Web Designer

We’re in search of a talented and self-motivated web designer with a passion for emerging online social and video experiences.

About Howcast Media

Founded by veterans of Google and YouTube, Howcast Media brings together the personality of user-generated content with the quality of a professional video studio to help consumers learn how-to do everything from the practical (“How to Paint a Wall”), to the unusual (“How to Get Paid for Donating Plasma”), to the entertaining (“How Not to Get Mugged”) at www.howcast.com. With high-quality video content and vibrant user communities organized around specific topic categories, Howcast provides a wealth of opportunities for distribution and advertising partners.

Howcast is set apart by our pursuit of the very best video content. We produce our own video content in our New York City studio with cutting-edge directors as well as through the Howcast Directors Program which provides emerging filmmakers with the opportunity to gain experience, exposure and a pay check. We’re also building The Howcast Network to bring together filmmakers and online experts with others in the film, technology and business communities to produce compelling instructional video content for Howcast.com, as well as to generate new projects and professional opportunities beyond the how-to space.
The Howcast Team

With offices in New York City and San Francisco, we are building a team of media and technology professionals to maintain and expand our digital presence.

We offer a competitive salary, stock options and benefits package. We’re also proud to offer an environment which prizes creativity and collaboration, recognizes personal achievements and believes in the potential of our team members.
The Role

We’re in search of a web designer to join our team. Under the direction of the Senior User Interface designer and other members of the Howcast Product Team you will be responsible for creating and updating a wide range of digital promotional collateral graphics featuring Howcast. Additionally there will be the opportunity to be involved with the design and build of future features and sections of our core product: howcast.com.

The ideal candidate for this position is an enthusiastic, self-motivated, talented designer who appreciates the unique opportunity to participate in a dynamic new company. You should be comfortable designing for the web, with excellent visual design skills and a good eye for detail and consistency.
Responsibilities

* Creating beautiful, eye-catching promotional graphics
* Updating and revising existing designs
* Working with the Product Team to design new pages
* Implement designs based on wireframes/prototypes in accordance with style guide or directions
* Prepare existing designs for implementation, e.g. producing optimized images

Requirements

* Minimum of 1-2 years experience designing consumer-oriented websites and/or online advertising
* Strong typographic sensibility
* Good organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines
* Comprehensive working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop a must, including; Layer Effects, Layer Comps, Smart Objects, Save for Web (slicing, optimizing etc.)
* Adobe Flash animation skills (ActionScript not required, but always useful)
* Adobe Illustrator and print experience a plus but not required
* Cross browser, cross platform knowledge of CSS, and XHTML not essential, but preferred

Interested candidates should send the following to jobs+ux@howcast.com (please indicate position title in Subject line):

1. cover email
2. resume
3. examples of work (copies or a link to an online portfolio). If work examples were produced as part of team, candidates should indicated what role they played in the overall project.
4. indication of salary requirements is not required but preferred
5. your favorite Howcast Video or Guide