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Jason Putorti

Executive Director and Founder of Resistbot

St Petersburg, Florida

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Work Experience

2018

  • Executive Director, Co-Founder

    2018

    - Founded a non-profit software service to help individual citizens lobby their government, vote, volunteer, and civically engage - Responsible for product vision, product design, product management, growth, marketing, customer service, and some software development - Grew Resistbot from zero to 9.7 million users, millions in contributions, 550 million texts exchanged, and over 33 million letters delivered to officials over 7 years of continuous operation - Outlasted startups in this space that raised millions in venture funding with grassroots donations, while delivering utility to millions of users - Managing two full-time engineers and a flow of volunteers

  • UX Strategist

    2022

    - Coach for early stage startups on product-market fit, customer journey, metrics funnels, user interface, and related aspects of launching and scaling a new product

2019 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2021

    - One of four board members for a company that built an app for solopreneurs.

2016 - 2018

  • User Experience Designer

    2016 - 2018

    - UX designer for Invest division - Created a brand new series of apps for individual investors and syndicate leads so they could better understand their investments on AngelList - Led the first redesign of AngelList UI since launch in 2010

  • Designer in Residence

    2015 - 2016

    - UX design consultant for Bessemer portfolio startups - Triaged mostly consumer Internet companies to solve their highest leveraged problems; from aligning leadership on messaging, ensuring customer needs were being met, to designing user flows and user interfaces - Companies included Zirx, Speakeasy, Simply Measured, Knowme, Pipedrive, Anaqua, Rabbit, Blue Apron, and Thinking Phones

2014 - 2015

  • Co-Founder

    2014 - 2015

    - Drove the product design and customer experience as an individual contributor and manager. - Recruited our first product designer in March 2014 and two more in January 2015 to help ship our first three products in June 2015: Brigade for iOS, Android, and Brigade.com.

2013 - 2014

  • Vice President of Design

    2013 - 2014

    - Causes acquired Votizen in January 2013. - Started as an individual contributor and creative director working on a new Causes.com product launched in September 2013. - Promoted to VP of Design, managing a team of seven across marketing, design, and user research.

2010 - 2012

  • Co-Founder

    2010 - 2012

    - Founding designer and the first hire at Votizen. - Sole designer for product and marketing. - Designed several iterations of Votizen products for consumers and campaigns, the Votizen brand, and drove marketing communications and PR.

  • Designer in Residence

    2009 - 2010

    - First Designer-in-Residence ever at a major firm. - Provided user experience, design, and marketing guidance to Bessemer portfolio companies, including Reputation Defender, Intacct, and LinkedIn.

2007 - 2009

  • Lead Creative Direction, Personal Finance

    2009 - 2009

    - Intuit acquired Mint.com on November 2, 2009.

  • Lead Designer

    2007 - 2009

    - Led product and visual design for Mint.com and, later, Mint for iOS. - Created user interfaces from idea to sketch to high-fidelity design to code deliverables. - Set the creative and brand direction for the company, including visuals, voice, and tone, and created many of the deliverables and brand components used in marketing communications.