Client: Location: Salary: Web Designer – Yorkshire

Description

My client is looking for a dynamic, user-focused web designer with excellent creative and HTML coding skill to take responsibility for driving the next generation of online creative and web design for one of the UK’s top 10 legal services companies.

Working across several brands, websites and online projects, this role is responsible for the quality and consistency of the overall look and feel my client’s websites, online media and other client facing online offerings. This role will be responsible for engaging with account managers to bring to life web projects by delivering user experience design, creative solutions and good quality HTML & CSS.

Candidate Requirements:

Responsibility:

• Creative Web Design.
• - This is not a Brand Manager position but the brand and how it is applied and developed through digital media is very much part of this role.
• - Deliver engaging and innovative creative from concepts to final finished piece.
• - Offer alternatives, find solutions, listen to feedback, challenge it and act on it.
• User Experience Design.
• - Bring the desired customer experience and product ideas to life through scamps, wireframes etc.
• - Champion the user throughout.
• - Deliver solutions solo or with the copywriter.
• HTML & CSS.
• - Translating finished creative into quality code to hand over to Web Developers.
• - Ensuring all code meets house standards.
• - Deliver the work on time.

Key Interfaces: 

• Account Managers, Web Application Manager and Copywriter.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Agency or in-house experience gained working on ecommerce sites.
• Able to manage your time and resources effectively are essential.
• A passion for design is important as well as a keen eye for typography and contemporary design.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Cross-browser and version compatibility knowledge and development.
• Understanding of designing to accessibility and usability standards.
• Self motivated, assertive and pro-active.
• Able to identify problems and find prompt resolutions.
• Work well under pressure to meet tight deadlines and support the business objectives to drive profitability.
• Be conceptually minded, developing creative solutions to challenging communication problems.
• Be proficient in graphics software applications, techniques, tools and related multimedia technologies.
• Demonstrate experience in interactive design and brand expression.

Qualifications:  Design related qualification, ideally visual arts degree or equivalent.

If you would like to find out more then, do not hesitate in sending me an up to date copy of your CV.

Expires: 25/07/2011