Web/Interactive Designer

Web/Interactive Designer

 

Livescribe – Exciting Ground Breaking Technology!

 

Livescribe will fundamentally change the way people capture, use and share information with pen and paper, making the possibilities of pen and paper endless. With Livescribe, people will no longer have to settle – they can have the best of both the paper and digital worlds. The company is designing innovative solutions that enhance personal productivity, learning, communication & creative expression. Livescribe is the forerunner in this new era of mobile computing.

 

Livescribe is funded by VantagePoint Venture Partners and has an executive management team with deep experience from successful technology companies such as LeapFrog, Palm, Apple and IBM. Livescribe incorporated in January 2007 and was founded by Jim Marggraff, the inventor of paper-based computing including the LeapPad & FLY Pentop.

 

Livescribe offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including the following:

 

  * Kaiser Medical HSA

  * Anthem Blue Cross Lumenos Medical HSA

  * MetLife – Dental

  * Metlife – AD&D/Life/Short term-Long Term Disability

  * Vision Service Plan

  * Metlife Employee Assistance Plan

  * John Hancock 401k

 

We are looking for a uniquely talented, detail oriented & self motivated Web/Interactive Designer who is as passionate as we are about creating award winning online interactive experiences. Are you one of the few who can go all the way from concept and design through to development and execution and bring your creative dreams to interactive life?

 

The successful applicant will report to the Director of Web Services, Marketing.

 

Responsibilities:Work closely with the Director of Web Services to design and implement a cutting edge Web 2.0 user experience.Create working comps and rapidly ptototype UI concepts (Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop).Responsible for designing, developing and integrating the front end web experience with our talented application developers.Responsible for graphic design, UI, site usability & x/HTML/CSS/Javascript/Flash production.Clearly communicate your ideas both visually and verbally to a small and extremely talented team.

 

 

Qualifications:Bachelors degree and/or 2-5 years of hands on experience in the area of interactive web design.A UI design expert with demonstrated fluency (hand code) in HTML, CSS, Javascript and AJAX.A master at debugging cross browser CSS isues and an intimate working knowledge of cross-browser compatibility and W3C Standards.A passion to deliver innovative standards compliant solutions; working concurrently on several projects under tight deadlines.Adept with Adobe CS3, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash and other applicable web design / development software.Proficient in Flash including Actionscript 3.Thrive in a fast -paced environment and effectively prioritizing and managing multiple projects at once, while setting and meeting demanding deadlines.

 

Nice to have; but not required

o  Understanding in PHP, SQL, XML and basic Unix commands.

o  Familiarity with version control systems (preferably svn)

o  Experience with WebObjects.

o  Apache web server, Unix/OS X Server experience.

 

 

We are considering telecommuting 1-2 days a week for this position.

We are considering contractors as well for this position.

We have gym onsite, cafe, close to Bart and 8 miles from the San Mateo bridge.


Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.




 

Please send your resume in PDF or WORD format and a link to your online portfolio to lsullivan@livescribe.com

 

 In addition, please put Web Designer in the subject line.