What we do: 

Headquartered in the heart of Austin, TX, TrendKite is blazing the trails of category creation, taking earned media out of the era of media monitoring and into the age of Digital PR.

This is a time of profound change as all aspects of life, including business, are impacted by the disruption of traditional journalism and the rise of social networks and other forms of communication. With this change, the PR industry has been redefined. Digital PR is the intersection of traditional PR, content marketing, social media, influencer management, and search. By harnessing artificial intelligence and big data analytics to optimize the impact public relations has on a brand’s reputation, website traffic and business goals, TrendKite’s platform is transforming the way the world views earned media, allowing modern PR professionals to create deeper connections with customers and prospects. Companies like Nike, Google, Delta, SXSW and thousands more turn PR coverage into real business impact using TrendKite.

Market disruption requires requires hiring the top people in our industry, developing them, and empowering them to solve interesting problems and do the very best work of their careers. If that sounds exciting, then we’d love to hear from you.

What you'll do at TrendKite:

As a Product Designer at TrendKite you’ll work closely with a tight-knit team of product managers and engineers to define, design, and create new products and improvements to existing functionality for a customer base that includes some of the world’s best loved brands and their agencies. Product Designer is a highly strategic role at TrendKite. You’ll have direct influence on the roadmap and strategy of a rapidly evolving product. TrendKite has a unique opportunity to shape the future of how PR and Marketing teams do their jobs and the product design team is a crucial part of capitalizing on that opportunity.

What you bring to the table:

• 5+ years of professional (post-college) work in User Experience Design
• A deep understanding of Interaction Design and Information Architecture
• Experience creating end-to-end experiences with minimum direction
• Experience working with and evolving a design system
• Expert knowledge (and experience utilizing) foundational design principles
• Experience crafting complex web and mobile applications
• Experience participating in and defining design research efforts
• Expert knowledge of Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, or other design software
• Expert knowledge of InVision, or other prototyping tools, with iterative prototyping at the core of your process
• Experience working as part of a multi-functional product design/development team
• Experience in project planning and deliverable definitions
• Bonus points for experience with advanced data visualizations

What you'll get:

• Shape the next generation digital PR
• Ownership of projects from start to finish
• Input into the roadmap of a rapidly evolving SaaS product
• Countless product design challenges and diverse projects that are driven by a rapidly transforming digital PR industry
• Work closely with product managers, engineers and leadership in the definition and execution of product initiatives
• Push boundaries and break the products status quo to get us to the ideal future state

The TrendKite team is smart, passionate, and loves the hands-on hard work it takes to build a great company. As a company, we work hard, play hard, and do everything we can to make our customers wildly successful. We're a motivated group with a passion for start-ups and the wild but rewarding ride they entail. Enjoy doing stuff outside of the office? Us too! We celebrate our successes outside of work and take care of our people with solid benefits. Data in all its glorious forms is the fundamental ingredient in our product. You will help convert our sustainably sourced data into delectable insights that power the TrendKite AI Media Engine. Do you realize that graphs are not charts? Do you know that ontology has nothing to do with cancer? Then this may be the role for you. Why TrendKite? TrendKite has the some of the brightest, most passionate and driven folks in the industry. If working with smart, fun, talented people who genuinely like another appeals to you, then you might want to join our team. We pride ourselves in living our values, not just talking about them. They are core to who we are as a company and drive every decision we make as we continue to build a special, incredibly successful business without losing sight of what got us here, our people. Sure, we have a fun, friendly environment with awesome office space and perks out the wazoo, but that’s not why people come to TrendKite and certainly not why they stay. We are here to do our life’s best work and to connect with one another on a deeper level as we go on an incredible, career-defining journey, together as One Team. To work at TrendKite, this should resonate with you on a deep, emotional level. If they don’t, that’s okay but for most of us, it’s a big part of the reason why we are here! Our Values: Operational Excellence is what makes TrendKite one of the most disruptive, fast-growing, and high-profile companies in the Austin area and the marketing technology ecosystem. From our data-driven decision making to our cutting-edge processes to our customer-obsessed service, we have a very high bar in everything we do. We are One Team! TrendKiters make up a greater team working together to accomplish our mission while supporting one another. Time is precious at TrendKite - we have a sense of urgency like no other - we call it Cycle Time. We work with a maximum speed and intensity to capitalize on the opportunity in front of us. That lets us innovate at warp speed, leaving the competition in the dust. We are intellectually honest - we solve problems using data and facts rather than personal beliefs or agendas. Forget the politics. We do what’s right for the business. We have a Learning Culture where we focus on professional growth through training and mentorship. While we are growing our employees we’re also impacting our customers by empowering our folks with best-in-class skills across the company.