Dep Media – Designer

Dep Media is seeking an energetic individual with a diversified and flexible skill set. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, pro-active, versatile, and willing to put in the extra effort to get the job done. The candidate must be extremely detail-oriented, a team player and comfortable with multi-tasking in a fast-paced result-oriented environment.

The position will require an understanding of print design, interactive media and pre-press concepts and how to best use them to achieve specific goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing solutions to meet the Web/Interactive/Print department’s and company’s needs
• Contribute to the creative concepts for all projects
• Execute the design and production of creative concepts
• Contribute to schedule development with the Project Management team
• Updating and archiving of client web sites using HTML and basic PHP and ASP programming
• Assist with the development and implementation of direct mail projects
• Provide support to sales team with print literature, preparing proposals, client support and power point presentations
• Ability to integrate video, animation, still images, text and audio into the graphical design of Web pages
• The assembly and preparation of layouts for various types of media
• Research of images and image libraries for design layouts
• Documentation and organization of graphic standards procedures and policies
• Assist in the management of domain names and web oriented projects

Qualifications

• A current portfolio of work (URL’s) should be included in the candidate’s resume.
• Experience with at least 3 of the following: HTML, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, ASP, CGI, Perl, NT/Win 2000, and SQL.
• Must have knowledge of QuarkXpress an any other print related applications
• Must have experience with colour-correction (CMYK)
• Possess a sense of Interactive Design and Usability
• Must have exceptional communication and time management skills.
• Expert knowledge of Photoshop, Flash (Action Scripting, XML Integration) and Illustrator
• Ability to work closely with Designers, Art Directors and Copywriters
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines
• 1-2 years relevant experience at an Interactive Studio or with a major agency
• Stays abreast of any industry-wide changes in design philosophy and any new tools and technologies being used for Web design.
• Must possess strong communication skills; written and verbal.

Technical and Software Abilities

Knowledge of the following applications:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Macromedia Flash
• Macromedia Fireworks
• QuarkXpress
• Adobe Premiere
• Visio
• SourceSafe
• Visual Studio
• PowerPoint
• MS Powerpoint

This position is no longer open.