Web Designer - London
Location: GB, LND, 
Department: Development
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Associate
Required education: High School or equivalent
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Function: Production
Company profile: The Beans Group is a media company that exists to empower young people to thrive.  We have been on an exponential growth spurt since our inception as #URL_8d1ca4faf2d2518ce9ec21b3fbe5c63e4b47f383d6bb1f0a681ff6cc801b4550# in 2005 and in 2013 we won Digital Business of the Year. The Beans Group owns two brands: Student Beans, our youth media brand, strives to make life a little more awesome; and Voxburner, our youth insights consultancy, helps young people to be understood.We have created a business we are passionate about and really proud of. To continue to grow we need brilliant people who inspire and deliver change all around them - that's why we're looking for talented, ambitious and creative folks to come and join us.
Description: Award-Winning London-Based Technology Media Company Seek a Talented and Passionate Web Designer.The CompanyThe Beans Group is a media company that exists to empower young people to thrive.  We have been on an exponential growth spurt since our inception as #URL_8d1ca4faf2d2518ce9ec21b3fbe5c63e4b47f383d6bb1f0a681ff6cc801b4550# in 2005 and in 2013 we won Digital Business of the Year. The Beans Group owns two brands: Student Beans, our youth media brand, strives to make life a little more awesome; and Voxburner, our youth insights consultancy, helps young people to be understood.The RoleWe’re looking for a designer that works well in small teams and likes to wear many hats. You will have the ability to work agile and move quickly, working up and down the full stack of what it means to be a designer. The right person for this role should be as comfortable leading a whiteboard session as they are sketching out concepts on paper, developing designs in Photoshop or coding features in HTML and CSS. You will work alongside developers and copywriters to create elegant user experiences. You will have the ability to turn conceptual ideas into highly creative visual designs that get people excited.This is an excellent opportunity to join a motivated and successful team, bringing ideas to life using the most cutting edge innovations in digital design. An intelligent, ambitious, passionate and innovative person, you will live and breathe design, staying up to date with the trends, user experience thinking and user-centred interaction design across all platforms. We're interested in hearing from people with at least 2 years web design experience. 
Requirements: Be comfortable taking a data-led approach to designA passionate advocate for the userA portfolio crammed full of beautiful UI, user-centred and interaction designAbility to think creatively producing original ideas and inspiring digital experiencesBe an excellent communicator, articulate and confident when explaining the ideasProduce high-quality visual designs—from concept to execution, including those for desktop, web, and mobile devices at a variety of resolutionsAbility to both give and take direction and to thrive on feedback, critique and iterationComfortable working in a collaborative, fast paced and agile environmentExcellent understanding of information architecture and UI design principles
Benefits: Life at The Beans GroupThere are many things that make working at The Beans Group rewarding but we believe that a business is only as good as the people who work there - which is why we only hire great people! We are building a business which we are passionate about and really proud of. If you have what it takes to delight, inspire and empower those around you, then these are some of the things you can look forward to enjoying…Multiple Award-Winning Company and Brands; Entrepreneurial Startup Culture with Security of being Fully-Self-Funded; Major Growth Plans; Awesome Team; Competitive Salary; In-House Training and Development; International Opportunities; Childcare Vouchers and On-Site Childcare Facilities; Table Foosball; Discounted Gym Membership; ad hoc Partnership Discounts (e.g. Tastecard, Local Dining Establishments); Office Remote-Control Helicopter and Nerf Gun Collection; World Renown Speakers - Past speakers include David Allen & David Taylor**Recruitment AgenciesIf you want to work with us on this role, please take a look at our instructions here. We do not work with agencies in any capacity other than this and do not take sales calls under any circumstances. If you ignore these simple guidelines, we can't work with you. They'll tell you everything you need to know.
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