A Great Opportunity for a Great Designer

Posted Jun 26, 2008   |   Comments disabled   |   by Rick DeNatale

Overview
You understand beauty. You care about both form and function.  You understand the power and possibility of AJAX technologies to make a web experience that is dynamic and compelling. You are comfortable in Photoshop but also in the guts of CSS and HTML. You might even know Javascript and frameworks like Ruby on Rails.

Come join our product team in RTP. We’re using cutting edge technologies on a leading Web 2.0 collaborative community site. We have a dynamic start-up environment with proven leadership and established market traction. Help shape the future of the web together.

Responsibilities
* Generate compelling UI designs balancing powerful features with approachability for a broad audience
* Implement designs using standards-compliant markup
* Establish and maintain a robust CSS strategy including effective cascading and theming
* Collaborate with a talented product team on all elements of the development process
* Contribute to standards and best practices in an evolving, agile work environment

Qualifications
* Strong Expertise in CSS, along with cross-browser issues and workarounds
* A hunger to learn and a commitment to excellence
* Familiarity with current trends in web development
* Experience with UX principles and practices

Bonus Points
* Experience with Ruby on Rails
* Experience with event-based Javascript and AJAX
* Familiarity with agile programming methodologies
* Experience with Web 2.0 dynamics and concepts

Contact
charles@near-time.com.

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