Just discovered a great find, a junior/graduate web designer position and it was posted a mere five minutes before I was reading it and wishing I had graduated already!!
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire Salary: £17-20,000 per annum depending on skills experience Company: OCB Media Ltd Job type: Permanent Date posted: 12/02/2010 11:02:14
Junior Web Designer
Degree level Web Designer with a background in website and graphic design demonstrating excellent visual design with a strong technical understanding. The candidate should be able to demonstrate the relevant level of both design and technical skills and also be able to provide a portfolio of previous works. You will need the ability to work with the Senior Web Designer and apply our methodology effectively on client engagements to successfully translate the client’s, and markets, needs whilst applying your knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to our clients. A basic understanding of project and development plans and the ability to clearly articulate roles, project goals, and timelines and clearly articulate ideas and thoughts verbally. The ideal candidate will have a passion for design and be able to work individually and within a team..
Duties
·General Templating
·Taking initial page designs from the senior designer and carrying across other standard pages.
·Formal front end testing, troubleshooting, and QA
·Browser fixes
·Take on internal development tasks to improve future workflow
Skills required
·Interface Design
·Templating
·HTML/CSS
·Adobe CS4 Suite-in particular Photoshop
Desirable skills
·SEO
·Knowledge of issue tracking software (e.g. mantis, trac)
·Experience of SVN
·Experience of Google analytics
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First of all, this job is the most appropriate I've found so far. It is in my home town, has a great renumeration package, is suitable for graduates who tend to have none or under a years work experience. I believe it could be the position I SPP3 "apply" for.
The skills required I excel at, being able to hand code XHTML and CSS, initiate and optimize designs in Photoshop (CS3&4) alongside working in Dreamweaver or other similar packages. I can also bring some relevant experience to the table. Whilst working for Active Ingredient in Nottingham I informally played the role of junior web designer, receiving a proposed design from my senior and implementing this, expanding it, then debugging technical issues (e.g. cross browser compatibility).
I pride myself on utilising modern, contemporary design. In particular, I am highly interested in typography and capable of implementing such custom fonts online, where standard fonts can otherwise prove limiting on a design.
I am a great communicator, both verbal and written, enjoying writing for a number of mediums: creative, persuasive, technical, alongside commerical work experience in customer service providing an advanced aptitude for communicating with clients, be it face to face, over the phone, or via email.
The desirable skills set out I can also go some way in providing for. Google Analytics I am a user of and find it of real worth, tieing in effectively with Google's Webmaster Tools. SVN is like Apple's Time Machine, in that you store your data (files etc) and can then assess the changes you make over time and hopefully resolve bugs - an worthwhile component in web design/dev to attempt to limit disruption on your work. SEO I am currently investigating, and so far so good. Implementing consistently throughout a site's build has meant greater efficiency for a project, and my attention to detail proves useful in applying the SEO techniques well.
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