I left Flickr (love you guys) back at the beginning of December, and recently took a job leading the design efforts at a company called Kosmix ( www.kosmix.com ), which is filled with really smart people, and to date, has a non-unified design presence, and design with the big D has been underrepresented. But that’s a good problem to have, right? I think so. It means it’s a place that my team and I can have a ton of impact.
Kosmix is based in Mt. View and has an office in the city as well. We also work remotely if it makes sense.
I’m building a team from the ground up, and here are the types I’m looking for right now:
2 designers, contract for now, but that could change. You should be a top-notch graphic designer, have a long history of building consumer brands, and really get interaction design. All-rounders are best, as we’re a small team. Senior level for both of these gigs.
2 full-time front-end code folks, a.k.a. web developers. At Kosmix, you’ll be heavily involved in the design process, but might technically have an engineer as a boss.
There are a ton of projects going on at Kosmix, and right now is a chance to get in on the ground floor. It is important to mention that the executive team is fully behind my/our efforts to bring design to the forefront of the product development process, and whoever comes on board will have a chance to really make a difference at this company. The company is financially very healthy, the smarty-pants people are laid back, and the food/beverage selection is better than anywhere else I’ve worked in the past twelve years. Yay!
For more info about any of these jobs, just contact me.
Thanks!
Horrible news: a bike was stolen from a staff member at Rivendell HQ today. Be on the lookout if you’re in the Bay Area. The Craigslist posting reads:
55cm Rivendell Romulus (Red) stolen from Rivendell
HQ in Walnut Creek. Small canvas bag on back. It’s
a staff member’s bike, not Riv’s. Bad mojo. Bring
it back, call it in, no questions asked. 925-933-7304
some upgradin’.
Update: We’re done. We’re also back this year. Some site design updates will happen and hopefully some reviews, debates and interviews.
I’m taking off blogging for the rest of the year. Reading, and writing. I need a break from the masses of information that I attempt to soak up everyday.
Have a good, safe and fantastic holiday. See you in 2007!
I’m happy totally stoked to announce that in a couple of weeks I will be joining the Flickr team. I’ll be leading interaction design efforts along with George and Stewart; Stewart is still Our Big Boss who wears the Big Hats. Rumor is that my first task will be to finally bring the Tuna Blaster™ product into the public light.
A few months back (nearly six to the day) Stewart put up a help wanted sign, and shortly thereafter we had coffee, or lunch. I can’t quite remember at this point; we did both several times, come to think of it. It took a little while to get some things sorted out inside the Yahoo! Machine, but here we are about to close out 2006, and I couldn’t be more pleased to be joining the team.
Flickr is the only other Online Thing I use on a daily basis besides Firefox and Mail. I’m a fan - a true Flickr nerd. And for those reasons I can’t think of any other place I’d rather think hard about people, products, and the meaningful connections I can make between them.
