About Algolia:
We
designers at Agolia believe that discovery is fundamental to the
internet (and human) experience. Every product and business should help
guide its customers toward their final goal, but this is not always
simple. At Algolia, we became search experts and developed tools and
knowledge to support our customers’ search experiences, so that they can
focus on what they do best. We
are an engineering company at heart and believe that by empowering
developers to create great solutions for their businesses, everyone
benefits. We’ve created a suite of developer tools to help them build
search experiences. Over the years we’ve accumulated knowledge of what
makes a great end-user search experience, and are excited to go beyond
the search box by exploring discovery experiences using new
technologies and in new contexts.
Design at Algolia
We
are currently a team of 9, composed of: product designers, brand
designers, a researcher, and a producer. We are reporting into separate
organizations and are looking for the Head of Design to unify us under
one roof. Most of us are in Paris and the rest in San Francisco. We are
projecting to at least double the team in 2019.
As
a group, we have an impact on most products at Algolia and serve our
key user groups: end-users of search, developers, buyers/customers, and
internal users. We work on a variety of projects, including: defining
best practices and patterns for end users of search experiences;
empowering developers to build great search; helping our clients to make
decisions based on their search data; supporting our internal teams and
helping Algolia scale through tooling; and, of course, our marketing
site and materials. We also spend time supporting our client-facing
teams by providing them with UX advice, and by consulting our clients
directly through design sessions and workshops.
As the Head of Design, you will help
Algolia’s design practice take the next step! We are looking for a Head
of Design, who will unify and lead the Product and Brand/Creative
design efforts in a quickly changing environment. You will lead and
develop a team of passionate and autonomous product designers, brand
designers and user researchers. You will work with your Product
Management, Marketing and Engineering counterparts to deliver the best
user-centered products.