Answers in Genesis Inc

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Web Designer
Petersburg, KY • Branding & Product Development
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Description

A web designer will use a variety of creative tools and online technologies to create innovative, useful, and effective user experiences on all of AiG’s digital products and platforms.  The position is also accountable for displaying our Core Values of SERVE when interfacing with both internal and external customers to ensure that the message and mission of Answers in Genesis is portrayed in an effective and God honoring fashion.


Responsibilities

  • Work daily with the overall development of a SERVE culture.
  • Create fresh, user experience oriented designs for products, events, outreaches, or special promotions.
  • Follow web/UX trends and consider implementations or optimizations for past, current, and future projects.
  • Maintain consistent branding & design systems across all web related presences.
  • Market products and events with strong, personal calls to action.
  • Concept and design large and small imagery for store specials, events, page headers, cross-media branding campaigns, in-page elements, and more.
  • Collaborate with management and online store associates to create and send weekly email campaigns and ensure compatibility for multiple email clients (Outlook, Apple Mail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, etc.).
  • Implement own or others' web designs into existing CSS frameworks and content management systems (CMS).
  • Provide progressive enhancement across modern web browsers (Firefox, Edge, Chrome, and Safari) and graceful degradation for less-popular web browsers (Internet Explorer, Opera, etc.).
  • Design or oversee mobile website and application design using mobile first responsive best practices to support all modern mobile devices.
  • And all other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
Requirements
  • Advanced skills in Photoshop & Illustrator or Sketch, and a code editor of choice such as Atom, Coda, Sublime, etc.
  • Familiarity with workflow and collaboration solutions such as Wrike, Google Docs, Dropbox, and similar.
  • Understanding of FTP, file permissions, and basic hosting issues.
  • Thorough design-based coding vocabulary containing current CSS and HTML standards.
  • Basic knowledge of CSS libraries, SASS, jQuery, and Django are recommended, but not initially required.
  • Basic knowledge of Inbound Marketing Strategies, Design Systems, and Pattern Libraries is also prefered.
  • Ability to work within a framework and dynamic template systems.
  • Advanced skills in layout, design, eye flow, information architecture, usability, accessibility, and interactivity.
  • Strong understanding of principles of branding and its relationship to design and cohesive marketing.
  • Using ethical and "non-evil" marketing practices to create designs that help users and maximize conversions.
  • Understanding of responsive cross-browser design-related issues, acceptable compromises, and reasonable solutions.
  • Promotes usable interface verbiage with concise editing skills.
  • Finds creative ways to solve complex content needs with clean layout design
  • Efficient - tackling problems in a timely manner
  • Independently resourceful - researching solutions with minimal supervision
  • Organized - able to keep track of multiple concurrent projects
  • Creative - thinking “outside the box” for optimal solutions to difficult problems
  • A fast learner - adapting to new methodologies with minimal coaching
  • Humble - giving and receiving criticism with a graceful spirit

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in web design or equivalent experience.
  • Recent two years of experience with CSS and HTML coding.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating artistic creativity, concept innovation, technical knowledge, branding cohesiveness, and understanding of visual representation of content.

Items Needed for Possible Employment

  • Completion of on-line application, https://answersingenesis.org 
  • Portfolio Website
  • Salary Requirements
  • Salvation Testimony
  • Creation Belief Statement
  • Confirmation of your agreement with the AiG Statement of Faith
  • Completion of a Background Check and Pre-Employment Drug Screen
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