Web Designer
Location: Burnaby, BC
Summary of Position:
Responsible for the conceptualization, design and build of accessible, usable, SEO friendly, cross-browser compatible websites, for a large variety of clients as well as the company own websites. Also responsible for the design of offline media and marketing collateral when needed.
Duties:
1. Planning and preparation of web sites
• Meet with client and discuss site design requirements – target audience, concepts, look and feel, page structure and navigation
• Assist in planning of site structures, navigation and site maps
• Sketch basic layouts and wireframes
2. Design of web sites
• Create site wireframes for customer approval or modification
• Ensure website projects are visually effective and easy to access
• Ensure the layout of the content is accessible and logical; recommend improvements if necessary
• Create graphical mockups of sites for customer approval or modification
• Ensure visual concepts match the content and the image wanted by the clients
• Ensure sites are easy to navigate
• Communicate with and present to clients throughout design process
• Prepare and optimize graphical elements of website for customer approval or modification
3. Building of websites
• Assist in creation of HTML site templates
• Assist in creation of Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and other CMS-based templates and themes
• Particiapte in site testing and quality control
4. Maintenance of internal and external websites
• Edit and update existing websites as needed
5. Marketing Collateral and Print Graphics Design
• Design promotional material and graphic elements
• Design technical document templates
• Design, maintain and update the company’s brand standard documents
6. Internal Product Development
• Provide technical guidance for graphics and UI-related components during product planning and development
• Ensure company web application products are visually effective and easy to access
7. Reporting:
• Create a weekly summary report to document activity
8. Other Duties as Required
Knowledge, skills and abilities
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a graphic designer in the following areas: Interactive, agency creative, and graphic design
• Minimum of two years of experience in Web design and online marketing
• Fluency in current graphic design and web development software such as Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver etc…)
• Strong technical knowledge of how web-based technologies apply to web design such as HTML, Flash, CSS, and AJAX.
• Understanding of SEO, accessibility, usability, browser compatibility and web best practices
• Strong understanding of and ability in User Interface Design
• Strong design style, including creative design solutions within the constraints of the Internet.
• Strong conceptual skills, including online software concepts and online experience concepts
• Ability to create and customize Wordpress, Drupal, and Joomla themes and templates
• Solid understanding of client deliverables, and the ability to take responsibility for them
• Understanding of and experience in corporate branding, layout, colour theory and typography in both print and digital media.
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to work well in a team or individually on multiple projects
• Desire to learn and improve
• Ability and desire to keep up to date with latest trends and movements in web design and the Internet as a whole
To apply, send resume and cover letter to employment@smartt.com
