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Kick-Ass Web Creator Required (come work with me!)

Posted on Wed, 2008-04-02 23:29 by sarahfelicity
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Communicopia [that's where I work!] is looking for a web creator to join our team and work with some of the world's most exciting and inspiring social change organizations and sustainable businesses. If you like the thought of spending your days doing world-class work that matters, in a fast-moving and fun environment with a killer view, then this is the job for you...

Job Description

The Big Picture: our ideal candidate is a remarkable combination of a CSS wizard and a Drupal theming pro, with strong skills in Drupal development. Good design sensibility is essential, lead designer skills are a serious bonus. This position will test your aesthetic and user interface design skills from start to finish.

The exact job will depend on the skills of the perfect candidate, but one thing is for sure: your work will be diverse and ever-changing. You might start your week churning out beautiful CSS to match a design, move on to custom developing a Drupal site, and finish your Friday with a little Flash animation.

You may be asked to design wireframes, prototypes, or be tasked to design multiple website concepts, buttons, and banners. You could be asked to maintain client websites and give technical training when appropriate, and will be called on to participate in peer reviews of our website projects to improve the quality of our work.

Our skills wish-list is as follows (but we are more interested in finding the right "fit" for our company than in nailing every one of them):

  • Expert, high-touch skills in XHTML, CSS, XML, JS, PHP
  • Strong skills in ActionScript
  • Experience constructing websites using Drupal, Wordpress and other CMSes
  • Experience designing websites and graphics for online use
  • Solid server side knowledge of LAMP

Less technical, but essential skills include:

  • Good communication skills (both oral and written)
  • Strong people skills, and experience interfacing with clients
  • Ability to work both collaboratively and independently

We are open to hiring a full-time staff person, or to working with the right person on a contract basis. You will work mostly with small real and virtual teams, and on occasion independently on client sites and projects. This position reports to Communicopia’s senior project manager. Compensation will be competitive and based on experience.

About Communicopia:

Communicopia is a 14-year-old, Webby Award winning online strategy and development firm supporting organizations working for sustainability and social change. With an office in Gastown and a small, tight team of passionate and talented industry leaders, Communicopia's clients include new global NGO The Elders, BC Hydro, United Nations Foundation, Make Poverty History, Environmental Defence Canada, and the BC Climate Action Secretariat.

To Apply:

Visit our website to learn more about us, and if you think you're the one we need, then send your resume, cover letter and jaw-dropping portfolio — with details about your level of involvement on each project — to darrell@communicopia.com (no phone calls please).

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A hodge-podge of random thoughts, musings, and links – sometimes about social change, sometimes about technology and the web, sometimes about yoga, and occasionally about knitting. Sometimes (because I'm a Canadian girl with deep roots in the British Isles) I even write about the weather.

I'm a yoga teacher, founder of Yoga for Geeks, and a freelance web writer, strategist, and project manager. I also help to co-create the amazing Web of Change Conference, every September in beautiful British Columbia.

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