Gumroad

Here is my 2 minute pitch on why Gumroad should consider me for the position of Product Designer.

Transcript

1. Product Designer @ & What Vikram Babu can do for you
2. 1.CODER I find product problems and I develop creative solutions. I started as a graphic designer and front end developer back in high school mostly working with small businesses and creative individuals to sell their products. I am life long learner, a researcher and a problem solver.
3. CODE COMFY CSS3, HTML5, JQUERY, DRUPAL, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, CONTENT STRATEGY, SEO & ANALYTICS. I’M LEARNING PYTHON & DJANGO.
4. DESIGN AS SOLVING WIREFRAMING, GRIDS, AUDIENCE ANALYSIS, RAPID PROTOTYPING, STYLE TILES, USER TESTING, UX, UI, ADOBE CS6, PAPER & PENCIL. BLOGS I FOLLOW: A LIST APART, SMASHING MAGAZINE, SWISS MISS, 99U...
5. FRONT END DEVELOPER & GRAPHIC DESIGNER. These days I consider myself a product designer. Whether it’s a mobile webform or a poster, they are carefully thought out products that meet a user’s needs, and are designed by validated learning.
7. 2.CREATIVE I make products, plenty of products. I’ve been keeping my hands and mind busy since birth. I design, I make jazz rock, I draw, I build instruments, I photograph, I cook. I founded an art & music collective and was a tech teacher at an alternative school.
8. CREATIVE PORTFOLIO uncap.us soundcloud.com/wilddream youtube.com/vickbabu statigr.am/uncap I also attend art classes at San Francisco Art Institute and a Python programming class through EdX MIT.
9. MY CREATIVE COMMUNITY Nearly everyone I know is a creative or creator. My aim has been to help them with their product.
10. MEET THEM. SIC Transit Cycles, These Curls Vintage, Roos Roast Coffee, Modati, Pinocc.io, Manzanita Sound... Manzanita Sound are a distro, shop and mazagine startup, specializing in obscure soul and world vinyl. I am their product designer and I want to sell soul tapes reissues with Gumroad for SXSW.
11. ANNA ASH annaash.bandcamp.com There is also a love story in here. I learned about Gumroad while brainstorming online music with Anna. Gumroad seems ideal for a low fee music video she filmed in Detroit.
12. BASICALLY, CREATIVES AND CREATORS ARE THE SOUL REASON I WANT TO WORK FOR GUMROAD. SO GUMROAD CAN WORK FOR THEM!
13. 3.CONSUMER I buy artisan products and I spend way too much time and money on it. However, I get the consumer mind. Vintage Clothing, Tapes, Vinyl, Steel Frame Bikes, Filson, Hasso, Staub, Momotaro, Thorogood, Allen Edmonds, Small Batch Whiskey, Local Foods, Boutique Guitar Amps...
14. SUMMARY Gumroad is looking to reinvent it’s product by designing and testing new ideas against the needs of creators and consumers.
15. I am a coder, creator & consumer whose skills and interest align closely with your mission and I want to work with you! Thanks for listening.