SENIOR INTERACTIVE DESIGNER
If you’re an experienced interactive designer with a strong foundation in UX, we’d love to hear from you. And if you care about things like climate change, poverty, education, and healthcare, then we’ve got some projects to work on that you’ll probably find meaningful and rewarding.

MSDS («old link») is a boutique branding and interactive agency that specializes in high-end
user experiences for nonprofits, universities and education. Since 2000, we’ve dedicated ourselves to advancing the missions of cause-driven organizations who make the world a better place. We’ve a highly collaborative studio that emphasizes teamwork, strategic and creative thinking, and a commitment to creating superior work that helps make our world a better place.

Of course your design should look great. But if you’re a strategic thinker who’s fluent with the fundamentals of information architecture and UX, then you’d fit right in. If you love doing good work for good clients, have a strong history of designing content-heavy, information-rich sites (ideally for nonprofit clients), and are looking to join a studio with a strong reputation for producing outstanding work, then we’d like to meet. If you love data visualization and infographics as much as we do, even better.

This position would begin with a three month, full-time, on-site freelance contract that would then convert to a salaried position provided both parties agree there’s a strong fit. The salaried position comes with strong pay, a top of the line retirement plan, a generous vacation policy and great professional development opportunities, not to mention the opportunity to work with a diverse, tight-knit group of talented professionals to create great work.

Skills:
High-polish, versatile design sensibilities
Strong design grid & typographic fundamentals
Awareness of interactive technologies & trends (coding not required)
Well spoken and articulate about design decisions
Rock-solid Photoshop (and Creative Suite) skills
Strong understanding of information architecture
Data visualization design a big plus
Design for Mobile/Tablets a strong plus
Experience with non-profits or academic institutions a plus

Requirements:
5 years minimum interactive design experience
B.A. or higher in related field
Must be available to work in our NYC office

FRONT-END WEB DEVELOPER WITH WORDPRESS EXPERIENCE

We are Advant Interactive, a group of design and developer nerds. We’re a small bunch so far but we have plans for world domination. We’re based in Long Beach, just a Kobe 3-pointer from the beach, and a taxi ride from the heart of LA. We are on the lookout for an individual who seeks a position at the cutting edge of web development. All candidates must work with speed and enjoy sweating over tight deadlines. They must live to code and not be happy until they’ve seen a project through from insemination to birth to that first day at kindergarten.

Who are you? The dude (or dudette) for the role should have a minimum of two years in the world of web development, with a portfolio that’s likely to blow our socks off.

Because we live in the virtual world, it does not matter where you reside, as long as you are available during business hours. Still reading?

Can you tick these boxes?

- You are a Wordpress Whiz and have extensive knowledge/experience with front-end work.

- You’re a dab hand in JavaScript/jQuery (If you can write plugins as well then that’s a bonus, but you must be able to write and implement small-to-medium scripts at least)

- You’re an old pro in writing raw HTML and CSS (especially HTML5 and CSS3)

- You’re used to developing in a LAMP environment

- You’re on-the-button with current Web standards, optimization techniques and best practices

- You’re full of knowledge regarding Twitter Bootstrap and Foundation

- You’re a web developer with two or more years of professional industry experience

And it goes without saying You can both talk the talk and walk the walk. You have 20:20 vision when it comes to fine details. You consider missing a deadline one of the seven deadly sins. If you’ve gotten this far, you could be just what we’re looking for. Send us your portfolio and we’ll talk.

FRONT-END DESIGNER-DEVELOPER NEEDED
We are looking for an experienced front-end designer and developer to join our web development project.

Superb quality of work required with a proven track record of happy customers and references available upon request. We are looking for someone who can not only follow our instructions but also suggest changes and improvements/better ways of doing things with assigned projects.

Successful candidate should be able to start immediately.

Requirements:

Attention to detail
Diligent
Organised
Communicative
Take ownership of project
HTML5
Semantic HTML
CSS3
Very knowledgeable in responsive design and modern techniques
Can convert a PSD to a responsive HTML/CSS - pixel perfect
SASS *essential
Bootstrap framework knowledge
Javascript *not essential but desired
AngularJS *not essential but desired

Additionally:

Know how to setup/use Grunt or similar
Know how to automatically uglify and concatenate CSS/JS

FREELANCE PRINT/EDITORIAL DESIGNER
OVERVIEW

Are you an experienced designer with an eye for layout who loves systems-based design? MSDS, an award-winning branding and design studio in Noho, is looking for an experienced designer to work with us on a robust suite of reports for an influential non-profit client. If you have a strong history of designing content-heavy, information-rich brochures and annual reports, and are looking to work with a studio with a reputation for producing outstanding work, we’d like to meet. If you have a strong interest in data visualization and infographics, even better. The ideal person has a great eye for design, understands typographic and grid fundamentals, and has experience with style-based workflows in InDesign and chart production in Adobe Illustrator.

DETAILS

This is a full-time freelance job, mostly on-site but with some flexibility for off-site work. Compensation is offered based on experience. Our standard work week is 9:30AM to 6PM, Monday-Friday, and with Summer Fridays cutting out at 1:30PM when deadlines allow. This position would start the first week of August, and run through mid-October. Visit us at «old link» to learn more about our firm and to see our work.

TO APPLY

Please send a well-written cover letter with your hourly rate (ranges are fine) and your availability through the next 3-4 months. Also, please share a link to your online portfolio and highlight any relevant experience. Send all of these to email with the subject line, ‛Freelance Print Designer - 2015‛