| Posted by: | Horizon Recruitment Sheffield |
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| Address: | 23 Orchard Square Sheffield S1 2FB |
| Contact Details: | 0114 2755444 |
| Date Posted | 17th May 2008 |
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| View Since Posting: | 132 |
| Salary: | £22,000 to £27,000 DOE plus excellent ... |
| Vacancy Location: | Sheffield |
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| Our client is an award winning Sheffield based leading Technology provider. They have recently been awarded 1* 'First Class' accreditation from Best Companies. Due to a recent restructure of the Marketing department they are looking to recruit a Web Designer who is able to develop concepts and designs for all online and offline marketing activities, with the continual aim to raise awareness of the company's brand. It is key that you have a full understanding of the concept of web publishing to a dynamically built database driven website and have experience of working towards Web Accessibility Standards. Working as a part of the Emarketing Team, you will be expected to perform a number of creative and administrative tasks ensuring that all work is completed within project deadlines. Role and Responsibilities: •Creative concepts and design work for a range of marketing activities which include websites, email marketing, minisites, virals and print adverts •Develop the designs and user journeys of the websites' ordering functions to enhance conversion, reduce drop-out and customer satisfaction. •Translate brand identification, marketing, and business objectives into consistent, effective visual solutions. •Distill complex processes and levels of information into intuitive and well presented web journeys. •Analyse, cost and provide feedback to project briefs as and when required, and contribute to the documentation process of a project. •Production and design of HTML templates, graphics and other assets for publish to the web whilst meeting the needs of clients, internal and external. •The ability to work comfortably individually and as part of a Team. •Time-planning and good self time-management in order to effectively communicate and deliver on expected deadlines. Essential Skills •Graphic Design degree or related discipline •Demonstrable and strong artistic flair and graphic design skills. •Experience of Search Engine Optimisation techniques. •HTML and CSS hand coding skills and the ability to debug code by hand. •Working knowledge of Photoshop, Fireworks and Dreamweaver, Illustrator •Solid image optimization skills for use on the web. •Knowledge of and adherence to web standards and browser-compatibility issues. •Ability to work with style guides and branding briefs where required. •Ability to form structured naming conventions for images, HTML, CSS and Javascript files. •Ability to apply logical directory system hierarchies on local and remote file and web servers in accordance with in-house guidelines. •Understanding of dynamically built database driven websites, template management systems and content management systems. •Willingness to work with established and emerging alternative technologies. •Effective and clear communication skills. •Commercial awareness Desirable Skills •Experience of using web analytics tools eg/ WebTrends. •Experience of Search Engine Optimisation techniques. •Experience of content management system functionality and development. •Good understanding of online marketing in a fast moving high volume environment. If this role sounds appealing please contact Juliet Piper at Horizon Recruitment on 0114 2755 444 or apply online to juliet.piper@horizonrecruitment.net today!! |
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