Sr Web Designer & Developer (Marketing & SEO)
Sr Web Designer & Developer
Initial 3-month contract to hire
100% Remote working
About us
We are on a world-changing mission to build a new, regenerative economy and a more human internet.
Holo is a distributed cloud platform that enables our community to earn cryptocurrency by hosting truly peer-to-peer applications on their own mini servers. Holo is built on Holochain, our new open source, post-blockchain framework that is faster, massively scalable and 10,000 x cheaper.
Following our successful ICO, we are rapidly expanding and are looking for Web Developer/Designer to help us grow Holo and Holochain.
This is a perfect opportunity for a hands-on talent professional who wants an exciting challenge, working in a highly entrepreneurial environment on a world-changing mission.
What you will do:
Design and develop web sites to serve business objectives for external and internal customers.
Identify and implement navigation strategies and design schemes for maximum visual impact, usability and consistency with brand standards
Incorporate current techniques, tools and trends in web design and development to ensure adherence to best practices and design industry standards
Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
Create processes that are predictable, repeatable and measurable
Optimize web content to achieve superior search engine results for all web properties for the organization
Communicate and coordinate with project stakeholders
Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks
Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards
Who you are and what skills you have:
You have high proficiency in writing to HTML and web standards
You have high proficiency in design and development of web sites incorporating CSS
You are experience in developing cross-browser and cross-platform compatible web sites
You have advanced knowledge and skills in Javascript, JavaScript libraries (e.g., jQuery)
You are experienced with a variety of CMS tools including WordPress and Jekyll
You are skilled using GIT repos and deployment tools
You are proficient in image editing (Photoshop) and web graphics applications as well as vector image editing (Illustrator)
You have proven UI experience and demonstrable design skills with a strong portfolio
You have solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
You have excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
You have the ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders
You have the ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
You are up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
You are very comfortable working at pace in a startup, entrepreneurial environment
You are happy to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in, ensuring that interviews happen and offers are made quickly
You are highly organized and results focused – you get the job done but are flexible enough to adapt to change