The SmugMug Blog

The past few years have been an amazing time to be a SmugMugger and we’re really proud of our growth. We recently launched a wide variety of new features for you to enjoy, everything from better gallery styles, more integrated social media tools to the advanced Pro features for managing your business.

The best part? 2011 isn’t over.

Seeking Free Thinkers for our Advisory Brigade

SmugMug has always prided itself on being customer-driven. As an independent company, our customer’s needs have always been our guiding light.

Help us stay on track and support your needs. We’re inviting you to help us refine existing features and develop new ones.  Think of it as a sort of Advisory Brigade of VIP SmugMuggers focused on building the best photo sharing and e-commerce site out there.

Interested?  Here is a simple overview of what we’re looking for:

• We need a wide variety of photographers, everyone from amateur hobbyists to savvy Pros and everyone in-between.  In short, if you use SmugMug and have a passion for making it better, you’d be a great candidate.

• We are NOT looking to test your computer skills or photo knowledge. We’re looking to apprentice with you and discover how to best support your photographic workflow – whatever that happens to be.

Break out your soapbox

The only real requirement we have is that you are available to spend a few hours every month talking to our Experience Design team about how you use SmugMug. We’ll do this in person, over the phone and using Skype.

These are just informal interviews and painless user tests where you can talk about the state of your photographic world. We need you to convey your ideas, your gripes and your perspective. No lab coats required. (Well, only if they’re green.)

If you’re interested in joining our SmugMug Advisory Brigade, just email us (advisorybrigade@smugmug.com)! Tell us a bit about yourself, what you do and give us a link to your photographic sites (SmugMug or others).  If you sound like a good fit, we’ll contact you and get the ball rolling.

Thanks!

– Wade