Job Opportunities at Thelightville Consulting

Job Description

• Responsible for the design, layout and coding of a website.
• Also involved with the technical and graphical aspects of a website - how the site works and how it looks.
• Can also be involved with the maintenance and update of an existing site.

Details of Function

• Meeting clients to identify their needs and liaising regularly with them;
• Drawing up detailed website specifications;
• Designing sample page layouts including text size and colours;
• Designing website's visual imagery and ensuring it is in line with company branding policy or the requirements of the client;
• Proofreading content and grammar and making changes where necessary;
• Editing content, debugging code and re-designing web pages;
• Working with other web specialists including digital marketers and graphic designers;
• Testing the website to ensure it is working;
• Post-sales technical support;
• Training client's staff;
• Researching current design trends;
• Continual professional development to keep up to date with new software developments.

Technical Requirements:

• Sound Knowledge of Designing including Graphics and Photography;
• Sound Knowledge of Web Hosting including Cpanel / FTP;
• Sound Knowledge of Web Technologies including PHP / MySQL;
• Sound Knowledge of PHP Frameworks including Codeigniter / Laravel;
• Sound Knowledge of CMS Platforms including WordPress / Opencart;
• Sound Knowledge of Website Design Software including Adobe Dreamweaver;

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General Summary

• Graphic designers bring ideas to life by presenting them in the visual medium. Designers design visual presentations by hand or with computer-aided design (CAD) software.
• Graphic designers might develop ads, magazines, promotional materials, catalogs, or business reports.

Details of Function

• Meet with clients to establish the overall look, graphic elements and content of communications materials to fulfill their needs
• Prepares work to be accomplished by gathering information and materials.
• Plans concept by studying information and materials.
• Illustrates concept by designing rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and font style, and related aesthetic concepts.
• Obtains approval of concept by submitting rough layout for approval.
• Prepares final layout print-ready files of art.
• Upload designs to relevant platforms including websites and content management systems.
• Design and layout of electronic and print materials for all programs and events (flyers, posters, banners, collaterals, logos, invitations, postcards, newsletters, newspaper ads, etc.)
• Carrying design and web projects from concept to completion while adhering to the brand standards
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Understanding of production, pre-press, print and web-based technologies
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Researching current design trends;
• Continual professional development to keep up to date with new software developments.
• Sound Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Fireworks/Adobe Illustrator/CorelDraw

Reporting:

• Shall report directly to assigned Line Manager.