Carrboro, North Carolina (required on-site)
Caktus is a team of sharp web developers and designers who build high quality web applications. We are based in Carrboro, NC and we love collaborating on projects with our clients, who range from small non-profits (State Educational Technology Directors Association) to universities (UNC, UChicago) and large organizations (UNICEF, Mozilla, and CBS). We especially enjoy education and health focused work. Our passion is creating high quality, custom products. And we do it well.
We are looking for a professional user experience designer and front end web developer who enjoys working on a team and is excited to make beautiful, user friendly websites. Our front end web developers design in code and collaborate directly with the development team. They are hybrids: designers with a deep understanding of code and implementation. The ideal team member is also motivated to learn and work on new and diverse projects. Your work will involve:
Leading the design and front-end development efforts on your projects
Branding, prototyping and designing pages for small and large web apps
Cloning project repositories and running Django locally for development
Creating mockups and wireframes of proposed designs and user stories
Converting PSDs into standards compliant HTML and CSS
Performing front-end JavaScript and jQuery development
Working closely with and incorporating feedback from clients, project managers and developers
Qualifications
At least 3 years of professional web design experience
Strong command of HTML5 and CSS3
Extensive knowledge of jQuery and other JavaScript frameworks
Intimate knowledge of cross-browser compatibility, web standards and SEO best practices
Knowledge of template libraries (e.g. Django, jinja2, liquid, etc)
Solid understanding of JSON, XML and interacting with public APIs
Experience using Adobe Creative Suite
Strong knowledge of usability and user experience (UX) design
Good eye for layout, composition and typography
Experience with distributed version control (Git, Mercurial)
Always learning new web technologies and is active in the open source world
Enjoys a fast pace, dynamic, challenging and team-oriented work environment
Experience developing mobile-optimized web applications
Bonus Points For
Some Pythion experience is a plus, Django is even better