Posted: April 7 2009 in People
Iris is on the hunt for an experienced Digital media/web designer to help us plan and design websites, digital campaigns and other screen based media projects.
To be successful you’ll need demonstrable experience of taking a client brief and turning it into a content plan (or information architecture) together with wireframe visualisations of templates and associated interface and content. Experience of both public sector and commercial web projects would be a definite advantage.
As well as excellent design skills, you’ll need a sound working knowledge of CSS and XHTML coding practices, an understanding of accessibility guidelines and an up-to-the-minute knowledge of current trends and solutions in web development. The role will give you ample scope to apply your creativity to a wide range of projects, from campaign microsites to large content managed information websites. Although the role does not require direct knowledge of web development languages and technologies (e.g. PHP, .NET etc.), a general understanding of how content managed sites are structured and built would be useful. Self-assured and comfortable in dealing with clients, you’ll also need to be able to work closely with a development team and be confident in briefing technical people on technical projects.
Naturally, you’ll need a full working knowledge of Adobe Flash and experience of using Flash to create animated web banners and online advertising, full flash websites and other interactive rich media interfaces. You’ll also need experience of encoding and integrating video into websites, a good knowledge of ActionScript 2 and 3 for Flash and will be comfortable writing ActionScript code using classes and OOP techniques for more complex projects.
Experience of video editing or video motion graphics would be a definite advantage.
Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash.
Programming: Hand coded CSS and XHTML, Actionscript 2 & 3.
The rewards? The chance to join our merry band of designers, writers, web types and account handlers. Ample opportunity to flex your creative muscles on some very nice digital projects across a wide variety of clients and sectors. Your very own big desk in pleasant surroundings in a great part of Sheffield.
Sounds interesting? Talk to (or email) David Wood our Creative Director.
