FDG {creative} is looking for a Rock Star Interactive (Web) Professional

FDG {creative} was founded in 2002 and is located in downtown Orlando, 1 block north of the YMCA in the Colonialtown neighborhood. We serve public and private sector clients throughout the United States encompassing a variety of industries including education, real estate, professional B2B services, and more.

We also believe in giving back to the community and do so through in-kind donated services generated via our >GOOD Initiative.

We are a close-knit team comprising a diverse array of specializations that allows us to serve as “elastic genius” for small to medium sized national clients in the areas of branding and marketing initiatives. Consider us a full-service, one-stop-shop for conceiving, designing, and producing the solutions necessary to help our clients distill their unique stories, launch their brands into the stratosphere, and magnetize their target audience. We are looking for someone who believes work can, and should, be simultaneously fun and fulfilling. This is a flexible, anti-corporate environment that cherishes intuitive ideas, creative problem solving, and those who have a passion for being part of a team.

If interested, apply at: http://fdgcreative.com/join/programmer/

Position:  Interactive (Web) Professional
Education:  Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Compensation:                  

• Full-time salaried position – salary negotiable, based upon experience
• Additional quarterly performance incentive pay bonus structure because we believe if we successfully collaborate to create good work, we should share in the profit

Benefits:               

• Weekly paychecks, including health insurance stipend
• IRA with company match after 90 days
• 3 weeks vacation/sick time per year plus paid holidays
• Employer-paid conference and continued education seminars

Position begins:  Immediately – we will work with a candidate who needs to transition from a current employer.

The ideal candidate for this position must possess:

• Pride and ownership in work
• Insatiable desire to learn and grow as a professional
• Demonstrated strong ethical, professional, and service-oriented leadership and interpersonal skills
• Tenacity for creative problem solving and troubleshooting
• Time management skills
• Ability to collaborate with others and work directly with clients
• Sense of humor

Position requirements include, but are not limited to:

• Approaching all projects with the intention of making it an award winner
• 5+ years experience developing, programming, supporting, managing and implementing websites and content
• Knowledge of current technological developments/trends in programming and web development
• Developing custom websites, mobile sites, and applications to meet project needs
• Working collaboratively with the team to coordinate innovative, integrated, multichannel communication campaigns
• Operating independently as well as with the team to design and implement solutions
• Providing leadership and strategic direction, based on best practices on ways to increase traffic to websites that reach key audiences by creating user-friendly, relevant and responsive online experiences to engage key audiences and testing, measuring and refining strategy and tactics continuously
• Establishing website architecture and user paths
• Experience with working with internal team and external vendors to develop service proposals and project estimations
• Consulting with users and project teams to determine requirements for web pages and related applications
• Quality assurance, testing and troubleshooting
• Learning new software/programs quickly
• Experience and knowledge working with and creating Content Management Systems
• Managing web projects; creating project timelines; assigning and managing appropriate staff or third-party resources to accomplish specific internet-related and website initiatives
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, growing environment and manage several projects at the same time achieving all related deadlines
• Possessing excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Analyzing, tracking and reporting web statistics and usage trends to evaluate website performance and provide recommendations for modifications of content, design, and Internet strategy and tactics to increase effectiveness and efficiency
• Providing recommendations and direction to team on content creation, updates and enhancements to the website that support strategic initiatives, including the use of multi-media features
• Maintaining general file structures, document templates, graphics, and other tools that are needed for websites
• Pushing the creative and interactive envelope for the benefit of our team and the clients we serve

Mandatory program/technical experience:

• Macintosh (Apple) platform
• HTML
• CSS
• PHP/MySQL
• Javascript/jQuery
• Adobe Creative Suite (of Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. – version 4 or above)
• Social media platforms and integration (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.)
• Blog platforms and integration (WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, etc.)
• Analytics
• Basic knowledge of SEO best practices
• Hosting

Additional preferred program/technical experience:

• Drupal
• Joomla
• Flash/ActionScript 2
• Email marketing
• Adobe AfterEffects
• Sound editing capabilities
• Networking / IT knowledge

Bonus experience:

• CSS3 / HTML 5
• Social media marketing
• Search engine marketing

If you can’t answer these questions without looking up the answer, then you should not apply:

What query would you use to find all names matching “John” in a database?

What is a sprite and the benefit of using?

What is the CSS shorthand for adding a background image, color and position?

If interested, apply at: http://fdgcreative.com/join/programmer/