Supercool Designer Wanted

  Russia

St. Petersburg

  United States

San Francisco

Term: Throughout the year 
Length of Position: negotiable
Dates: negotiable

Description: We are searching for an excellent Designer who would like to contribute to Supercool School.

Supercool School is a highly purpose-driven startup that was founded by a team of underdogs from Europe and India to change the world using the amazing powers of learning.

We  are bulding the first demand-based online learning marketplace that empowers people to request classes, join them as students or teach them using a simple webcam. Launching our alpha version on Facebook five months ago, Supercool School has attracted over 3.000 users that requested over 300 classes ranging from "How to start a business in China" to "Advanced Java" and "Thai Soup Recipes". We're going to have our global website launch in July 2009 and are already involved in a number of super secret projects with well known global organizations.

Because we believe in the power of learning. We believe that education is the answer to all the challenges that we face today. And even though we don't have all the solutions yet, we believe that they can be found in the hearts and minds of the people. So empowering them to learn and to develop their true potential means empowering the world to become all it can be: a better place for all of us.

We don't care for your degree, your age or your nationality ...
BUT that you're inspired and committed to accomplish great things with us.

Responsibility:
- Modular Feature Design
- CSS integration
- Conceptual Design/UI

Frame:
- You can start immediately
- You can work from home or in the office
- The office is in downtown San Francisco

Application:
- Send an Email with the subject "supercool designer" to bjoern (at) supercoolschool (dot) c o m
- Attach a CV + examples!! or links to your work
- Describe how you fullfill our expectiations stated above
- Tell us very briefly about yourself (1. What inspires you? 2. What are your goals? 3. Why are you different?)

Further Procedure:
1. You will receive an answer + quick feedback in 2-3 days
2. 30 min general Interview on skype (1st round)
3. 30 min specific Interview with extended supercool circle on skype (2nd round)
4. Final decision will be made asap but latest until the 31st of March

Highlights: We offer:
- A bad ass business model to change society
- An international team
- No hierarchy
- A T-Shirt
- Future leadership position
- Equity
- Freedom to create state of the art design
- Environment of unique stakeholders
- A lot off responsibility and challenges
- A bright future

Qualifications: Essential hard skills are:
- Photoshop and Illustrator
- HTML and CSS

Essential soft skills are:
- Purpose driven personality
- Constructive team player
- Independent, enduring and self initiative personality

Nice to haves:
- Project Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Every language is a plus (especially: Greek, German, Russian, Hindi)

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Phone Interview
• Resume

Supercool School's Mission Statement: Supercool School makes online learning social by democratizing the learning process and empowering everyone to demand, create and participate in live and interactive online classes.

Year Founded: 2008