Anything that we were developing in our previous lives before Beatport we were looking at in a responsive way. And so responsive has been in our blood ever since before we got acquired. We are all sort of tech nerds on this side. We’re all coming from the product shop Arc90.
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I’m interested especially because, while I would imagine that your audience of professional DJs is on their phones, I might also question-why go responsive versus having a separate phone app, a standalone app or thinking about it as completely separate experiences? Robert: So I think my first question for you is, I’d love to hear more about how you made the decision to do a responsive web app. I’ve known Rich Ziade from Arc90 for many, many years and I’ve been really interested in the Beatport story.
So it was sort of a no-brainer when we started out that this whole web experience was going to be able to be responsive. We obviously find the value in being able to open the app and have the same experience across any device, any screen size. And I was a web designer and front-end developer there, so I just kind of merged into this role really well. As far as my background goes, I also started out at Arc90 before it was acquired by SFX and Beatport.
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So redesign of Beatport Pro is my vision and I’ve been really excited to work on this project. The Photoshop comps, wireframes, HTML/CSS, that stuff is all mine. I’m responsible for a whole bunch of different fun stuff. I’m Nikki, I’m the lead designer here for Beatport Pro. From that experience I was asked to be the product lead for everything for Beatport Pro going forward. And that transitioned nicely into some client engagement stuff for the company I worked at prior to here called Arc90. So my background in web is as a front-end developer and a designer. We have other plans obviously to do some great things for the fan experience, but for now we’re just duplicating the functionality in this store and that’s where my role comes in. So my title as product lead for Beatport Pro is considering everything that we’re doing for the professional DJ. Now we’re really making a pretty big divide with what we’re calling Beatport Pro. Up until this point Beatport has always been geared around just selling tracks as an e-commerce store. Even in a world where something like iTunes or Spotify exists, Beatport has that niche. This is pretty specific to the electronic dance music scene, so it’s always had a really great niche of selling those tracks. Beatport has always been a store where DJs can purchase high quality tracks to use in their set. And for that to make any sense you have to understand a little bit about Beatport’s history, which I’ll just cover very briefly. So my current role at Beatport is the product lead for Beatport Pro. So why don’t we start off, maybe you two could both just introduce yourselves and tell us a little bit about your background, a little a bit about what you’re working on. So thanks again to Campaign Monitor, and thanks for listening. So if you’re interested, you can actually try it out without actually starting a Campaign Monitor account, if you go to /templates you can build and export some beautiful and responsive email newsletter designs, again, without having that Campaign Monitor account. And it’s actually very quick to get an email up and running in minutes. Automatic image resizing is actually one that I find really helpful. It has this really intuitive drag-and-drop interface, and actually gives me a decent amount of control over fonts and colors, and also takes care of a lot of the stuff you kind of expect to just work. What I’ve actually really enjoyed about working with Canvas myself, is that it’s incredibly easy to use. Canvas is an easy-to-use builder for creating beautiful, responsive email newsletters, that look great basically anywhere, even on mobile devices. Campaign Monitor has this new feature they’re really excited about, called Canvas. Ethan:īut before we get started, I’d like to say a few words about our sponsor, Campaign Monitor.
Hi guys, how are you? Robert:īeatport has always been a store where DJs can purchase high quality tracks to use in their set.
Karen:Īnd this week, why I don’t think I could be more delighted to have Robert Petro and Nikki Lee from Beatport here to talk to us. Ethan:Īnd I’m your other host, Ethan Marcotte. Hi, this is a responsive web design podcast, where we interview the people who make responsive designs happen.
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