Lan-x Africa is looking for a web designer who loves responsive and adaptive design principles and the technology behind them, enjoys working directly with customers and thrives in a highly collaborative environment.
Roles
Designing, developing, and implementing user-friendly, professional, visually-pleasing websites and user-interfaces for web applications.
Develop online graphics and assets.
Work directly with customers from site kick off to launch.
Communicating ideas through low and high-fidelity mock-ups
Collaborating with team members, as needed, to ensure technical solutions are implemented to meet project requirements
Creating and effectively arranging graphics, images and all other content into a creative, cohesive, functional, and visually-pleasing website utilizing best practices in User Interface/User Experience design.
Job Requirements
The ideal candidate is someone with a desire for continual learning and who possesses strong communication (oral and written), problem-solving, analytic, interpersonal skills, and is:
Results-oriented
Detail-oriented
Accountable
Adaptable
Able to work effectively (independently and/or within teams) across functional areas in a collaborative environment
Able to manage multiple tasks with competing timelines and deliverables
Technical Skills
Working knowledge of HTML and CSS. jQuery and JavaScript, PHP and other web-based programming languages.
Understanding of design principles.
Strong understanding of web design principles and best practices.
Understanding of website architecture and best practices.
Understanding of responsive and adaptive design methods.
Excellent written/verbal customer communication skills.
Portfolio demonstrating graphic/web design work and technical expertise.
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator) is an added advantage.
Qualifications
Degree in IT or related field is a plus.
2-3 years of experience in web development and design.
