Gumtree Lifestyle

Our Team

The Gumtree spirit is cheerfully local and filled with passion — for some, the passion is driven by the uniqueness of the platform (pets!), for most it is the power of the platform to fulfill the core need of finding immediate value across a range of categories – goods, jobs, cars and more.

Members of our Team

  • Magdalena
  • Suchi
  • Katie
  • Steve
  • Magdalena
    Community & Business Development Lead, Poland
    A famous brand and original work. Four years ago when I started, it was very unusual to work in the Internet industry and I liked that.
    Great, young, open-minded, clever and inspiring people! An opportunity to learn new things every day and lovely food in the kitchen ;-)
    Gumtree venues (I was a Ministry of Fun for almost two years).
    Here are a few goals: make users happy, develop my skills and creativity and have fun fun fun.
    I have met great friends and interesting people and I have learnt a lot from them. With this experience I think, I could go in many directions in life.
    I have the chance to work with people from different countries and cultures. That is for me a very amazing experience. I think I would not have this opportunity in Poland or even in many other companies.
    It surprised me, that with such a small group of people we can do a lot and achieve so much! And, although we deal with very stressful situations every day, we still laugh and have a lot of fun! Yes, it is amazing - work can be fun!
    We are very passionate about our job and love playing foosball!
  • Suchi
    General Manager
    The amazing potential to become the go-to-place for people to trade with each other
    Our underlying business is rapidly changing every day, with key categories growing at 100%. Experiencing this kind of growth is a rare treat. More so, being able to rapidly deploy product and other initiatives and watch the curve bend even further is super satisfying
    In the last 6 months, we implemented the UK’s easiest “post an ad” experience, launched two new features that our community found valuable and swapped our own old search engine with a best of breed engine, paving the way for fundamental changes in search experience over the next months
    To make Gumtree the go-to place for people to trade with each other
    Small effective self contained team – very empowering
    To be able to walk to the river and have a meeting in the sunshine
    Everyone around me outside work seems to have heard about Gumtree
    First, we play hard to win, and have fun. Also, we are open and honest, yet respectful. I love both those immensely!
  • Katie
    Head of CS, Local Classifieds
    The exciting business potential and the opportunity to take on a customer-facing function.
    No two days are the same and the possibilities are endless. Plus, of course, the fruit smoothies in the fridge!
    Recent cool projects for Gumtree UK have included long-term product visioning, devising a cross-functional Trust strategy and determining the fraud technology roadmap.
    For Gumtree UK – transform the trust and safety of the site and truly deliver delightful and surprising customer service. And hopefully for the rest of the Local Classified businesses, helping them do the same.
    The chance to make a difference; and the sheer variety of opportunities/things to try.
    One outstanding experience was the Gumtree Sports Day a few years ago. Seeing so many users show up to play kids games in the park!
    How well the business is continuing to grow after nearly 10 years while still being a “rough diamond”.
    Enthusiasm – everyone in the classifieds business, not just Gumtree, seems to have caught the bug.
  • Steve
    Product Guy, London
    Love working on transactional brands that people have a genuine emotional attachment to… Gumtree really ticks this box.
    Talented and constructive people, lovely working environment and being able to make decisions that matter.
    Site redesign and re-architecting work, registration, new features – everything that hits the site from a UX point of view.
    Making it a super brand in the UK and starting to really innovate in terms of person to person trading.
    Free food!
    Developing a product strategy and delivering a new location model and design for the site.
    How much it has kept the startup/small company feel whilst being part of a much bigger business.
    Drive to deliver enough good stuff to have earned your Friday night beer.