--- title: 'Designer at Coolbet' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/designer-coolbet-houston-04fjagh41tds' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Designer at Coolbet - **Company:** Coolbet - **Location:** Houston, TX - **Employment:** contract - **Posted:** 2018-12-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/coolbet/88e93b38-92c5-40dc-94cd-c9bbf24a71d4 ## Job description Design is one of our core competencies (we teach every employee design thinking principles during their first week) and as a Product Designer on the team, you’ll lead the way. As a Designer, you will leverage your experience to tackle design challenges across the board. Understanding our users is core to our process, and we prioritize user testing and feedback with customers throughout the design process. We’re looking for a designer who cares about solving problems for users in close partnership with our engineering team. Our Design team is a small, but mighty, group of generalists who have a breadth of skill sets and experiences to learn from. The team is exceptionally collaborative, thoughtful, and passionate about user-centered design. You’ll work with this team to design based on principles and insights, joining our mission to help the world hire with conviction and connect talent to meaningful work. The Skill Set: - Breadth of experience in the product development process, from problem definition to detailed UI and visual design - Several years of experience collaborating with designers, PMs, engineers, and cross-functionally partnering with teams across the company - Proficiency in iterating at low-fidelity with sketches and wireframes of workflows and in translating those into high-fidelity using tools like Sketch or Figma - Ability to create prototypes at various fidelities and levels of interactivity - Past experience designing digital products and systems and have helped shipped products, ideally in the SaaS/B2B space - Clear communicator of design work and of rationale behind it that is backed up with user research or data - Self starter who can work through ambiguity ## About Coolbet ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Coolbet is an award-winning online gaming company delivering sportsbook, casino, and poker experiences directly to players (B2C) and providing advanced B2B platforms to operators in the US. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by GAN Limited in 2020; now part of the Sega Sammy Creation gaming segment) - **Headquarters**: Tallinn, Estonia (Kai 4) - **Founded**: 2015 (LinkedIn) / 2016 (Tracxn) - **Founders**: Jan Svendsen ## Core Business - Primary industry: Online gambling and gaming (Sportsbook, Casino, Poker) - Target customers: B2C (end consumers in 8+ countries) and B2B (operators in the US) - Mission: “Always provide a unique customer experience through exceptional and responsible customer care, top class products, innovation and transparency.” [vt.ee](https://www.vt.ee/en/coolbet-2025/) ## Products & Services - **[Sportsbook]**: Full-service online sports betting platform covering multiple markets and sports. - **[Casino]**: Digital casino offering a wide range of slots, table games, and live dealer experiences. - **[Poker]**: Online poker rooms with tournament and cash game options. - **[B2B Platform]**: White-label and turnkey solutions for US-based operators, covering the full betting and gaming stack. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (acquired by GAN Limited; acquisition amount undisclosed) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – USD 30.8M (LinkedIn data) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/coolbetofficial) - **Total Funding**: EUR 7.6M (venture round in 2019) per LinkedIn; conflicting reports show $41M (Tracxn, possibly including acquisition) [tracxn.com](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coolbet/__MtuPP1v50tGXHIe-Ey_b2xErGFnWkTq2DjoIeBJXiCw) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Institutional investors in the 2019 round; parent company GAN Limited (now under Sega Sammy Creation) - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 12.8% YoY (LinkedIn); operating in 8 countries across 3 continents; serving over 2 million customers; expanding B2B footprint in the US ## Competitive Advantages - Fully integrated technology stack for sportsbook, casino, and poker built in-house - Strong brand recognition across European, Latin American, and Canadian markets - Backing of Sega Sammy Creation (global gaming leader) provides scale and resources - Data-driven approach to personalization and responsible gaming ## Strategic Focus - Continuous product development to enhance player experience and platform reliability - Expansion of B2B offerings in the US market - Deepening commitment to responsible play through transparent practices - Cultivating a tech-first culture that attracts global talent ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values include “Be a teamplayer”, “Never be afraid of doing”, “Take ownership”, “Make innovation happen”, “Put the customer first”, “Have fun”. [careers.coolbet.ee](https://careers.coolbet.ee/) - **Flexibility**: Hybrid work model; teams decide in-office cadence; meeting-free Fridays - **Benefits**: 28 days of vacation (can use business days only for up to 10 extra days off), monthly sports/health compensation, full sick leave coverage for first 8 days, annual training budget, dog-friendly office, free fruits and beverages, free parking - **Relocation**: Comprehensive relocation support for international hires - **Team**: 500+ employees globally, representing over 50 nationalities; Tallinn HQ has ~300 staff - **Perks**: In-house gym, games room, and a “chill games room” ## Sources 1. [careers.coolbet.ee](https://careers.coolbet.ee/) 2. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/coolbetofficial) 3. [vt.ee](https://www.vt.ee/en/coolbet-2025/) 4. [tracxn.com](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coolbet/__MtuPP1v50tGXHIe-Ey_b2xErGFnWkTq2DjoIeBJXiCw) 5. 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