Ruuby

The Story

Ruuby is London’s digital beauty concierge app, offering clients direct access to the diaries of 300 professional, vetted beauticians. Ruuby is currently delivering a beauty service every 15 minutes to clients across London, within the M25. Ruuby has been voted best app by Evening Standard, Buzzfeed and Vogue, and is a favourite of Londoners.

The service offering is broad, and encompasses beauty, hair, wellness (juice cleanses and PT sessions), cosmetic injectables and more. While the platform is marketed predominantly towards women, “Ruuby Men” launched in August 2017, and has already proved popular.

The platform is made up of a customer facing iOS & Android app, a website, a CMS/Admin panel, and and iOS and Android app for beauticians. Our tech enabled system allows for rapid scaling, and easy onboarding of beauticians.

Our revenues are based around a commission model (which ranges between 15% and 67%, with 95% of providers at 25%). The majority of beauticians are on a 25% commission model, cosmetic injectables stand at 30%, and offline/concierge (hotels & other concierge services) at 67%.

Launched in 2015 by Cambridge graduate Venetia Archer, Ruuby is the leading high-end beauty bookings platform in London. The app has been voted best London app by Evening Standard, Refinery 29 and Buzzfeed. Growth over the course of 2017 remains solid, with an increase of 19% in GTV monthly.

Growth & Culture

We run a creative, high-growth and exciting ship. Everyone in the team has an equal voice, and it has been that way since day 1. We are looking for innovators that aren't afraid to speak up, make suggestions, poke holes and develop a sense of ownership of the company's technology. The current team is made up of expert marketers in digital marketing, the beauty industry and growth hacking, and we are looking for someone to take the lead when it comes to our tech strategy and implementation. Our stack is exciting... while we are a "beauty app" on the outside, our technology is increasingly sophisticated and complex.

We have a strong vision to create a luxury focussed beauty bookings platform that has a world of potential in terms of growth. Ruuby is lucky enough to have an incredibly strong advisory board, who are focussed on ensuring the success of our already disruptive platform. We're looking for someone smart, innovative, and creative to join us.

The Interview Process

We don't like to waste time, and initial 30 minute interviews are conducted over the phone with the CTO. We understand that prospective candidates will have questions about Ruuby, and we'd like to get to know the candidate on a more general level. Following this, the candidate will be invited to complete a code test, and visit the office to meet the team.