muse
The Muse is the go-to destination for the next-generation workforce to research companies and careers. More than 70 million visitors each year trust our two platforms, The Muse and Fairygodboss, to help them win at work, from professional advancement and skills-building techniques to finding a new job. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere, and support a collaborative environment with open participation from people who have different ideas, experiences, and perspectives. It’s our diverse team that makes The Muse an interesting and innovative place to work.
The Muse's Core Values
Change is constant at a fast-growing company like The Muse—but what stays the same are the company’s core values. All aspects of The Muse's culture are governed by six key values—including a strict “no assholes” policy. Defined by the founders in the early days, the core values remain a central part of each employee’s performance review and ensure that all new Muse hires share the same principles.
Learn More About The Muse's Teams
Meet The Muse Employees
Kumud Bika
VP, Account Management
Kumud leads the account management team. Before joining The Muse, she helped build and scale global account management teams in the tech space.
Todd Brengel
Senior Vice President, Sales
Todd oversees the sales team at The Muse. He focuses on development, accelerating channel partnerships, and serving as an overall catalyst for growth.
Athan Makansi
Sr. Product Manager
Athan is a senior product manager at The Muse. He has worked in consumer product development for five years and before that, he ran a tech company in Mumbai, India.
Dave Bethoney
CFO & COO
Dave runs the finance and data teams, ensuring The Muse is data-driven in its decision-making and operations, and leads key projects across the company.
Catherine Pargeter
Director of Data
Catherine leads the analytics and business insights team. Before joining The Muse, Catherine led data teams at a variety of companies, from a 15-person startup to Facebook. She was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi.
Joanne Chevalier
Full-Stack Engineer
Joanne codes new features and improvements to the company website so that they can always continue enhancing the user experience for job seekers who go to The Muse for help.
Natalie Gavilanes
Content Operations Manager, Profiles
After getting her master’s in media studies and film at The New School in 2015, Natalie joined The Muse production team to create video content for companies The Muse partners with. Outside of The Muse, Natalie enjoys working on other projects to keep her creativity flowing.
Richard Dillman
Staff Engineer
As the lead on front-end engineering at The Muse, Richard’s job is to get the company’s page to render on users’ devices quickly and beautifully. In support of that, he promotes standardized front-end coding practices with an eye to scalability, maintainability, and page speed.
James Brown
CMS Manager, Client Onboarding
James helps onboard new companies and clients, ensuring their content is up and running in a timely manner and allowing a healthy start to their partnership with The Muse.
The Muse’s Culture Crew
The Muse is committed to building a diverse team and being an inclusive employer not just on paper, but in practice. Our Culture Crew wants The Muse to be a welcoming environment for all, and meets twice a month to talk about ways to help employees engage with diversity and inclusion in an open and accessible way. Our team also maintains content hubs dedicated to Anti-Racism at Work, LGBTQIA+ at Work, Gender at Work, and Disability at Work.
Additionally, the Culture Crew gives our remote-first employees a chance to step away from their work and get to know each other better through virtual social activities. Whether it's a pumpkin decorating contest or drag bingo, our team loves to gather for the sole purpose of having fun.
