About Us:
Oodle is a well-funded, established startup whose mission is to provide consumers with a friendly local marketplace where they can help each other buy, sell and trade goods and services by sharing recommendations with friends and neighbors in their social networks. We currently operate a network of marketplaces in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland with more than 15M monthly unique users including Oodle Marketplace and the Facebook Marketplace .
We are a fun, experienced team who believe that the best work is done by people who are passionate, committed and focused but understand the importance of work-life balance. Our offices are conveniently located amongst the restaurants and coffee shops of downtown San Mateo within easy access of Caltrain, 101 and the San Mateo Bridge.
Join us and help us reinvent online local commerce.
About the Role:
We recognize that delivering an exceptional user experience is critical if Oodle is to become an essential part of people's lives so we are seeking a creative and highly motivated Visual Designer with a passion for creating compelling, innovative and enjoyable user experiences to help us realize our vision. In this role you will:
• Drive the visual design direction for Oodle products, including Oodle.com and Facebook Marketplace across both desktop and mobile.
• Participate in concept development and design ideation.
• Deliver design specifications and design prototypes.
• Help develop, promote and maintain standards and best-practices for Oodle´s user experience.
• Develop and own the graphical UI assets to be used throughout Oodle´s properties.
• Successfully communicate conceptual ideas, design rationale and the specifics of user centered design process.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers and interaction designers to continuously refine and improve the user experience.
• Work with web developers and engineers to deliver the final product.
Experience:
• 3+ years experience as a key member of a UI team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of several successfully launched web and/or mobile applications
• Experience designing social interfaces is highly desired.
• Experience designing for products in the local space is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be organized, able to act independently, and able to switch rapidly between different projects in a fast-paced and exciting environment.
• Ability to make simple UI changes directly in code (HTML, CSS...) preferred.
• Proficient in delivering efficient UI elements using sprites, asset management, asset packaging, CSS performance.
• Ability to create design prototypes using 'AJAX' and/or Flash strongly desired.
• Bachelor's or Master´s degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media Design or other visual arts is preferred.
Please send resume and online work samples or portfolio, with some explanation as to your role in each project.
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