Job Summary:
You’re the master of front-end presentation and coding. Not only do you have superb grasp of space, color, typography and imagery; you also produce clean, well formatted, commented code that renders the same regardless of browser. You have a demonstrated ability to meet and exceed client expectations with gorgeous design that converts produced with best-in class XHTML/CSS. You’re no stranger to JavaScript/AJAX to make web applications come to life. The internet is your canvas and you create friendly, classy, dynamic and compelling work.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Use design software to create mockups and html prototypes for new features
• Build/Code static and dynamic pages from these mockups and additional specifications
• Design and produce optimized, web-ready graphics
• Create and manage CSS styles and CSS frameworks
• Ensure customer-facing new features meet style requirements
• Create code for front-end behaviors with Dynamic HTML
• Cross-browser test and troubleshoot site presentation
• Optimize pages to be read by both humans and search-engine spiders by using clear, symantic markup
Knowledge and Experience Required:
• 4+ years of experience in front-end web development
• Exceptional pixel-perfect graphic design and typography
• Browser rendering and cross-browser knowledge
• Advanced knowledge of image processing and web optimization
• Building for Search Engine Optimization
• Experience working with CVS or other concurrent versioning software
Skills and Abilities Required:
• Expert with a major design application (Fireworks or Photoshop)
• Expert XHTML/CSS for cross-browser rendering
• JavaScript to add behaviors to otherwise static pages
• Extraordinary attention to detail
• Semantic coding with CSS/XHTML a plus
• Working with/around dynamic code (Java JSP, PHP) a plus
• Multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment