Visual Designer, London UK (Part-time freelance)

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:33:00 GMT

Visual Designer

Webjam is an innovative, venture-capital funded, Internet start-up company based in central London. Our aim is to give users the power of create, share, aggregate and publish personalised content through a disruptive bottom-up approach to web media publishing.
For more information about “the Web the Way you Want®”, visit www.webjam.com.

To help transform Webjam from a start-up into a reference on the internet for social publishing across many communities and countries, we are looking for passionate and enthusiastic individuals, who value teamwork and focus on bringing tasks to timely completion. We are keen to meet with hands-on candidates, who are comfortable with the initiative-driven environment characterising a small company, and who can bring innovative ideas to the team. A good sense of humour and a positive can-do attitude are must-have assets to grow with the company.

Job Description:

Webjam is looking for a versatile and highly creative visual designer to help us to develop the “look and feel” and identity of our platform.

Candidates must be familiar with flexible template systems, demonstrate a good understanding of web usability and have basic notions of CSS coding.

Webjam is aiming to deliver a high quality and personalised online experience to a very broad range of users. The visual designer has to be able to understand users, the needs of the Webjam platform and to be aware of the latest graphic design trends.

Familiarity with social media and blogging platforms will be very welcomed.

Responsibilities include:

Developing creative, engaging, visual designs suitable for use on the web
Develop a consistent visual language to be applied across the interface elements
To grow and help develop a consistent brand identity to be applied across the corporate sites and online/offline marketing materials
To support the development of specific templates
Create visual styles
Timely production of designs in a efficient and organised manner

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

High level of attention to detail
An understanding of usability and information architecture
Excellent, proven knowledge of design using Photoshop and/or Illustrator (Portfolio required)
Demonstrated time management and organisational skills
Mastery of visual design principles
Good communication skills & the ability to work well in a team
Experience on the design of interfaces will be extremely welcome (e.g. icons, buttons, forms, general user interface work)

Freelance work will be required for 2 or 3 days per week and will be based in Central London. This role may lead to a permanent position within Webjam.

Remuneration based on skills and experience.

Candidates please send your details, a cover letter and your CV to jobs@webjam-ltd.com with “Visual Designer” in the subject.

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Visual Designer, London UK (Part-time freelance)