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Web Designer / Graphic Designer (HTML / CSS / Photoshop)
West London, Acton W3
£28,000 – £30,000 + performance related bonus
Our client is a successful, profitable Internet company – and part of HomeAway.com, the world's largest network of holiday rental listing websites with over 160,000 properties available in over 100 countries, for rent directly from their owners. They're currently looking for someone with plenty of web and graphic design experience who is also interested in usability and has the potential to manage usability and user research sessions and facilitate client workshops.
You will have good interpersonal and communications skills (with perfect written English), as well good technical skills. Reporting to the Brand Manager this is a cross functional position which will work closely with the Technical Team.
Your responsibilities within the role will include:
- HTML / CSS production for websites and email broadcasts
- Graphic design for both web and print
- Creation of wireframes, process flows and mock-ups for new website products & processes
- Ability to contribute to and write specifications for new website features
- Liaising with members of both the Business and Technical teams as needed, to collaborate on projects
- Usability & user experience, preferably including facilitating user testing sessions
- Research and benchmarking other websites
Person specification, qualifications & skills:
- Must have excellent professional HTML, CSS and Photoshop skills
- Expertise in all aspects of graphic design for both web and print
- Experience of creating mock-ups and wireframes is a must, while writing of specs and conducting user research testing sessions is highly desirable
- You should thrive in a high-pressure, fast-paced, yet flexible environment
- Must be a self-motivated, high-energy and creative individual with a hands-on approach
- Good communications skills (perfect written English is essential)
- Ideally you will also speak at least one other European language, though this is not essential
More company info:
Our client is the largest site of its kind in the UK with over 21,000 advertisements all over Europe. They are a high traffic site with on average 750,000 visits each month and they're growing at more than 40% per year with ambitious plans for growth over the next few years.
Based in West London, the team is young, dynamic, multi-national, friendly and informal. They do not discriminate on race, gender or age - but you must be within an easy commute of the Acton offices, or be prepared to move to somewhere nearby.
Additional Keywords: Interactive Designer, Web Design, Graphic Design, Web Designer, Graphic Designer, Usability Design, Multimedia Design, Usability, HTML, Graphic Design, HTML Dveloper, Coder, User Testing
To apply for this role, please simply send your CV and a covering letter detailing any relevant URLs to demonstrate your work, via the button shown. If your skills and experience meet with our client's requirements, they will be given full exposure to your details. Applicant details submitted will only be used in conjunction with this vacancy.
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