Front End Developer w/ User Experience Design
at BrightContext in Falls Church, VA
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May 03, 2013
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Overview
We are looking for an exceptional front-end developer with strong visual and user experience design skills to join our product team. This person will collaborate with a group of elite software engineers to design and implement user-facing screens and elements of our product. We are looking for someone that learns quickly, tends to do a great job in whatever they do, wants to get a lot of experience, welcomes responsibility, is fun to work with, and wants to be a key contributor in a fast-growing early-stage company.
Responsibilities
Develop wireframes
Design visual screen mockups
Design and code HTML/HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript
Evaluate Usability
Experience
Have at least two years of experience in professional web design and development.
Be fluent in the best practices associated with producing tightly organized semantic HTML/HTML5 and CSS.
Be passionate about building efficient HTML/CSS/JavaScript screens using the latest frameworks and tools such as Boostrap, Less, Mustache.js, Backbone.js, and jQuery.
Have a user-centered mindset and the UX skills to go from concept
to a great UI design.
Have excellent design taste and sense of usability.
Is comfortable with design tools such as Photoshop and is fluent
in integrating visual designs into a front-ends.
Have worked with a development team that included visual designers, front-end developers and back-end developer.
Possess a high level of intelligence, creativity, and energy.
Enjoy hard work and pay relentless attention to detail.
Have great communication skills.
Be comfortable and effective working in a dynamic, informal entrepreneurial setting.
Have a degree in technology or design.
Though not required, favorable consideration will be given to candidates that:
Have experience optimizing web pages for high-traffic performance.
Have television industry experience.
Have experience with a CMS like ExpressionEngine or Joomla.
Have worked for large Internet companies such as Facebook, Twitter or Google.
Have experience designing and developing using Flash/ActionScript or iOS..
Have startup experience.
Skills
HTML/HTML5
CSS
JavaScript
Frameworks: jQuery, Bootstrap, Less, mustache.js, Backbone.js
Photoshop
Education
Have a degree in technology or design
Compensation
Commensurate w/ Experience
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