By Chris Olberding
Monday, February 14, 2011
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We’re looking for...
A kickass designer. Web experience would be nice but there’s no substitute for talent.
A little about us:
Station Four is a digital agency based in Jacksonville, FL. We provide strategic direction, design, and software development for large organizations such as the US Department of Defense, LPS, BAE Systems, Baptist Health as well as small local business like European Street, Underwood Jewelers, and Brandon Pest Control. Founded in 2007 by a designer and a developer, the quality of our work comes before the size of our margins. Please contact Chris Olberding at olberding@stationfour.com for more details.
We’d like to talk to you if...
- You have 2+ years designing for web and are a pretty awesome designer.
- You are passionate about design, read design blogs and magazines, take ownership of what you’re working on, and have an eye for detail.
- Understand and intelligently apply the principles of visual design in a strategic and goal-oriented manner.
- You are great at communicating and talking design – with other designers and with clients.
- You understand the value of constructive feedback.
- Are pretty good at Mario Kart.
You might want to talk with us if...
- You’re looking to work hard and develop skills in a fun and casual team environment.
- Enjoy learning and working on a variety of projects and tasks.
- Prefer working at small agency but also like things like insurance (medical, dental, vision), vacations, and thinking about the future (retirement benefits).
It would be really nice (but not necessary) if you had...
- Experience working with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- A background in print design.
And it would be pretty cool if you had a background in some of the following:
- Working in a Windows environment.
- Grasp of online marketing, search engine optimization, analytics.
- Been involved in a local design community.
- Illustration skills.
- Working understanding of information architecture and user experience associated tools and documents.
- Experience with animation, video, Flash, and motion graphics.
- Strong written communication skills.
- Working in a team and/or agency environment.
For the most part you will be...
- Collaborating with a team of strategists, developers, and other designers to develop design compositions for websites, applications, landing pages, mobile sites, videos, print collateral, and so on and so forth.
- Assisting in an internal rebranding of Station Four already in progress.
- Communicating your design with clients and assist in formulating strategy and translating those strategies into design.
- Helping us get better though awesome work, introducing new ideas and techniques, recommending improvements to our design process, and generally just being great.
Company benefits:
- Casual atmosphere with mandatory video game breaks in an environment open to new ideas.
- Health, dental, vision insurance.
- Retirement benefits planned for Q2 of 2011.
- 3 weeks paid vacation.
- Year-end bonus based upon performance.
Please contact Chris Olberding at olberding@stationfour.com for more details.