Interaction & UI Designer
at Thumbtack in San Francisco, CA
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Apr 28, 2013
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Overview
We’re Amazon for services.
Hundreds of thousands of consumers visit Thumbtack every month looking to find and book local services -- everything from house cleaners and Hindi tutors to wedding photographers and general contractors. Consumers get access to our massive network of service professionals, who in turn can market their businesses by listing with us. Thumbtack makes money on the marketplace transactions between these buyers and sellers.
Some stats: 800k monthly visits, 500k users signed up, and 230k active service professionals.
Join us to design the marketplace of the future.
We’re hiring an Interaction & UI Designer
Want to make your mark as a designer? This is your spot. Thumbtack is not just a toy product or a dream. It’s a real service operating at scale, and what you make will have real and immediate impact.
For two years we focused on backend tools and building a huge network of businesses around the country. We feel like we have yet to hit v1 of our product. If you think our website is already beautiful, we don't want you. We want someone who sees a thousand flaws and can imagine how much better our design and user experience can be.
You’ll work directly with product engineers and our business team to conceptualize, design, and prototype new products and features.
Hundreds of thousands of consumers visit Thumbtack every month looking to find and book local services -- everything from house cleaners and Hindi tutors to wedding photographers and general contractors. Consumers get access to our massive network of service professionals, who in turn can market their businesses by listing with us. Thumbtack makes money on the marketplace transactions between these buyers and sellers.
Some stats: 800k monthly visits, 500k users signed up, and 230k active service professionals.
Join us to design the marketplace of the future.
We’re hiring an Interaction & UI Designer
Want to make your mark as a designer? This is your spot. Thumbtack is not just a toy product or a dream. It’s a real service operating at scale, and what you make will have real and immediate impact.
For two years we focused on backend tools and building a huge network of businesses around the country. We feel like we have yet to hit v1 of our product. If you think our website is already beautiful, we don't want you. We want someone who sees a thousand flaws and can imagine how much better our design and user experience can be.
You’ll work directly with product engineers and our business team to conceptualize, design, and prototype new products and features.
Skills
Specific requirements
Strong portfolio with examples of self-started projects
Exceptional visual talent that explains ideas with sketches and wireframes
Ability to prototype and build what you design, HTML & CSS are strongly encouraged
Communication skills that can deftly articulate your decisions
Real curiosity for user experience and crafting products that delight
Self-starter (we really mean this)
We hire talent, not pedigree or years of experience
Bonus points
Knowledge of PHP, Python, or other scripting languages
Mobile design/development experience
Active in the design community
You should know your way around a whiteboard, know how to push pixels, and be comfortable explaining your ideas with CSS. You will communicate well and work hard.
Together we will make the future awesome.
Compensation
Why Thumbtack?
So many good reasons.
Job security: we’re a real business, are funded, and have half a million users
Work with great people who care immensely and who will want to become your friends
Home-cooked meals daily by our gracious and talented chef (as seen in Esquire)
Weekly dinners serve plenty of wine and pasta and metaphysical debate
Beautiful warehouse office in SoMa, a block from Blue Bottle, near Powell BART
Competitive compensation, full benefits, and relocation assistance
Help hundreds of thousands of mom & pop, independent professionals find work. We receive emails weekly from our users, thanking us for bringing them work that helps pay their bills and put gas in their cars
To apply visit: www.thumbtack.com/jobs
Our food: (http://www.thumbtackfood.com)
So many good reasons.
Job security: we’re a real business, are funded, and have half a million users
Work with great people who care immensely and who will want to become your friends
Home-cooked meals daily by our gracious and talented chef (as seen in Esquire)
Weekly dinners serve plenty of wine and pasta and metaphysical debate
Beautiful warehouse office in SoMa, a block from Blue Bottle, near Powell BART
Competitive compensation, full benefits, and relocation assistance
Help hundreds of thousands of mom & pop, independent professionals find work. We receive emails weekly from our users, thanking us for bringing them work that helps pay their bills and put gas in their cars
To apply visit: www.thumbtack.com/jobs
Our food: (http://www.thumbtackfood.com)
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