Location: Tysons Corner, Mclean VA
URL: www.gannett.com
Gannett maintains an online network of over 100 web sites and mobile sites attracting more than 25 million unique visitors per month (Nielsen). Growth of Gannett’s digital businesses is core to the Fortune 200 company’s future success. Gannett is seeking an innovative and motivated individual who can execute artistic design and layout solutions for online and mobile content that deliver the expected user experience and advertiser results. This is a key position within our Digital Product Incubation group.
Reports to Manager Online Design/Gannett Digital. Primary responsibilities include:
Create visual designs for web pages, emails, mobile screens, social widgets, advertising solutions and other digital product components that delight customers, follow the information architecture and meet functional requirements.
Serve as a web design resource to newspapers and television stations, conducting regular design audits for best practices and presenting recommendations for improvements.
Represent the visual design during the product development process, ensuring the finished product looks and feels as it should. Prepare and package up design materials, such as web-ready graphical elements as needed. Assist with HTML code when needed to keep projects on time.
Work with user interface scripters to make sure web-ready components match the visual design.
Design ad creative when needed for sales presentations or digital products.
REQUIREMENTS: Minimum 3-4 years professional web design experience, demonstrating strong design results. Experience with digital media companies a plus.
College degree in web design, graphic design or related field. Strong organizational and time management skills. Can explain visual concepts to non-visual people.
Expert with graphic tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash, and web design tools such as Dreamweaver. Expert with HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
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To apply: Send resumes and portfolios to jgarlock@gannett.com CODE WEB DESIGN37.