Senior web designer (web 2.0)

 

Senior web designer (web 2.0)

 

Location: Redwood City, CA
Position Title: Senior Web Designer
Duration: Full Time (Permanent)

Must have had designing consumer based sites.

Our client is seeking an experienced Web Designer person who can take ownership of the design and development of significant portions of their public web site. This individual must be strong in modern web design principles and practices, visual design, prototyping, and technology, but will work closely with User Experience and Marketing and Product Management in the requirements and specification phase of development. The Senior Web Designer  will ultimately interact with everyone in the company from the CEO through contractors and web analytics. This broad exposure calls for an individual who works well with people regardless of their background and interests. And because our client is a small start-up, this is a hands-on position; this individual will "roll up the sleeves" and help build the prototypes and final site.

Specific ResponsibilitiesDesign of advanced web interfaces and pages Driving the web design requirements, specification, and development process Co-development of the site UI with the User Experience Lead and a team of developers Occasional creative design work for other parts of the company

Background and Skills NeededHigh energy, open minded, passionate, team-oriented, with a strong sense of what is good and what works A keen eye for modern web site design, broad familiarity with advanced consumer web sites, and the ability to motivate and make design decisions. Strong in the following areas: information architecture, web design and validation, visual design, web technology Five or more years with lead responsibility designing consumer-facing content web sites through all life cycle phases Has built successful highly usable content, community, and social networking sites Can develop working prototypes using XHTML, DHTML, JavaScript Working knowledge of database technology and database-driven web sites

Location: Redwood City (one block from CalTrain)
Kind of companies we ideally like candidates are: family.com. familyeducation.com, webmd.com, revolutionhealth.com, everydayhealth.com, parentsconnect.com, babycenter.com, ivillage.com

 

Our client sites are non-ecommerce or non-transactional sites, but purely content based sites for direct consumers.

 

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Tiva Systems

408 916 3220