Our Head of Product Experience, Alexis Baird recently joined the Next Gen Builders podcast with Francois Ajenstat to discuss the intricacies of building a marketplace product experience that exceeds users’ expectations. In the episode, they discuss building seamless home service solutions, fostering trust in digital platforms and the importance of continuous learning in leadership and product development.
An exciting perk we offer is our Thumbtack Bucks benefit — where employees get reimbursed for hiring pros on Thumbtack. Dusti Gregory Ondryas (she/her), Sr. Product Marketing Manager, received extra Thumbtack bucks for winning the 2023 Voice of the Pro Values Award. Check out how Dusti maximized garage storage with her TT bucks: “I had a Thumbtack pro install overhead storage in my garage — it had been a dream of mine for 2 years. Now all of our camping gear, paddle boards and coolers will be in our garage instead of in our basement. And the bonus is that it’s all overhead and won’t take up any space in our small, 2-car garage.”
Introducing Thumbtack for Real Estate, a new tool that helps real estate agents provide even more value to their clients — and close deals faster. 🏡 Faster closings: Agents can connect clients with Thumbtack’s community of 300,000 highly-rated local pros — saving time and ensuring a smooth path to closing. 🏡 Stay top of mind: Agents’ branding is front and center every time a client uses their Buyer or Seller Profile to get their projects done. 🏡 Valuable closing gifts: Agents can gift Thumbtack credit to help clients tackle their top home projects. We're excited to collaborate with real estate agents to drive product awareness and help homeowners easily care for their homes.
#JobAlert 📣 We're looking for an applied scientist with deep expertise in machine learning, optimization, building data products and statistics. As part of a small product team, you’ll have full ownership over your domain. If you’re someone who dreams big and executes well, you could be right fit for this virtual-first role.
From dinner with top chefs to bowling, our Local Community events keep Thumbtackers close — even without an office. As part of our virtual-first, not virtual-only working model, we created Local Communities that help keep our culture thriving. In cities with 10+ employees, Thumbtackers chat through Slack channels where they can share neighborhood happenings, restaurant recommendations and more. And each community hosts local meetups so they can get together IRL, too. Today, we have 30+ Local Communities for our employees to connect.
For Jerri Ramirez (he/him), Trust & Safety Lead Specialist, prioritizing life and well-being doesn’t have to come second to work. In fact, Thumbtack’s virtual-first working model allows him to put wellness first, through hobbies like tennis. We also make taking time off for travel easy, which allowed Jerri to visit Hong Kong last January and begin planning trips to Marinduque, Jomalig and Japan.
So who are Thumbtack pros? They’re your local service professionals that tackle all your homecare projects, from house cleaning to dog training (and every paint or HVAC project in between). Fabio Festi is one of our pros who uses Thumbtack to find leads for his dog training business, Paw Agreement. When you use Thumbtack, you get top-notch pros to tackle your list and support small businesses in your area.
Sydney Champion (she/her), Growth Marketing Manager, saw the opportunities in Thumbtack that would be invaluable to growing her career. From people she knew she’d work well with to putting family first through virtual-first work, Sydney knew Thumbtack was the right fit.
Lin Zhao recently joined Thumbtack as our Vice President of Commercial Operations where he leads the Revenue, Service and Product Operations teams. With 15+ years of global sales and operations experience, Lin is a visionary with a proven track record of building innovative customer experiences. Read on to learn more about Lin’s background, why supporting our pros has a special meaning for him and what he's aiming to accomplish in this new role.
Our CEO, Marco Zappacosta, recently joined Ben Weiss on the Legends N Leaders podcast to discuss how Thumbtack is helping millions of people confidently care for their homes. As the one app for your home — we’re helping homeowners prioritize and manage their home’s repair, maintenance and improvement plans. In this episode, Marco shares how we help both homeowners and pros, what’s next for Thumbtack and his journey to entrepreneurship.
