{"id":1938,"date":"2012-03-28T10:29:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T17:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wealthfront.com\/blog\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2022-11-02T20:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T03:10:39","slug":"silicon-valley-designer-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canary.kcprod.info/blog\/silicon-valley-designer-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Recruiting: The Winning Pony On A Design Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graphic Designer Wanted<\/strong>
\nLike many companies here in the Valley, Wealthfront is seeking, in the words of our latest advertisement, a designer to help “mold the aesthetic heart<\/strong> of the company and all its expressions.”<\/p>\n

Designers are in short supply here \u2013 as you probably know. This Quora thread<\/a> details some of the reasons:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Design talent is valued more now than it was 5-10 years ago, especially the interaction and user experience design specializations.<\/li>\n
  2. Engineering has increased in agility, creating an upturn in the quantity of products requiring design talent.<\/li>\n
  3. Design is hard, and the expectations of designers now are much higher than they were in years past.<\/li>\n
  4. Design education is lacking in its ability to produce designers of quality that can meet the demands of our current industry.<\/li>\n
  5. Downturns in the 2000s left a shortage of mid-career designers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So how are you going to draw the attention of this highly sought-after demographic?<\/p>\n

    Matt Baker, a software engineer here at Wealthfront, used cutting-edge browser technology to develop what he called a gimmicky appeal. In addition to being an engineer, Matt\u2019s also a poet \u2013 as you can tell from the words he used in the appeal.<\/p>\n

    He used CSS 3D Transforms to create the effects you see, and details the process in his blog post on Wealthfront\u2019s engineering blog. Scrolling the Z-axis with CSS 3D Transforms<\/a>
    \n“A lot of the web development community is excited about those features,” he says. “I thought it would be fun to try out some.”<\/p>\n

    The page will only work well if it\u2019s viewed in the latest version of Safari, Firefox or Chrome.<\/p>\n

    Check out the appeal \u2026 and if you\u2019re a designer, email Jim@wealthfront.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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