We are searching for an experienced Creative UI Developer with strong front-end development, application work-flow and user-interface design skills to join our UI design and development team. The ideal candidate has a passion for creating standards-compliant interfaces, with a focus on performance, user interaction and usability.
Responsibilities:
- Execute independently on an initial creative vision/direction, with limited supervision from Design Leads
- Perform well under tight deadlines with multiple projects
- Build bullet-proof, standards-compliant HTML/CSS-based templates, with required JS interactions coded and tested
- Troubleshoot CSS-based templates for live sites
- Oversee front-end markup, visual consistency and adherence to creative direction from Design Leads on a project
- Provide HTML/CSS/JS support to members of other development teams
Core requirements:
- 2-3 years of professional build firm, agency or freelance experience
- Coding expertise in standards-compliant HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- In-depth knowledge of cross-browser/platform constraints
- Understanding of bleeding edge UI concepts and the ability to discern their appropriate use
- Good understanding of UI and work-flow design
- Experience working in active code bases
- Ability to slice-up visual comps and optimize graphics for web, including experience with image sprites and asset optimization
- Intellectual curiosity, problem-solving abilities, and ability to keep up with emerging web technologies
- Strong work ethic and organizational skills
- Self-starter who is comfortable working both independently and in a team environment
Bonus Points for:
- Mobile application development skills
- Basic programming in PHP, Perl or another web oriented language
- Experience with HTML5 and CSS3
- Experience with Canvas and SVG, as well as HTML5 and flash video
- Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and other appropriate software tools
- Web design converts that have given in to their passion for code