SENMOMO is a small studio in Hainan. There are three of us. We're not actively hiring. We probably won't hire for at least a year. But people write asking if they could ever work with us, so we wanted to be honest about what that would mean — and what we'd be looking for whenever it happens.
mo — designer, stone selector, archive keeper, letter writer. The work of making.
Daisy — handles all wearer correspondence, shipping logistics, returns, and most of the things that aren't physical making. Joined late 2024 part-time.
Lin — handles our web infrastructure and writes the journal copy when mo asks. Joined remotely in 2026.
That's everyone. We have an artisan in Hangzhou who casts our silver clasps and a small group of stone suppliers we trust. But the SENMOMO studio is three people. It will probably stay small.
SENMOMO is slow on purpose. Most jewelry brands hire for hustle. We'd hire for the ability to sit at a bench for two hours and tie thirty silk knots without losing the rhythm. Whatever your specific role, the studio runs at studio speed.
Generic doesn't survive here. Whether you're writing a letter, picking a stone, or designing a page, the question we'd ask is: is this for one particular person, in one particular way? If you can answer yes, we'd want to work with you.
We don't perform excitement. We don't say "love it!" if we don't. If we'd hire a marketer, it'd be one who could tell us when our copy is bad rather than one who could write louder copy. mo's voice is restrained for a reason; we'd want a team that holds the same line.
Most career paths reward growth. Ours probably wouldn't. The person who comes to work with us would have to be okay with the studio being a studio — three or four people, indefinitely. If you want to manage a team of twenty, this isn't your place.
This is more important than you'd expect. So much of what we make is letters, captions, journal entries, designer notes. The studio runs on the precision of small text. If you can write a sentence that doesn't feel like marketing, you're already a good fit for several roles we might one day need.
Wearers know mo and Daisy and Lin by name. They write to us by name. If you joined the studio, the wearers would know your name too — because you'd be writing back. We wouldn't have a generic "customer service team." We'd have you, specifically. Some people love that. Some don't. If you'd want it, it's part of the job.
A second pair of hands at the bench. Would learn stone selection, stringing, photography, and letter-writing from mo. Hainan-based (Wenchang). Full-time, in-person. We'd hire someone who plans to stay for years and become a maker themselves.
To grow with Daisy. Would take on the work of wearer correspondence as we scale — but write every letter personally. Remote, English-fluent, China-friendly hours. Wouldn't manage anyone. Would be the human voice of the studio for hundreds of wearers a year.
To shape the studio's photography, video, and visual journal over time. Editorial sensibility (think Kinfolk / Cereal / Apartamento) rather than commercial. Remote, occasional Hainan visits. Probably part-time at first.
We probably won't open any of these in 2027. We might open one in 2028. We'd rather wait until we know exactly what we need than hire ahead.
Leave your name. If we ever open a role, we'll write to a small list before posting publicly. You won't hear from us about anything else. It might be months. It might be a year. There's no template response.
We treat these submissions privately and won't share them. We respond to most of them within a month, even when there's no role open — to say thank you for writing.