[Noisebridge-jobs] Maker / Designer Wanted for Digital Making of Custom Products

[Dan Devorkin]

ARE YOU A MAKER / DESIGNER WHO WANTS TO JOIN A DIGITAL MAKING PIONEER?

We have a part time Production Manager role (developing into a full time
role if you wish) for a maker / designer to make custom products for our
online community of 130,000 makers / designers. And to help us change the
world.

ABOUT YOU

* You believe what we believe ... That consumers of the future will
download and make products at home (kinda like a 'digital Ikea').

* You value what we value.

* You have a deep desire to help other makers / designers make their own
custom products. This will make it easy for you to smile, persevere and
shine through the ups and downs our customers experience on their personal
creative journeys, and the ups and downs we experience on ours.

* You are:

A designer / maker. With a proven eye for detail.
Experienced with laser cutters.
Experienced with vector design software, specifically Adobe Illustrator.
Familiar with the properties of the materials in our catalog here.
Someone who works harmoniously with your team members to delight customers.
Cool under extreme pressure, and you radiate this with your team members
and suppliers.
A happy soul. Who communicates well (including online with our global team).
Proactive. Detailed. Process driven. *All three.*
Someone who likes to lead, and enjoys working independently.
Effective at multi ­tasking and prioritizing the daily rush of tasks that
come in a startup.
Someone who understands you get out of life what you put into it. And to
change the world this means stepping forward and grabbing at responsibility.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You'll be our part time Production Manager (minimum 15 hours per week).
You'll be the trusted maker of our customer's product designs. You'll
enable us to deliver on time as our customer demand is growing.

Your typical day includes:

* Achieving 2 key goals - product making quality and speed of making
service. Both measured and reported weekly.

* Managing our online customer order queue, and making customer's orders
using our laser cutters.

* Managing our materials stock so we do not run out. And communicating with
our materials suppliers as needed.

* Carefully packaging and shipping customer orders. And communicating with
our shipping suppliers as needed.

* Lending your expertise to assist our customers improve their product
designs, as needed.

* Liaising with our customer team to ensure on-time delivery of quality
custom products.

* Delighting our customers with the unexpected, and putting a smile on
their faces, particularly when all seemed lost.

* Attending 2 weekly meetings - one full team discussion about company and
individual results, plus one customer/production team discussion about
customer experience.

* Identifying problems with and improving our workflows to delight
customers.

* As a bonus, creating or editing online help content for our customers to
help themselves.

BENEFITS

* Freedom and independence to run your own shift.
* Feeling that your work day makes a difference in other people's lives.
* Market hourly rate.
* Employee rates on laser cutting your own stuff.

ABOUT US

Dreamed up in 2006, Ponoko believes consumers of the future will download
and make products at home (kinda like a 'digital Ikea').

We foresaw the third industrial revolution (distributed digital mass
production) growing out of the first and second industrial revolutions
(centralized analog mass production).

Hence in 2007 Ponoko launched at the first TechCrunch conference and became
the world's first to enable designers to make & sell downloadable product
designs online (open, free, paid).

Since then a community of 130,000 makers, designers, hackers, brands and
businesses have made over 400,000 custom products online. And they've sold
them via our website, their own websites, ETSY, Kickstarter, design events,
and to main street retailers.

With free digital prototyping to get a design just right, no minimum order
size to get started, and on-demand production available within 1 day to
eliminate investment in stock, we've make it 10x faster than ever before
for designers to prototype, make and sell their custom product ideas online.

Recognised as a pioneering leader of the online digital making industry, we
have been featured in places like The Wall Street Journal, The New York
Times, USA Today, CNN Money, Inc. Magazine (cover), Forbes, Wired, Core77,
TechCrunch, Makezine, MIT Technology Review, BBC News and The Economist.

Your appointment will enable us to continue to support our existing
customers, and to hatch a new 3D printing initiative to transform our
industry again.

TO APPLY

Send an email to dan.devorkin at ponoko.com to introduce yourself, send your
resume, and your answers to these 3 questions:

1) Why do you want this role?
2) What gaps might exist between what we need and what you have?
3) Why are you the best person for this role?

We're looking forward to meeting you :)

-- 
Dan Devorkin
*Ponoko - Your Personal Factory*
+1 415 230 0255
www.ponoko.com
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