Experienced Web Designer/ Graphic Designer

Are you looking for a job where you can be creative, use all of your skills, and grow your skill-set all at the same time? Want to be recognized with design awards for your best work? Like working on a variety of projects and interfacing with different customers? Want to be a part of a fun, creative team where collaborating, bouncing ideas around, and finding the best solution for a problem is encouraged? Looking for a long term job with great pay and benefits and the stability of a company that has been building online solutions for over 20 years? If so, NetSource is the place for you!

At NetSource, our team of over 20 designers, programmers, marketing professionals, systems administrators, and support staff work with clients all over the US to help them get the best results online. We create everything from basic websites to e-commerce (we even own our own shopping cart software company!) to large, data driven custom online apps. We have built award winning mobile apps and helped clients generate hundreds of thousands of likes and followers for their social media campaigns. Our environment is not only fun and positive, but our Designers and Developers also get the latest in technology and tools to help them create the very best work. We think NetSource is a great place to work. In fact, over half of our team has been here for over 5 years.

NOTE: This is not a freelance or remote work position. You must be available to work full time at our offices at 3700 S. Pine Ave, Ocala, FL 34471.

What Are the Job Duties? Web Designers at NetSource enjoy a wide variety of challenges and projects, and their main responsibility is working with the client to bring their vision to life. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic problem-solver who loves to tackle new challenges and stay current on evolving technologies, standards, and best practices. As part of our design team, you will conceptualize, design, and implement engaging, user-friendly, and search engine optimized websites. You’ll design award-winning logos and corporate branding campaigns. You should be comfortable building standards compliant HTML and CSS, and implementing JavaScript using Jquery. Web Designers frequently collaborate with the programming team to develop online applications. Each designer communicates directly with clients to ensure that their work meets the customer’s needs and goals.

• A minimum of 2 years of professional print design or web design/development experience is required.
• A Link to your portfolio of design work must be included with your resume or emailed to jobs@netsourceinc.com
• A 2-4 year degree in Digital Arts, Graphic Design or related.
• Hands-on experience with:
• HTML5
• CSS3
• Bootstrap
• JavaScript
• jQuery
• WordPress
• Divi
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience with responsive and mobile design, as well across platform compatibility, development, and testing.
• Understanding of web usability, UI/UX trends, and accessibility standards.
• Familiarity with PHP or .NET is a plus.
• Experience with the Adobe Suite of applications.
• Strong graphics manipulation/optimization skills using Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
• Experience in animation and video editing is a plus
• Experience with Social Media advertising and creating Social Media ads
• Ability to design customized web pages and interfaces based on client specifications.
• Must be team-oriented and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work together with a team to build and maintain effective web and marketing design solutions.
• Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to develop good rapport with customers to meet expectations.
• Must be customer-centric and aggressive in servicing your customers’ needs and meeting their expectations and goals.

What abilities will the best candidates have?

• Ability to quickly grasp and distill complex web design concepts into user-friendly designs.
• Ability to multi-task and manage several projects simultaneously and document progress.
• Capable of working in a fast-paced environment under strict deadlines, managing a changing workload through effective time management.
• Content writing, design, and placement on the fly.
• Design emphasis on clean, usable, and sophisticated layouts.
• Experience in online retail/e-commerce, media, marketing, and advertising.
• Meticulous eye for detail, style, and colors.
• Advanced mobile and mobile framework experience.

What’s in it for Me? A full time position with great pay and benefits like: paid vacation, sick time, paid holidays, health and life insurance, 401K with a 4% match, and more. We also provide a great work environment, collaborative team based atmosphere, state of the art hardware and software (we are primarily a PC shop), and access to training and education resources. Most importantly, we give you a place where you will be challenged to create great work and get the opportunity to continually grow your skill set and use new technologies as we create solutions for our customers. Every year, we submit our team’s best work to various award contests – we pay the entry fees and you get the credit.

How do I Apply? We are looking for first and foremost, incredible design talent. You MUST SUBMIT YOUR PORTFOLIO of work or a link to your online portfolio to us along with your resume in order to be considered for this opportunity. An introduction letter telling us why you believe you are the right candidate for the position is also recommended. You must be available to work full time in our Ocala, FL offices

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Web Design/Development: 2 years (Preferred)
• Print advertising: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person