Senior Web Designer (Freelance)
Location: GB, LND, London
Department: Marketing
Employment type: Contract
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Internet
Function: Marketing
Company profile: Founded in 2010 by a team from Google’s London and New York offices, Qubit work with some of the biggest names in Online. Our engineers have built a brand new platform that combines a number of technologies – analytics, automation, personalisation and more – into a simple, easy-to-use product.We’re not the only ones excited about our brand new approach to solving the problems of modern e-Commerce. Wired magazine named Qubit as one of the top 5 hottest startups in London. We’ve raised $7.5 million in Series A funding from one of the UK’s biggest venture capitalists! Come and join the growing team as we embark on the most exciting chapter in Qubit’s history.Although we’ve now grown to more than 90 people, we’re keen on keeping our culture as relaxed and open as when there were only 5 of us. Our offices have table football, kitchen full of fruit and other snacks, never ending coffee supply, dinner service and lots of other startup perks. More importantly we’re a focused and determined team preparing to double in size during 2014!
Description: Qubit: Cutting Edge Big Data EngineeringQubit are currently seeking out a digital native to take our design to the next level.You’ll have several years of digital pure-play experience, have lots of examples of digital design in your portfolio including websites, infographics, illustration for web, iconography and maybe a little animation too. Furthermore you'll be highly engaged with the digital design community and passionate about user experience and responsive design.What you will be doingYou’ll own the design and presentation of the Qubit’s websiteYour aim is make our site the most admired in the website optimization and A/B testing space, in terms of appearance, interactivity and ui / uxYou’ll ensure that all the research and case studies produced by the rest of the team are works of artYou’ll be doing a range of work for our clients, showing how our web personalization solutions can be brought to life on their sites
Requirements: What you will need3+ years of experience working with companies who implement exceptional and modern digital designIdeally a degree in a related fieldExceptional skills with the Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesignA good range of experience with CSS3 and HTML5  - other web languages, such as javascript, are a big plusYou’ll be plugged into the latest trends in UI / UX and helping us stay a step ahead of our competitorsYou’ll be happy working with responsive design and will be used to thinking about how your designs will live across all devicesIn terms of design skills, we’ll need you to prepare things right to the point of development. Any animations, flash or parallax that you’re able to create will help us develop faster and push our budget furtherA few more detailsAs the web continues to evolve and websites become more sophisticated, we’re looking to constantly evolve our website so that is it the most contemporary around. You’ll be plugged into the latest trends and helping us stay a step ahead of our competitorsWe’re also constantly releasing new products and evolving our offer to keep up with market demands. When we release something new, you’ll be heavily involved with bringing it to life in the most compelling way possible.You’ll be happy working with responsive design and will be used to thinking about how your designs will live across all devices.In terms of design skills, we’ll need you to prepare things right to the point of development. Any animations, flash or parallax that you’re able to create will help us develop faster and push our budget further.
Benefits: Plenty of perksAs well as the opportunity to solve complex problems in this exciting new era of big data, here’s what we offer:Realistic performance related bonusesGenerous equity options mean you’ll own a piece of the pieExcellent health and dental insurance packagesA relaxed approach to time off and enough holidays to see several corners of the worldFridge fully stocked with healthy snacks and the ultimate espresso machine for your java fixA competitive office where we play foosball, football, scrabble, go-karting… you name it, we’ll play itThank Qubit it’s Friday – we have lots of creative ways to let off steam at the end of the weekPlenty of opportunities for training and development
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