Lead Visual Designer
Pursuit is an early-stage startup that is building a marketplace for outdoor activities and trips.
Pursuit is an early-stage startup that is building a marketplace for outdoor activities and trips. We believe that the world is a better place when people put down their phones and get outside to have authentic experiences, so we work tirelessly to make that easier for customers. Currently, we're a team of four distributed between Denver and Seattle that recently finished the W22 batch of Y Combinator.
About the role
Skills: Illustrator, Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD
Who are we?
Pursuit is an early-stage startup that is building a marketplace for outdoor activities and trips. We believe that the world is a better place when people put down their phones and get outside to have authentic experiences, so we work tirelessly to make that easier for customers. Currently, we're a team of four distributed between Denver and Seattle that recently finished the W22 batch of YCombinator.
Who are you?
You're an experienced and highly-driven web designer that can own the look and feel of our product and brand end-to-end. As a member of our small team, you are a generalist that can contribute to and own multiple aspects of the product with both independent delivery and collaborative thinking. You believe in our mission to connect people to the wild through authentic experiences in beautiful places.
In your role as lead web designer, your day-to-day tasks will consist of creating visually engaging, innovative, and functional mobile and Web products. You’re a strategic thinker and understand how to design digital website experiences that are compelling and help our customers dream with us. You have a passion for brand building and can help push user experience forward across all digital touchpoints.
While your primary responsibilities will be related to design, you will have outsized influence on the direction of the product as 1/5 of such an early-stage company. Collaboration and creative ideation are encouraged to help us move forward our mission and delight our customers.
What you'll do?
Own the visual design of our website, marketing materials, and future mobile app
Facilitate and participate in qualitative and quantitative user research, analyze feedback, and act upon results
Quickly turn around design mock-ups and have a strong understanding of how your designs are translated into code
Collaborate closely to solve problems for our customers
Influence the direction of the product and company
Stay in the loop and on top of the latest standards, changes, trends in visual design field
Job Requirements
4+ years of related design experience, including working as part of a cross-functional team to deliver for customers
Data-driven approach to UI/UX with experience in user research and optimization
High proficiency with prototyping and visual design software
Ability to deliver independently and defend your work, but also take creative feedback and execute updates in a professional manner
A portfolio that demonstrates UX and visual design skills in digital products
Ability to learn new tools quickly and work in a fast evolving environment
Why Pursuit?
We're a small team that is passionate about changing how the world experiences the outdoors. As an early team member, you have the ability to shape the company and own a significant equity stake.
The problem that we're solving resonates with the vast majority of people that we've talked to, including influential VCs and angel investors. After launching publicly at the beginning of YCombinator W22 in January, we grew monthly GMV to around $50k in March.
About this role
July 10th, 2022
May 11th, 2022
Full Time
95k-130k USD
Apply now
Please let Pursuit know you found this job on Himalayas. This will help us grow!
About Pursuit
Learn about Pursuit and their company culture.
Pursuit is where you find outdoor activities like hunting, fishing, backcountry skiing, scuba diving, etc. Pursuit simplifies your search, vetting, and booking of private land, instruction, and equipment for these complex sports. Pursuit allows landowners, guides, and outfitters to build outdoor businesses by selling their skills and assets directly to you.
Who Are Pursuit’s Customers?
Pursuit is for those who know there is more to squeeze out of life... those that seek the freedom that wide open spaces and knowledge provide... those that understand that our lives are better when we’re pursuing something or some objective. Pursuit customers respect the land, animals, and people that offer meat for our tables, beauty for our lives, and challenges worth overcoming. Pursuit customers don’t want to just “experience” nature... they want to be part of it.
How Does Pursuit Work?
Pursuit connects those that feel the call to push into the unknown to guides that know the beauty which lies beyond and to landowners that hold the keys to locked gates. Pursuit simplifies for you the complexity (education requirements, tags, licenses, safety requirements, etc.) and consolidates your search into one spot so you can book the various activities you want on private or public land. Pursuit offers guides, landowners, and outfitters a turnkey solution (risk mitigation, pricing, advertising, collection, rule setting, etc.) for building and growing their income. Pursuit allows landowners a passive cash stream based on a network of trust. Pursuit makes it easy for guides to set their own schedules, work across geographies and sports, and make more money for the tremendous value they create for customers. Pursuit helps outfitters sell their services and rent their equipment.
Why Do These Sports Matter?
People protect and champion what they love, and there is no better way to fall in love than to experience something first hand. These sports matter because they propel our understanding and challenge our limits. No matter what walk of life, where you’re from, or how you vote, Pursuit is here to connect you to the natural world. We invite everyone to join us and to forge a relationship with great teachers, the wild, and what lies beyond...
Private Land
Pursuit believes that all land is a gift. Public land is meant to be enjoyed by all. Private land is entrusted to stewards that have the right to offer their spaces to whomever they choose. Public land is beautiful but often overused, so Pursuit looks to relieve that pressure by giving landowners a network they can trust to offer their land for public enjoyment. Amid increased urbanization and a widening gap between city and rural folks, Pursuit offers rural communities a platform to build their own economic engines around private land, form relationships with urbanites, and have their opinions heard.
Hunting
Pursuit encourages fair chase hunting, using (or donating) the whole animal, and appreciating that all meat (grocery store products included!) was once a living animal. Everyone should have the experience (at least once) of looking food in the eye before enjoying it as a meal. Hunting done well makes us more appreciative, aware, and independent. Think yoga... but with beautiful backdrops, animals, and healthy food when you’re done!
Women of the Outdoors
Women hunt. Women fish. Women climb. Women ski... and many are leaders in these sports and should be empowered to share their skills and teach others! Women sometimes feel more comfortable going outdoors with other women, and Pursuit supports that perspective. By celebrating the women of the outdoors, Pursuit helps more people get outside and increases access to these sports.
Tech stack
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Benefits and perks
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Healthcare benefits
Robust health benefits packages including medical, dental and vision plans.
Apply now
Please let Pursuit know you found this job on Himalayas. This will help us grow!
About this role
July 10th, 2022
May 11th, 2022
Full Time
95k-130k USD