Are you a talented and energetic individual who wants to work in a fun, fast-paced environment? Then FreeWebsite.com may be the place for you! We're always looking to expand our team and hire motivated go-getters, so if that describes you, drop us your resume and cover letter and we'll be in touch. You'll love it here, we promise!
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Graphic Design
View DetailsLocation: New York, NY & Fairlawn, OH
Department: FreeWebsite.com, Inc.
We design websites for a living, so we're always looking to expand our design team by adding creative, talented graphic designers.
Core Responsibilities:
- Works with project managers and team members to provide professional recommendations for concept, design, art direction, production, print buying, and monitors quality control.
- Defines design criteria; develops concept and direction; proposes, directs and creates art and photography.
- Operates a computer or uses traditional techniques for a variety of graphic design activities, including desktop publishing and layout, production, illustration, and prepress file preparation.
- Creates and develops media using digital art and photographic techniques.
- Contributes to the editorial development of projects.
Needed Skills:
- Artistic Sensibility - Knowledge about design elements, such as color and composition, is vital for graphic designers.
- Technical Skill - A graphic design job requires the technical skills to use design software programs such as Photoshop or Quark Xpress.
- Communication Ability - Sometimes known as visual communication, graphic design requires the ability to effectively present ideas-both verbally and visually.
- Organization - Graphic designers need to be organized in order to meet deadlines and stay within a budget.
- Problem Solving Ability - Choosing just the right fonts, colors and lines to create a balanced composition, while simultaneously conveying meaning, is complicated. In order to succeed in a graphic design job, you'll need to have strong problem solving skills and love a good challenge.
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Hipster
View DetailsLocation: New York, NY & Fairlawn, OH
Department: FreeWebsite.com, Inc.
It's hard to define what hipsters actually are, because then they'd fit into a category and that would be too mainstream. But every good Internet company needs a couple hipsters to hang around and add an extra level of coolness.
The ideal candidate has:
- A penchant for indie rock
- Thick-rimmed glasses
- Tight jeans
- Androgynous haircut
- Air of superiority
Needed Skills:
- Effortless coolness
- General abhorrence of mainstream culture
- Scathing sarcasm
- Witty banter
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Marketing & Product Development
View DetailsLocation: New York, NY & Fairlawn, OH
Department: FreeWebsite.com, Inc.
Marketing and product development are the heart and soul of a company, and we're always looking for passionate individuals to help round out our team.
Core Responsibilities:
- Plan, develop, and implement innovative marketing and promotional campaigns
- Create and distribute marketing materials
- Develop content for marketing collateral
- Oversee planning and creation of new products
- Engage in market analysis to get a sense of what's popular with consumers
Needed Skills:
- Creativity
- Organization
- Multi-tasking
- Leadership
- Volleyball (we're thinking about starting a Programming vs. Marketing league)
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Programming
View DetailsLocation: New York, NY & Fairlawn, OH
Department: FreeWebsite.com, Inc.
Our programmers prefer the title Code Monkey, but whatever you call it, we're hiring.
Core Responsibilities:
- Conduct trial runs of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.
- Compile and write documentation of program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so others can understand the program.
- Write, update, and maintain computer programs or software packages.
- Consult with managerial, engineering, and technical personnel to clarify program intent, identify problems, and suggest changes.
- Perform or direct revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
Needed Skills:
- Operating Systems: Windows, Unix, Linux
- Web Server: Apache HYYP Server, IIS
- Web Technologies: HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, JSON, XML, SOAP
- Programming Languages: PHP, Perl, Python, C#, VB
- Databases: MySQL, MSSQL, Access
- Sharpshooting (the code monkeys are fond of laser tag)
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Sandwich Artistry
View DetailsLocation: New York, NY & Fairlawn, OH
Department: FreeWebsite.com, Inc.
We like sandwiches. We'll also consider sandwich engineers, but we find they tend to develop a superiority complex because of all their extra schooling.
Core Responsibilities:
- Making Sandwiches
Needed Skills:
- Must like sandwiches
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Web Design
View DetailsLocation: New York, NY & Fairlawn, OH
Department: FreeWebsite.com, Inc.
We make websites, so obviously we need web designers!
Core Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the development of web applications and components.
- Responsible for the design and development of web pages, graphics, multimedia, GUIs.
- Effectively develops in a clean, well structured, easily maintainable format.
- Demonstrates creative, technical and analytical skills.
- Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively in both technical and business environments.
Needed Skills:
- Experience in developing websites and/or web applications. Minimum of 2 years of web design and development experience is required.
- Solid understanding of navigation and GUI for maximizing usability.
- Front-end and some back-end development experience. More important is the experience of seamless integration of front- to back-end functionality.
- Practical experience in development of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL, Perl, graphics creation with Photoshop, Illustrator, (Adobe Creative Suite), multimedia creation with Flash, ActionScript, (Macromedia Studio).
- Practical exposure and/or experience with some or all of the following: Java Server Pages and Java, XML, PHP, Oracle, MS SQL Server, ColdFusion Server, CFML, CFScript, IIS, Windows Server environments.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Desire and willingness to work in a collaborative, innovative, flexible and team-oriented environment.
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Web Development
View DetailsLocation: New York, NY & Fairlawn, OH
Department: FreeWebsite.com, Inc.
Web developers build our websites, so it goes without saying that they're an important part of the team.
Core Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Product Development to both develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
- Build and refine graphic designs for websites. Must have strong skills in Photoshop, Fireworks, or equivalent application(s).
- Convert raw images and layouts from a graphic designer into CSS/XHTML themes.
- Determine appropriate architecture, and other technical solutions, and make relevant recommendations to clients.
- Alert colleagues to emerging technologies or applications and the opportunities to integrate them into operations and activities.
Needed Skills:
- Experience with HTML/XHTML and CSS
- Web programming experience, including PHP, ASP or JSP
- Experience working with relational database systems such as MySQL, MSSQL or Oracle and a good working knowledge of SQL
- Development experience using extensible web authoring tools
- Experience developing and implementing open source software projects
- Self-starter with strong self-management skills
- Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
