Overview

Exciting opportunity to join a very well established web design and development company in Mount Laurel, NJ.  Company will be relocating to Central Jersey area within next 11 months.  Must possess integrity, initiative, high energy, intelligence, and imagination.  High level of team work/commitment a must and are extremely valued and rewarded.

Position - Web Designer/Developer

Candidate must be passionate about user interface development for web-based applications.  As a CSS Developer, candidate will utilize style web applications with elegant UI designs using CSS, XHTML, and related technologies.  Must have ability to demonstrate track record as a problem-solver working well with creative designers and engineers to transform Photoshop images and wireframes into user interfaces and interactions according to design comps, and agile decision making, all accompanied by the ability to ask the right questions.  Where needed (and where you have the skills), candidate will go beyond CSS styling and XHTML semantic markup to JavaScript/AJAX development.

Requirements

• Extreme experience in CSS and XHTML semantic markup, standards compliance; mastery of cross browser issues required.  2+ years minimum experience developing interactive web applications (not just web sites).  Familiarity with Web 2.0 concepts and interactions required.
  
• User interface design sensitivity and skills required; must have experience collaboratively negotiating and quickly getting to decisions with product managers, visual designers and engineers on desired visual layout versus technical limitations or effort; must be able to paper prototype UI mockups.
  
• Must be able to work closely and collaboratively (e.g., pair programming) with team members and have exceptional communication skills.  This includes excellent skills in coordinating work with other team members as needed, and not hesitating to clearly expose impediments.  Strong teamwork with heavy face-to-face communications is paramount.
  
• Must be able to take direction as well as take initiative where needed to help the team avoid pitfalls and solve the “whole problem” from the user’s perspective.
  
• Some form of dynamic language experience a major plus such as PHP, JavaScript, Python, Ruby; extra credit for experience designing modular, object-oriented JavaScript, used JavaScript frameworks such as JQuery, used JUnit testing.
  
• Must have experience integrating into an engineering team (ideally an agile development team) including adopting the team’s tools, frameworks, practices and workflows.
  
• Hard-working and dedicated to meeting all commitments to the team even if this requires extra effort at times such as if you underestimate work needed to hit a team milestone.
  
• Experience working with Adobe Creative Suite tools such and InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus.

Benefits

1. Competitive Salary
   
2. Comprehensive Health, 401k and more
   
3. Vacation and Personal Days
   
4. Working with Dynamic Marketing, Design and IT team in a creative work space

Only qualified candidates will be contacted. If interested, e-mail your resume and cover letter accompanied by salary requirements/history to jobs@publishingresources.com with "Web Designer/Developer, Monster" in the subject line. No recruiters please.