19 August 2008

Web graphic designer freelance seriously considered

*** Absolutely NO Recruiters Please ***
Company Overview
Best of the Best plc is the airport super car prize company which operates from all major UK airports and are now expanding internationally. Founded in 2000, Best of the Best has given away over GBP8 million in cars and prizes to over 200 lucky winners. We have twelve people in our head office based in Fulham, London SW6 and the new role will be within the online marketing department and reporting directly to the online marketing manager.
About the individual
We require an enthusiastic and talented web/graphic designer to work on our website and email marketing campaigns. Best of the Best deal all the time with cars to make any petrol head drool over (Ferraris and Lamborghinis are just the tip of the iceberg) and need a designer who is genuinely passionate about cars. Your ability to bring supercars to life through great design both online and via email is absolutely paramount.
You will be a skilful web designer with who is efficient, literate, and resourceful with a solid portfolio of web design work. You can take any ideas and come up with workable, ready designs within a day, and without guidance. In particular, you will have a strong understanding of HTML email design and be capable of overcoming the limitations presented by it.
Your pro-active, ideas driven and pragmatic approach is essential and you must be pleasant to work with.
Technical and Creative Skills
The following skills are essential
 Adobe Photoshop CS2/CS3
 Hand coded XHTML
 Hand coded CSS
 Dreamweaver 8/CS3
 Adobe Flash 8
The following skills are highly desirable
 Adobe Acrobat Professional
 Adobe Illustrator CS2 or CS3
 Experience of managing website content through a Content Management System (CMS)
 Basic video and audio editing skills
You have a good command of the English language (written and oral). It is anticipated that you will have a formal qualification in a design related field. We want a 100% web design 'junky'.
You will need to present an extensive portfolio of high quality, finished online work to demonstrate that you can produce, clean fresh and unique web designs which you have exclusively designed and built.
Breakdown of role
If variety is the spice of life, then we are sure that the breadth and diversity in which you can exploit your talents will not disappoint. Working in collaboration with the online team, we would expect a typical month to be broken down as follows:
 40% HTML and plain text email design, testing, and delivery
 20% creation of static and flash banners, affiliate banners, targeted landing pages and related content.
 30% managing website content (new competitions, articles, supercar specification pages, latest news, winner's area and related brochure ware pages)
 10% supporting the business with their creative and promotional requirements for airport locations
** Please note: if we chose a freelance candidate, the scope of the role will be far more creative and other CMS-related duties listed will be absorbed internally)
Application Process
Impress us with your skills, style and finesse. Visually stimulate us with your command of web design and we WILL contact you directly for a nice friendly chat and then if all goes well, invite you for an interview.
If you are up for the challenge of joining this forward thinking and rapidly growing company, then don't delay. Apply now!
Please state your availability time and your expectation of starting earnings for this position. Only UK Citizens and/or Residents with work permits in place need apply. Applications should be made by email and include a covering letter and CV. Please also include links to your existing online portfolio.
A professional and personal reference will also be required.
Visit us at: www.bestofthebest.co.uk
Web graphic designer freelance seriously considered
Phone: 0207 371 8866