Lead UX Designer
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 come to Thumbtack to tell us what they need, and we use our network of 250,000 registered service professionals to find them quotes. Thumbtack makes money by charging sellers for the jobs we bring them.
Some stats: 800k monthly visits, 500k users signed up, and 230k active service professionals.
Are you an awesome designer with amazing leadership skills?
Join us to shape the the future of our product, and lead Thumbtack to greatness and glory. Thumbtack is not just a toy product or a dream. We have significant traction, so your designs and decisions will have immediate, substantial impact.For two years we focused on backend tools and building a strong network of businesses around the country. We feel like we have yet to hit v1 of our product, and now we are looking for talented designers to take charge and re-envision our product from the ground up to leverage our amazing network.
As our Lead UX Designer, you’ll work directly with product engineers and our business team to conceptualize, design, and prototype new products and features. You’ll also shape the design team, our product process, and you’ll have ultimate responsibility for the Thumbtack brand and experience.
Specific requirements
- Excellent, demonstrated leadership abilities
- Strong portfolio with evidence of self-started projects
- Exceptional visual talent, you can explain ideas with sketches and wireframes
- Communication skills that can deftly articulate your decisions
- Real curiosity for user experience and crafting products that delight
- Proactive about offering solutions to problems ranging from product features to process
- Impeccable taste
Bonus points
- Ability to prototype and build what you design
- Knowledge of PHP, Python, or other scripting languages
- Mobile design/development experience
- Active in the design community
Why Thumbtack?
- Job security: we’re a real business, just raised a Series A, 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
- 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
How to apply
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