FREELANCE SENIOR FLASH ACTIONSCRIPT DEVELOPER
Freelance New York, NY Founded in 1999 and based in Manhattan, Magnani Caruso Dutton is an independent digital agency that helps some of the world’s most recognizable brands to manage and grow their businesses online. Our clients include: AT&T, Discover Financial Services, HBO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sesame Workshop, Tiffany & Co., and The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Learn more at «old link». Follow us on Twitter @mcdpartners.com, and on Facebook, «old link»

We have a freelance opening for a Senior Flash ActionScript Developer to develop and implement interfaces for large scale web sites. The individual will be responsible for bringing a project to life, thus, applicants must show strong understanding of web functionality, animation, usability, and optimization. This position is freelance or freelance to full-time.

Qualifications

•Strong ActionScript 3.0 required
•Adobe Flex experience, a plus
•Coded animation experience (timeline a plus)
•Understanding of OOP, web optimization practices and examples to prove it
•Experience with IDE (e.g., Eclipse), version control (e.g., SVN) and QA (e.g., Mantis) tools required
•Ability to work in a fast paced team environment
•Ability to stay focused and deliver on time and on budget
•Strong verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail
•Three years experience in an agency environment (although exceptional work can make up for lack of agency experience)
•BS in Computer Science, applicable experience considered
But above all, we seek talent before experience.

BACKEND PHP, DRUPAL, MYSQL DB DEVELOPER
Our flexible services focus on high-quality design, standards-based front-end code, and open source back-end development. We have a large variety of clients ranging from non-profits to restaurants to large corporations. Most of our exciting new projects are utilizing Drupal as the core CMS. Your role would be our primary back-end developer on these client sites: configuring Drupal, customizing existing modules, and creating custom ones when needed. You will also help define requirements for new projects, and take the lead in planning and developing new small-to-midsize PHP/MySQL web apps (outside of Drupal) for clients.

Being a creative firm, you will need to have a decent eye for design and coordinate with our visual and interface designers when developing user-friendly sites.

We do not have a central office, so you will be able to work independently from home. Preference will given to someone in the DC metropolitan area so we can still meet occasionally.

Skills Requested:



•Strong experience with professional and best practice PHP development
•Advanced experience with Drupal custom module development (theming experience a plus)
•Skilled with multiple database systems, MySQL required, MS SQL or Oracle a plus
•Experience with LAMP based server required
•Experience with integrating with 3rd party systems (MS SQL, Facebook, Twitter, etc) is a plus
•JavaScript/jQuery experience desired.
•Develop and test secure, clean, and well-commented code
•Familiarity with Windows based servers a plus
•Able to communicate and play well with our visual designers and front-end coders to ensure output is beautiful and user friendly
•Decent web standards knowledge (HTML, CSS). You don't have to be a CSS and accessibility guru... just solid enough to maintain and expand valid templates from our ace front-end coders/themers
•Able to multi-task on multiple projects at once
•Can work independently from home and still meet tight deadlines
•Willing to work up to full-time hours (40 a week) for a small, but growing design firm without a rigid corporate structure or office -- set your own hours as long as you get the job done
•Can communicate well with clients and (if you're in the DC area) willing to attend meetings
•Can start right away! We're hoping for a freelance developer with the availability to work up to a full-time schedule (40 hours). Start on a trial freelance/contract basis so you can get familiar with our company

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Job Requirements/Qualifications:

The Creative Director will act as a key support to the Publisher in developing effective editorial products and managing the design and production teams. The Creative Director will work alongside our editorial, sales, and marketing teams, and be responsible for managing no less than six full-time designers, interns, and several freelance designers.

Who we are looking for:
• An energizer, creating an exciting and positive work environment through your output, work ethic, and style.
• An innovator, with creative ideas and execution that keep us ahead of the competition and deliver solid results for our clients.
• A well-rounded leader, with design, writing, research, and project-management skills that are surpassed only by your management capabilities.
• A team player able to collaborate effectively with editors, sales and research representatives, and clients.
• An effective problem solver and stickler for deadlines who thrives under pressure.

Is this you? If so, we’d love to hear from you. The right candidate will enjoy competitive compensation, benefits (medical, dental, etc.), and the excitement of achieving professional success at a dynamic and evolving company. All responses will be treated with confidentiality and discretion.

EOE.

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Specific Skills
Requirements:
• 3+ years of reputable experience as a Design Director, Art Director, or Creative Director in the publishing industry (Experience in B2B subject matter is a plus.)
• A degree in print graphic design with a strong background in journalism, English, or communications
• A portfolio of excellent samples
Submission Details
To apply, please send the following to careers@bgandh.com:
• Resume and cover letter
• Salary history (Applications without salary history will not be considered.)
• 3–4 Samples of your work (PDF files only please.)

CONVERSION DESIGNER
Freelance United States, Canada [If you don't know how to design a landing page meant for converting customers, then please don't apply. If you don't have examples of such landing / squeeze pages, then please move along.]

Looking for a killer designer who can create landing pages and website templates meant to convert. The only skill I care about is your design skills. We have coders, developers etc who can turn your design into an actual page...

So, all I want to know is if you understand how to design toward specific audiences, understand web design best practices, and if you are able to work under deadlines.

If so, please send me examples of such designs. If you don't have any examples please don't apply.

We will start out hourly, but would like to eventually work toward a per-page cost to help with our budgeting.

Thanks!

FREELANCE SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER
First things first. You’ll need an excellent command of all facets of front-end web development. It’s just as important you have a strong work ethic, are a problem-solving whiz, have notable organizational skills, and above all, are detail-oriented. If you can boldly check off those things, you’ve already piqued our interest.
Interactive skills are one thing, interaction is another—you’ll have strong interpersonal skills, working independently and as part of a team, on top of excellent written communication skills. An ability to discern when to follow strategy and when to propose fresh creative solutions is golden.

If you’ve had prior experience working for an interactive agency —that’s a plus.

Qualifications:

•Rock-solid in front-end development; XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
•Expert knowledge of at a least one JavaScript library and what it takes to create one
•In-depth knowledge of DOM
•Experience with Eclipse, SVN, and QA tools
•Adobe CS fluency, as relates to front-end development
•Support A-grade browsers and accessibility
•Best SEO coding practices
•PHP and SQL skills a plus
•3-4 years of prior agency development experience in internet advertising, product advertising, and/or site development strongly preferred
•Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with computer science specialty; applicable work experience considered
Founded in 1999 and based in Manhattan, Magnani Caruso Dutton is an independent digital agency that helps some of the world’s most recognizable brands to manage and grow their businesses online. Our clients include: AT&T, Discover Financial Services, HBO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sesame Workshop, Tiffany & Co., and The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Learn more at «old link». Follow us on Twitter @mcdpartners.com, and on Facebook, «old link»

Direct applicants only, no agencies/third party vendors, please.

No phone calls or faxes. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

IMMEDIATE NEED FOR WEB/GRAPHIC DESIGNER FOR ONGOING
The qualifications are this person should be fairly flexible, work quickly and sometimes without much direction. They need to be detail oriented, understand UI design and have a clean aesthetic. Someone that understands the capabilities of JQuery and other frameworks and working with grids is a plus. Anyways, you get the picture. I use Basecamp so being familar with that is a plus. Also using a Mac would be a plus for font/file compatibility.

An example of a project I have now is where I have the homepage and interior page designed, but need a few more pages designed with the look/feel applied.

I'm ready to go when you are, so send over URL's, samples, contact info. Ideally, this person is another freelancer that isn't looking for a full-time job because I'd like to find someone that can be available for more work. I do work with nonprofits and i'm just another freelancer, so cost will definitely play a factor. But you'll hopefully have steady work and doing work for good causes!

ART DIRECTOR - PACKAGING
Enesco, LLC, is a global leader in the giftware and home and garden décor industries is seeking a Packaging Art Director. Serving more than 44,000 customers worldwide, Enesco distributes products to a wide variety of specialty card and gift retailers, home décor boutiques, mass-market chains and direct mail retailers.
The Art Director manages in-house and agency relationships to ensure brand consistency by producing packaging and other marketing services. The position acts as a consultant with Brand Marketing and Product Development to develop style guides. Collaborate with Brand Marketing and Product Development to develop style guides and packaging incorporating the latest graphic and print technology. Manage external design agency on the graphic development of style guides. Ensure visual brand consistency for all of our numerous & diverse brands. Formulate designs and illustrate concepts/deas through sketches via design applications such as PhotoShop, Illustrator, In Design and Quark Express. Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, meeting timetables, quality goals and other requirements.


Specific Skills
The successful candidate will possess a minimum of 5-10 years of progressive graphics art direction with a strong emphasis on packaging. Experience in consumer package goods and understanding of phases of product development. Record of success in developing style guides by collaborating with marketing and product development teams.

Minimum of 2 years of project management experience. Understanding of graphic brand development is required. Strong creative capability with proficiency in design methodology. Proficient in Microsoft office, Quark Express, CS3, In Design, Photoshop and Illustrator. Demonstrated success in directing the work of freelance artists and outside agencies. Ability to communicate vision to others is a must. THIS POSITION WILL BE BASED OUT OF OUR ITASCA, IL HEADQUARTERS. CANDIDATES MUST RESIDE IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA