Woof! Meet Wix’s Top Dawgs!
Wix Dogs have a special place in the office. They roam the hallways, storm into conference rooms, and wait for hand-outs of food and attention in the kitchen. They’re a staple of Wix life, and they deserve to be honored with a blog post devoted entirely to them. In fact, our office rooms are often not identified by room # but by the name of the dog who “works” there.
Wix Dogs are sometimes referred to by department, sorta like The Gangs of Wix Dogs. There are the ‘Wix Support Dogs’, ‘Studio and Marketing Dogs’, and ‘Product Dogs’. Some gangs stick closely together, while others include informants and double agents who technically are in one gang, but think they’re in another.
Come meet the crew!
WIX’ COMMUNITY DOGS
SPIFFY
Spiffy, aka Brown Sugar, has made a long way from his days as a scruffy mutt to the top executive he is today, and he has Wix to thank for that. As a proud member of the community team, Spiffy sports a Facebook profile and fan page, a Twitter channel, a Flickr account and a YouTube channel. He frequently updates his followers about his life, like in which room in the house he currently is napping.
PIPO
Pipo’s mom is a Community Manager. This tiny dog once played fetch for seven hours straight(!). Two other of his highlights are digging a small bunker under his mom’s sofa & smelling like an old pirate. Besides that, he’s super friendly and a big fan of cheese.
WIX’ STUDIO DOGS
JACKO
The original Wix Dog. Jacko was one of the first Wix employees and has built a free website for every version of the editor. Both of his parents are department managers, so he has a lot on his doggy-plate. He loves sitting on the lap of a brilliant Wix web designer at work…you can find glamour shots of him right inside Wix’ image libraries!
SUZI
Suzi’s dad is a web designer and Flash animator in the Wix Studio. His baby Suzi is afraid of her own shadow, but loves to visit her friends on the WixPromote team.
WIX’ PRODUCT DOGS
TOBY
Toby’s momma is away on maternity leave, so he’s home getting used to his new baby brother. We are counting down the days until he’s back at work with us, wandering around and occasionally howling a tune. Toby is an official member of the Wix Affiliates program, and uses the extra dough he makes to buy new bones.
JAGER
Jager is a debonair Dogue de Bordeaux, and one of the newest additions to the Wix family. His mommy works hard on providing fresh content to the Wix editor. Currently, Jager’s favorite feature is ’auto-play’.
SHVITZY
Shvitzy name means “sweaty” in Yiddish. It makes sense, considering her favorite spot on Wix’ sunny roof. Shvitzy’s dad is a WixMobile developer. Rumor has it that the amount of coding that goes on in her office would make anyone break into a sweat.
WIX’ SUPPORT DOGS
KAFKA
As you can see, Kafka is a stud. He’s a featured “Hipster Puppy” in this book. When Kafka’s not breaking hearts, he’s helping users connect their Wix sites to their domains. As one of the most experienced Support dogs, he acts as a sort of mentor to the new guys. He loves using WixAnswers, under his mom’s alias.
RAPIDO
Rapido is a pure-bred Hungarian Vizsla. Every day he runs along as his dad’s bikes to work, and cannot sit still for a second. Hence the name.
CAVA
This little doggy doesn’t drink water out of bowls – only cups with Wix logos on them. Like much of the WixSupport squad, Cava brings a little international flavor to the team; she was born in Budapest. She works with her dad on QA for Support, and her favorite spot at Wix is the fake grass in front of reception (she doesn’t know it’s fake).
BOMBA
This snapshot captures Bomba doing what she does best: shopping online for doggy clothing. Here, she’s browsing a Wix eCommerce shop for doggy dresses (she’s a real girlie-girl). Her momma works on Wix Support for languages, so Bomba’s favorite Wix site is AyudaWix -the Spanish version of WixAnswers.
LUNA
Luna just wants to play, but her mom is a Language Support Team Leader. So it’s a good thing Luna has Tel Aviv beaches right across the street from her office. Nothing like running along the water to unwind after a long day at work.
STEVE-O
When it comes to Premium support, Steve-O and his dad have you covered. Steve-O loves Wix’ eCommerce package and is a whiz at creating eShops with customized product galleries and shopping carts.
BONO
Bono was made famous for a pee-and-run on an orange couch in Wix Support. He was caught on camera; kinda ironic considering his mommy prepares Wix’ video tutorials… OK not that ironic. No connection whatsoever, actually.
WIX’ MARKETING DOGS
BETSY
Betsy trots around the marketing department like she owns the place, and has no problem barking at those who actually do. She loves how Google-friendly Wix is and as an SEO expert, enjoys 1st page rankings for many of her keywords. Wix’ SEO Monitoring Tool is easy enough for Betsy to use.
ROCKO
Rocko is a gentle little boy trapped inside a big dog’s body. He loves playing Frisbee on Tel Aviv’s beaches, and has 2 cats for roommates. Rocko’s place at Wix is in WixPromote, where his dad helps users promote their websites.
KUNI
Kuni is a 4-year-old Shih-Tzu whose mom works in HR. But we consider him a “Marketing Dog” because of where his office is. Kuni loves traveling and recently visited Wix Ukraine in search of fresh recruits. Want to work at Wix? Meet your last round interviewer. He’s great at sniffing out new hires. . .
TSEMMER
Tsemmer means “wool” in Hebrew. Like, the fabric. The “Dog Whisperer” is Tsemmer’s favorite TV show. Here you can see her hard at work while her dad gives some IT help to a Wix employee. Tsemmer, down!
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Wonderful! I am so impressed with Wix. I and my buddy (2 retired Recreation directors, (always involved at the provincial and national committee levels and well known in our profession) started a year ago running a non profit community organization (Table de Quartier de Nord-Ouest de Montreal) whose mission is to coordinate the nonprofit organizations in the west end of Montreal who are assisting the disadvantaged in matters of food, clothing, shelter, all ages activities, self worth and general improvements in their quality of life.
January 13, 2012The “Table” has not had a web site and so we are now looking to set one up. I was suggesting “iPage” to our board just this week but now I not so sure. We are subsidised by Centraide (United Way) and some gouvernment grants allowing us $25,000 discressionary budget which we use for community developement and support. A very small portion of that pays our admin. costs. Not having many resourses and limited web site building experience, we may have to get outside help to do the web site. Do you know of any resourses (low cost-free is better) that we might tap into? Any advice will be much appreciated. Thankyou very much for your assistance, and again lots of congratulations.
Richard
I love this post! My dog works with me too!
January 13, 2012http://screencast.com/t/DQWZnrNrR
Rupert and Cass SF support team members running the office :)
January 13, 2012We definitely need to add Rupert the SF Mascot to this list!
January 13, 2012Where’re the 6th floor Canines?
January 13, 2012Jacko, Lucy, attack!
What about the San Francisco dawgs!!!! Rupert and Mama Cass even dress up on theme days :)
January 13, 2012Hola Paola:
January 13, 2012I think Luna is the best looking dog in the studio.
The captions were really great for all of them dogs.
Love you
Such a cool page and such a cool company for doing this!!!
January 14, 2012Hello Richard,
Thanks for commenting here and kudos for taking on such an amazing initiative.
As you may already know with Wix you can easily create a gorgeous and totally free website, Facebook page and mobile sites.
Wix is super user friendly and no previous coding or design experience is needed. However if you need some professional design assistance we recommend checking out our community of freelance web-designers who can help creating your website at a very affordable price (visit the Wix Arena and check out some of the Pro designers portfolios at: http://arena.wix.com/).
We’ll be happy to hear more about your project and see how we can help out so please drop us a line to community@wix.com
January 14, 2012Super-Adorable, Incredibly Creative, and Over-The-Top Sweet! Studies have shown that dogs in the workplace increase productivity and collaboration, reduce stress, foster better employee relationships,minimizes sick days and even contributes to weight loss (chasing the doggies around the office). The captions are brilliant. The cutest –Bono (but I am his grandma so I can’t be objective .. love from Miami xoxo
January 14, 2012OMG, Cava is beautiful! I have three King Charles Cavvies myself. :) They are my favourite breed by far.
Of course, I like dogs in general – and I love the captions given here, haha! Awesome job guys.
January 16, 2012What a fabulous inspiration to reduce stress-filled work days. My great-grand dog is Bono and I am not just prejudiced but seriously look at that sweet punim only exceeded by Bono’s mama. Our future is in good hands with you guys. Luv from Palm Beach, Floria
January 21, 2012Puppy’s all photo is very nice and good.
February 2, 2012You are so great! Well done Wix. That’s goog example for everyone. Working with dog – brilliant idea!
February 25, 2012