Unicorn Hunt

A job board for tech jobs, built with 3beards in London.

When: c. 2015
Stage: Handed on to others
Role: Built the board with 3beards
Outcome: Launched in January 2015; sold to Tiny in 2019, who run it as Tiny Boards.

Unicorn Hunt was a job board for tech jobs, built for 3beards, the London company behind tech community events such as Silicon Drinkabout and Digital Sizzle. It replaced the WordPress job board 3beards had run since February 2013 and launched in January 2015.

The board was for companies looking for good people and people looking for the right company, without the flood of recruiter listings, and it charged on a pay-what-you-want basis. I built it with 3beards.

The name came from a joke that finding a great job, or a great person, is like hunting for a unicorn. By 2019 the board was run by Tiny Boards alongside Designer News and We Work Remotely.

Screenshot, Unicorn Hunt — Screenshot. Design: 3beards & Stef Lewandowski (per site footer; individual logotype author not recorded in the archive)

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