Job detail

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Web Designer to join the Technical Team in a market leading organisation based on the outskirts of Luton, Bedfordshire. The successful Web Designer will be offered fantastic career progression opportunities and a £5,000 training budget per annum.

As part of a successful privately owned and fast growing group, the company has a high commitment to continuing its impressive growth levels through the development of new and existing products.

The Web Designer’s role will involve responsibility for working with internal and external clients to establish the requirements, design, and carry out front-end development of websites and web applications. The successful candidate will be required to liaise with other members of the development team to ensure back-end web work is carried out according to specification.  Additionally, the Web Designer will provide design input for other IT interfaces developed by the company.

Duties and Responsibilities

·         Full lifecycle responsibility for developing and maintaining websites, web applications, and web-related services for the organisation and other companies in the Group, and for external clients as required.

·         Researching and evaluating design requirements to produce implementation specifications and code, in consultation with the Systems Architect.

·         Coding and maintaining the front-end of websites and applications, and ensuring back-end work is carried out by colleagues according to agreed specifications.

·          Produce standards-compliant XHTML/CSS 2.0

·         Assisting in the design and implementation of testing procedures in consultation with the Tester.

·         Application problem determination and resolution.

·         Producing documentation for both internal and external use, following the agreed lifecycle methodology.

·         Performance analysis and improvement both as part of original product design and during application maintenance.

·         Working with clients to ensure successful delivery of their application and to resolve any problems.

·         Working with the development team to produce specifications for scalable applications developed in .NET/C#.

·         Regularly consulting manuals, periodicals and technical reports to learn new ways to develop programs and maintain existing skills and knowledge.

·         Participate in appropriate professional and personal development programmes.

Skills and Experience

·         Very competent at resolving XHTML/HTML cross-browser implementation issues.

·         Excellent copy/content creation and quality control skills, particularly for websites.

·         Excellent team player but can also work on own initiative when required.

·         You will have an interest in emerging technologies and learning new skills from existing technologies.

·         Experience in using Photoshop/Paintshop Pro.

Key Skills:

·          XHTML

·          DHTML

·          Client Side Javascript 1.2

·          Cross-browser development

·          AJAX

·          CSS 2.0

·          XML

·          Scripting technologies

·          Technical documentation

·         Ability to work to agreed timeframes and standards

·          Desirables (not essential)

·          IIS6 Deployment

·          ASP.NET

·          VB.NET

Desirables (not essential):

·          PHP

·          XSLT

·          Experience of business web architecture and provisioning

·          Development lifecycle

·          Design pattern knowledge

·          Security

·          Accessibility standards

·          DotNetNuke framework

·         Experience with Content Management Systems (CMSs)

The company is committed to personal development and endorses training to assist career progression.

The Web Designer will be able to earn a salary of £40,000 per year, with a £5,000 training budget per year and 25 days holiday entitlement.