Design Technologist
- Full-time
Company Description
Job Description
As a Design Technologist, you’ll be an essential member of a diverse creative team specialized in creating digital experiences and marketing campaigns. You will report to the Head of Creative Studio and bring technology to the creative process, the front-end interactions you bring to life will create remarkable experiences for our sellers.
You are well versed in an appropriate mix of development and prototyping platforms and tools, and know how to select the best platform for the task. You create code that is flexible and can be iterated upon and pride yourself on being up-to-date with the latest best practices. Thriving on exploration and experimentation, you are at the heart of co-creating ideas and bringing them to life. Your skill-set complements your application of technology including but never limited to: a precise eye for intelligent UX, great design and good foundation in strategy.
For consideration, please submit a link to your portfolio.***
You will:
- Participate in concept development and design iteration
- Work on projects from ideation and design through implementation
- Take creative direction and expand on concept ideas for tactics, with solid and active contribution in creative reviews
- Take part in brainstorms, partnering with colleagues across departments including Strategy, Design, Digital Production and Copy
- Execute hands-on technical development of prototypes coming out of ideation
- Contribute to discussions about the digital aspects of creative campaigns
- Present ideas or prototypes to mixed client marketing / technical audiences
- Work creatively through and around perceived limitations or challenges imposed by the delivery platform to create delightful experiences for customers
- Evaluate and document any new creative or engineering standards or patterns that could arise from your work
Qualifications
You have:
- BS in Computer Science or related technical field
- At least 2 years of relevant work experience
- Front-end development – HTML, CSS and Javascript
- Backend development – Familiarity of Ruby, Java, or other backend languages
- Portfolio of work that displays design, high-fidelity animation, motion, iconography, typography, color, and imagery
- Understand web standards, browser performance and best practices
- Passion for digital marketing, advertising, and understanding metrics
- Excellent communication skills and a desire to collaborate
- Familiarity of modern design tools (Figma, Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D etc)