NoDesk: Issue #401

A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity.

By Daniel (@nodeskco).

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Featured Jobs

• Billing Representative at Clipboard Health – Remote (Africa, Asia, Europe, South America)

• Finance Expert at Mercor – Remote (US, UK, Canada, Europe, Singapore, Dubai, Australia)

• Customer Ops Strategy Associate at Clipboard Health – Remote (Europe, North America, South America)

• Remote Appointment Setter (Commission-Only) at Sales Tech LLC – Remote (Canada, US)

• Senior Content Marketer (Enterprise/Campaigns) at Animalz – Remote (Worldwide)

• Remote Marketing & Communications Role | Flexible, Location-Independent at Inspiring Lives Today – Remote (Australia, Canada, US)

• Intuit TurboTax, Customer Support – Remote at Working Solutions – Remote (Worldwide)

• Client Support Specialist (Workplaces – B2B) at Clipboard Health – Remote (Canada, EU, South Africa, Jamaica, Philippines)

• Survey – Real-time Online US at InnovateMR – Remote (US)

• Salesperson – Industrial Machinery (Field & Remote, B2B) at Formech – Remote (Europe, UK)

• Frontend Software Engineer (React, TypeScript or JavaScript) at Mercor – Remote (Worldwide)

• Product Design/UX Expert at Mercor – Remote (Canada, UK, US)

• Staff/General Accountant at Mercor – Remote (Worldwide)

• Seasonal Customer Service Representative at Working Solutions – Remote (Worldwide)

• Head of Performance Marketing (100% Remote) at Bluewater Travel – Remote (Worldwide)

• Digital Annotation Expert at Mercor – Remote (Australia, Canada, UK, US)

• Software Engineer at Sticker Mule – Remote (Worldwide)

• Remote Internet Search Evaluator at Welocalize – Remote (US)

• Senior Swift & SwiftUI Developer at Lemon.io – Remote (Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania)

• Sales and Recruiting at Globalink Network – Remote (Worldwide)

• Blockchain Jobs / Cryptocurrency Jobs at Cryptocurrency Jobs – Remote (Worldwide)

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Latest Jobs

• Bilingual Content Design Manager (English-Spanish) at Code for America – Remote (US)

• Legal Operations Specialist at Mercury – Remote (Canada, US)

• Principal Compensation Partner at PagerDuty – Remote (US)

• Product Designer at Ahrefs – Remote (Worldwide)

• Product Manager – AI at Canonical – Remote (EMEA)

• Staff Financial Analyst, Corporate Finance at Mozilla – Remote (Canada, US)

• Creator Outreach Associate Contractor (Japanese Fluency) at Twitch – Remote (US)

• Marketing Strategy Manager at Figma – Remote (US)

• Principal Product Marketing Manager, EMEA at 1Password – Remote (UK)

• Product Owner, Integrations at Coursedog – Remote (US)

• Senior Developer Support Engineer-West Coast at Airtable – Remote (US)

• Senior Product Designer II at Articulate – Remote (US)

• Senior Product Engineer (Frontend) at Buffer – Remote (Worldwide)

• Senior Product Manager PRM, Reporting & Insights at Muck Rack – Remote (Canada, US)

• Customer Success Manager, Americas at Customer.io – Remote (Americas)

• Director of Strategic Accounts – Acquisition at Udacity – Remote (US)

• Lifecycle Marketing Manager at Apollo – Remote (US)

• Principal Product Designer, Core Canvas at Mural – Remote (US)

• Principal Software Engineer at Pulumi – Remote (Europe, US)

• Software Engineer, 2026 Graduate Canada at Atlassian – Remote (Canada)

• Account Executive at Acquia – Remote (UK)

• Accounting Manager at Apollo – Remote (US)

• HR Experience Specialist | Spain at Deel – Remote (Spain)

• People Strategy Specialist at Nava – Remote (US)

• Senior Integrated Marketing Manager at Headspace – Remote (US)

• Senior Product Manager, Brand Ads & Safety at Reddit – Remote (US)

• AI Business Analyst at Dropbox – Remote (US)

• Associate Support Engineer (EMEA) at GitLab – Remote (EMEA)

• Customer Success Manager I | French Speaking at Deel – Remote (France, Spain, Belgium)

• Director, Customer Marketing at Fleetio – Remote (US)

• Product Manager at Aha! – Remote (Canada, US)

• Support Engineer III at GitHub – Remote (Canada)

• Mid-Market Customer Success Manager at Articulate – Remote (US)

• Partner Marketing Manager, Co-Marketing at Webflow – Remote (Canada, US)

• Sales Engineer – Fintech at Plaid – Remote (US)

• Senior Brand Designer at Webflow – Remote (Argentina)

• Senior Marketing Data Analyst at GitLab – Remote (Americas)

• Senior People Operations Generalist at Mercury – Remote (Canada, US)

• Customer Success Manager I | UKI at Deel – Remote (Spain, Portugal, Ireland)

• Director of Sales Operations & Data Analytics at Superside – Remote (Worldwide)

• Mobile Marketing Lead, Growth Marketing at Shopify – Remote (Americas)

• Regional Sales Account Executive, Southeast at Khan Academy – Remote (US)

• Staff Product Manager at Dropbox – Remote (US)

• Technical Recruiter at Olo – Remote (Northern Ireland)

• Account Executive, Enterprise at Nylas – Remote (Canada)

• Business Operations (Finance) at Metabase – Remote (US, Canada)

• Senior Manager, Field & Events at Boulevard – Remote (US)

• Sr. Paid Social Account Manager at Seer – Remote (US)

• Staff I Security Analyst at Etsy – Remote (US)

• Staff, Technical Account Manager at Twilio – Remote (India)

• Bilingual Content Editor (English/Japanese) at Siege Media – Remote (Worldwide)

• Junior People Lead – Fixed Term 12 Month Contract at Collabora – Remote (Europe)

• Outbound Account Executive at Uscreen – Remote (US)

• Senior Account Executive at Circle – Remote (North American time zones)

• Senior FP&A Analyst at Fleetio – Remote (US)

• Social Media Editor (contract) at Morning Brew – Remote (US)

• Talent Acquisition Partner at Nava – Remote (US)

• Global Partnerships & Events Director at Mural – Remote (US)

• Jr. Commercial Counsel at Smartling – Remote (US)

• Monetization Growth Product Manager at ClassDojo – Remote (US)

• Senior Business Recruiter at Apollo – Remote (Mexico, US)

• Senior System Software Engineer at Framework – Remote (US)

• Staff Technical Writer at Webflow – Remote (Canada, US)

• Account Executive, Commercial – DACH at Stripe – Remote (Germany)

• Associate Customer Success Manager | German speaking at Deel – Remote (Spain, France, Portugal, Italy)

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Top Picks

Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.

Remote Work or More Pay: What Tech Workers Value in One Chart

Zoe B. Cullen | Harvard Business Review

Drawing from hundreds of real-world job offers, research by Zoe B. Cullen finds that tech workers are willing to give up a quarter of their salary to avoid commuting.

Unmasking the AI-powered, remote IT worker scams threatening businesses worldwide

Brett Winterford | World Economic Forum

Specifically, the evolution of generative AI has empowered fraudsters to exploit the hiring process for in-demand remote technical roles. Leveraging AI tools to build fictitious resumes painting them as ideal candidates, and using deepfake technology to pass screenings and conduct interviews, scammers have been observed successfully landing remote IT staff jobs.

Remote work: ‘We are seeing more cases of dismissals under technological surveillance, especially in the US’

Séverin Graveleau | Le Monde

As working from home has become a permanent fixture for companies since the pandemic, Vincent Meyer, a labor sociologist, analyzes how this new way of working is transforming trust-based relationships and the role of young people in the professional world.

Remote work expands collaboration networks but reduces research impact, study suggests

Michael Allen | Physics World

Academics who switch to hybrid working and remote collaboration do less impactful research. That’s according to an analysis of how scientists’ collaboration networks and academic outputs evolved before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impacts of working from home on mental health tracked in study of 16,000 Australians

Luke Cooper | ABC

The mental health of Australian women was most positively impacted by flexible working from home arrangements, according to a new study of 16,000 people.

The wellbeing of Australian men was positively affected by drops in daily commuting times from not having to travel to a workplace, the research shows.

Companies Are Desperately Seeking ‘Storytellers’

Katie Deighton | The Wall Street Journal

Brands trying to wrest greater control of their narratives are asking for ‘storytelling’ skill sets—without a campfire in sight.

If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?

Laura Delle Femmine | El Pais

The technological race among industry giants and the wave of layoffs they have announced has revived the debate about the advisability of taxing automation.

“I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off.” Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry

Brian Merchant | Blood in the Machine

Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.

In 2025, I thought a lot about the things I want to say to my boss

Anonymous Contributors | I Thought About That A Lot

I’m sitting down to write this in a gap between jobs. The downtime is strange, like the world has stopped moving but my thoughts haven’t caught up. Other than replaying the shit that went down during the last six months – or to put it more bluntly, the reasons I left, I don’t quite know what to do with myself.

What happened wasn’t unique. And that’s the part that bothers me most.

It’s the same stuff I hear from friends, colleagues, people I trust across the industry.

US Plans Mandatory Social Media Check for Visa-Free Visitors

Jon Herskovitz | Bloomberg

The US is proposing that foreign visitors provide their social media history over the last five years to enter the country, including those from Australia, Germany, Japan and the UK who can now enter without a visa.

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