Web Designer - Front-End
The Web Designer is responsible for developing creative concepts and engaging, user-friendly and sustainable designs for company websites, newsletters, emails, digital ads, and other digital interfaces. He/She will help shape the look and feel of Stonyfield's web presence, utilizing best practices and design methods to ensure success.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Proactively conceptualize and create intuitive, engaging, and brand-consistent web and mobile experiences for Stonyfield.com and other company websites, optimizing features and functionality to take full advantage of the various platforms and technologies we support.
- Be a web-centric designer with rock solid skills in graphic design, with an eye for typography, palette development, intuitive layout, and a pixel-level attention to detail. You must have a deep appreciation for clean, simple, usable interfaces.
- Work cross-functionally to brainstorm and develop intuitive site architecture to continually improve the website experience.
- Bring designs to life by hand-coding the underlying HTML and CSS and other interactive components (Integrate video, animation, still images, text and audio into site content).
- Work with Web Developers to design and implement dynamic features and modules including surveys, entry forms, voting ballots, online coupons, and other web-based functions/projects.
- Collaborate with Creative Services, Social Media, and Brand Management teams to design new content pages & features, landing pages, promotional campaigns, banners, display ads, contests, coupons, surveys, and other various projects.
- Design original email layouts and take projects from concept to completion while working within the parameters of the brand style.
- Work with Social Media team to design and create Facebook Tabs and/or social media websites.
- Stay abreast of latest technologies and trends and recommend ways the company can leverage them to enhance our digital efforts (Web 2.0, mobile, QR codes, email, social media, and other digital efforts).
- Maintain archives of web graphics (original and modified) and content pages.
- Research and recommend web tools, applications and services to meet company needs.
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Bachelors Degree Preferred
- 2+ years of interactive web design experience
- Well-rounded knowledge and experience with interactive design technologies:
HTML/5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Ajax.
oFlash/ActionScript a plus. - Must have working knowledge of PHP. Experience with Drupal CMS is a plus.
- Expert with all Adobe Creative Suite products
- Must understand site architecture, site navigation and search engine optimization principles as it relates to website design.
- Capable of implementing one-off projects quickly (a day or a week, depending on the project) while keeping long-term projects on schedule.
- Ability to think and act creatively, strategically, and tactically
- A passion for discovering and implementing innovative digital marketing designs
- Strong, relentless attention and focus to details
DESIRED SKILLS
- Experience with usability testing a plus
- Experience with designing and developing mobile websites/apps a huge plus.
- Experience working with online display media
- Designing and programming for social media sites like Facebook/Twitter a plus.
- Experience editing, converting and compressing videos for the web with Sorenson Squeeze 6 and CS5 Master Collection Video Software
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment, yet also work well independently
- Ability to adapt in a fast-paced, hectic, changing work environment with a high volume of distractions and interruptions and surges in work flow
- Enthusiasm and the ability to generate and execute savvy, creative ideas to support company goals and mission and be able to articulate those ideas.
- Ability to shift priorities and put in extra hours to meet deadlines within specified time constraints
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Candidates must provide a portfolio (online or print) of web design and development projects and may be asked to provide code samples.
Stonyfield Inc.
10 Burton Drive
Londonderry, NH 03053
Job Code: WEB12
Email HR_Resumes@Stonyfield.com, reference Web Designer - Front-End
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Stonyfield is an equal opportunity employer













