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Senior Web Designer

Urban FT, Inc.

Senior Web Designer

New York, NY
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    We are expanding our Marketing Team in New York City and are seeking a Senior Web Designer with 4 years’ experience. You should be able to clearly demonstrate your track record and directly apply your past experience to our product. You need to be a self-starter and hungry enough to make an immediate impact on the business. You will be responsible for bridging the gap between design and development within the consumer marketing team. You are equal parts design and development, a true hybrid.

    You will work with the VP of Digital Strategy to deliver creative assets that span the full spectrum of consumer marketing channels. The majority of your time will be spent on web and email projects. From conception through development, you will be on the front-line, responsible for driving exceptional outcomes. A strong knowledge base and comfort around development will be essential to your success. The team will look to you for guidance on best practices for web and email projects. From time-to-time you will have the opportunity to work on projects involving brand development, photo or video shoots, print collateral, and exhibition design. As the senior designer on the team, you will be held responsible for the creative output of all design, photo, and video related projects.

    Responsibilities:

    Creative Direction - Provide creative direction for all print and digital marketing design projects, photography shoots, and video production

    Website Design and Development - Take the lead on all web design projects and develop the final package leveraging best practices

    Email Design and Development - Take the lead on all email design projects and develop the final package leveraging best practices

    Print Design and Collateral Development - Design lead on all print collateral for the business including brochures, postcards, and business cards

    Branding Development - Ensure clear standards are developed and maintained around for UFT and client branding

    Management of Existing Websites - Manage and update existing websites as and when needed, recommend improvements, and ensure they are functioning properly with maximum uptime

    Exhibit Design - Lead and collaborate on all exhibitions for conferences and ensure specs are followed and printing quality is exceptional

    Design Mentorship - Mentor Junior Graphic Designers and interns to help them advance in their field

    Marketing Website Server Deployment - Take complete ownership over deploying our various marketing properties to our test and production servers

    Advanced Development Requirements - Research and recommend the necessary support to complete web projects that require advanced development and when necessary liaise with our head of technology

    Additional Responsibilities - You may be assigned additional responsibilities from time to time depending on the needs of the Company

    About You:

    • 6+ years’ experience working as a graphic designer and web developer 
    • Comfort with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery for online projects
    • Experience with version control, web servers, and FTP software
    • Experience using code repositories such as SVN and Github
    • Experience with print, interactive, and web design
    • Proficiency with Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
    • Passionate about development frameworks and coding languages
    • Willingness to expand knowledge base as the business requirements
    • Excellent written, communication, and interpersonal skills
    • Self-motivated individual with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
    • You are comfortable coding and developing marketing emails and websites.