Job opening: Front End Developer

Pluto in Boise is looking to add a contract-based Front End Developer to their team. From the job listing posted recently on Craigslist:

Pluto is an award winning digital agency located in Boise, Idaho. We believe in creating highly functional creative experiences based on solid strategy. We’re looking for a Front End Developer to compliment our development and design staff.

As a Front End Developer, you will work closely with our development team to create marketing websites and web applications for our clients. You have a strong attention to detail and have an understanding of UX and visual design concepts. With our client base, you will work on multiple projects each month.

Our ideal candidate is passionate about the overall design and experience delivered to the user. This person will own a project from its inception, and will only let it out into the wild if it delivers a solid experience for our client and their users.

This is an hourly on-site contract position for 30 – 40 hours a week within the hours of 8 to 5. You will work out of our office located in downtown Boise. We will not reply to distributed or outsourced work forces. Hourly rate is DOE.

Core Requirements

  • A solid understanding of vanilla JavaScript and jQuery. We are not looking for people who simply copy code from Stack Overflow.
  • An intermediate to advanced level of CSS knowledge.
  • Knows how to use CSS preprocessors such as LESS or SASS.
  • Has the ability to slice Photoshop and Illustrator files into lean markup and image assets.
  • Fully understands cross-browser compatibility and performance.
  • Has a full understanding of responsive design best practices.
  • Ability to deliver work on time.

Responsibilities

  • Slicing up webpage comps that will be handed off to the back end development team. You can view our portfolio of work at https://www.behance.net/visitpluto and http://www.visitpluto.com/work.
  • Working close to the developers to integrate your front end code.
  • Testing your front end HTML and CSS using BrowserStack.
  • Participating in regular team meetings.
  • Contributing to our best practices; recommending, exploring and implementing better ways to deliver solid products to our clients.
  • Growing personal and team member expertise through training and exploring.

Nice To Haves

  • An understanding of version control (Git, SVN, etc).
  • Has used or has a good understanding of a JavaScript framework other than jQuery (AngularJS, Vue.js, React, Backbone, etc.).
  • Has worked with CSS3 animations and transitions.
  • Has read an article or two on BEM, SMACSS, or OOCSS.
  • Has worked with a content management system such as WordPress or Drupal.

What We Need

Please send us two of the following. While we love meeting new people, please no walk-ins.

  • Resume and LinkedIn URL.
  • Link to your personal website/blog.
  • GitHub or CodePen pages.
  • Links to sites that you’ve built in which you had a significant contribution to. Please elaborate on what you did.

Job opening: Front End Web Developer

Rizen Creative in Boise is looking for a Front End Web Developer. From the job listing on LinkedIn:

We are seeking a motivated individual that lives, eats and breathes CSS, CMS, JavaScript, HTML 5…and interesting to ways to push the digital envelope.

You love to code. Wait, you love to design. You love the front end of the web, wireframes, and working with creative types to see the interactivity of the web realized. That and you speak developer speak.

You get along well with others but aren’t afraid to challenge your peers. Rizen is an environment focused on collaboration, and solving clients needs in the interactive space as well as finding digital solutions to meet the our clients’ challenges.

At minimum, you need to be an expert in all this stuff:

  • CMS’s: Craft, ExpressionEngine, WordPress
  • Skill set: LAMP Stack, HTML, CSS (SCSS and/or LESS), Javascript, GIT
  • Experience with AJAX, AngularJS, Bower

You in?

Then send us your resumé and portfolio of sites you’ve worked on.

And, to make sure you are really really interested, we would love to know what your favorite cartoon character or super hero is.

Thanks for your interest in Rizen Creative.

Job opening: Interactive Art Director

Publicis in Boise has an opening for an Interactive Art Director. From the job listing provided to us:

Who we are.
At Publicis Boise, we embrace resourceful ideas in all that we do, whether it’s launching a unique marketing campaign, developing a new app, creating an impactful ad or designing a brilliant logo.

We’re self-starters and go-getters, and believe that collaboration is key for turning good ideas into great ones. We’re adept at adapting, embracing new ways of engaging with customers, not just reaching them. We take the lead in identifying strategies that help our clients succeed.

Our office is located in the heart of downtown Boise, and as part of the third-largest marketing communications network in the world, we can tap into resources from throughout the country or around the world.

Who you are.
You have a minimum of 3 years experience digital marketing design (web, apps, and other interactive formats) with a strong design eye. You have a BA degree in Graphic Design  or equivalent work experience, with excellent layout/design/production skills. You’re a detail-oriented self-starter who can take a project and run with it, and a team player who works well in a collaborative environment.

Your skills include:

  • Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite, with strong Photoshop, typography and illustration skills
  • Basic programming knowledge—emails, websites using WordPress; knowledge of HTML5 a plus
  • Ability to develop strong, creative ideas within set deadlines
  • Ability to take direction and prioritize work
  • Good communication/presentation skills
  • Experienced with video editing and After Effects is a plus

The Perks.
Comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, prescriptions, flexible spending accounts, company-matched 401(k), life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, employee assistance program, group legal program and pet insurance.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter with salary requirements and resume/portfolio link to Employmentboise@publicis-usa.com kurt.olson@publicisna.com and christal.gammill@publicisna.com.

Be sure to include “Interactive Art Director—Boise” in the subject line.

Job Opening – Junior Art Director

Mitchell + Palmer in Boise has an opening for a Junior Art Director. From the job listing on LinkedIn:

Mitchell Palmer is a colorful, intense, close-knit family of talented individuals sharing a great space overlooking the mountains above downtown Boise.  The agency needs a solid creative person with design chops—someone who is equally passionate about execution and idea strategy.

Agency ‘fit’ is equally as important to us as individual talent.   While a talented individual with art skills is paramount, Mitchell Palmer prizes real people who love to laugh, play, dream and push boundaries.  We are not a tame group—it is very loud sometimes!

JOB STATS

  • Start Date: Immediate
  • Starting Salary: Negotiable DOE (depending on experience)
  • Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
  • Benefits: 20 days PTO with immediate vesting; 100% health insurance coverage; HSA and POP plans (employee funded); year-end bonus as company profits allow; training and skills enhancement; great coffee… booze… shuffleboard… foosball… darts; retirement plan for mid-2016 is in the works
  • Necessary Experience: minimum 5 years working in a creative ad agency, or agency network including working under a creative director who focused more on big ideas rather than design execution

KEY TASKS:

  • Conceptualize and produce design work celebrating the ‘big idea’: layouts, storyboards, edits and whatever else dramatizes the creative concept in a wide range of graphic applications (packaging; video titling; digital interfaces/tools; installations; brand identity; environmental graphics, etc.)
  • Produce work that is original and effective, and meets the targeted marketing strategy. Recommend surprising solutions.
  • Lead by example: produce creative work of a consistently great standard.
  • Be accountable for ensuring that the proposed creative solution can be feasibly executed within the time and budget given on the brief.
  • Present and explain creative concepts and visual solutions both internally, and to clients effectively; support strategies behind ideas and executions.
  • Support the Creative Directors in all aspects of the creative development process, from strategy development to final design execution.

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:

  • Able to clearly differentiate between design execution and the big idea.
  • Able to perform under pressure and work on several projects at a time
  • Strong people skills, internally and externally.
  • Appreciation of how creative concepts adapt across different media.
  • Aware of current trends in producing great advertising.
  • In-depth knowledge of Mac technology, networking, typefaces/fonts, etc.
  • In-depth knowledge of key software programs (Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Key Note, etc.).
  • Able to select the best program meeting the need of the client brief.
  • Have an appreciation and understanding for process and structure for overall sanity and efficiency; be an excellent time manager, with the ability to gauge how far to take design within the time allotted.
  • Minimum 5 years creative agency experience.
  • Experience in a large agency network, or creative network, a plus.

If this position, and moving to a top-10 up and coming city boasting loads of outdoor beauty and sporting opportunities is appealing to you, please send your resume, best portfolio samples and web-links to:

Dirk Robinson – COO
dirk@mitchellpalmer.com