Dogster, Inc., – makers of vibrant, passion-centric, pet-centered community and information sites and blogs – is looking for an energetic, multi-skilled graphic and web designer to join our design team. This is a full-time contract position working at our offices in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco.

We are a five-year old, financially secure business and we love what we do.

Responsibilities:

• Developing creative solutions for in-house marketing and editorial campaigns
• Working with Senior Designer on design and production of marketing campaigns/promotions for advertisers
• Working with Editorial Manager on production of weekly email newsletters, including editing html templates, and image design and selection
• Designing custom buttons, promotional images, banner ads as needed for the sites
• Designing original static and animated icons
• Some projects will involve direct implementation of fairly complete concepts developed by advertisers or others on the design team – taking another designer’s work and developing semantic, standards-based HTML/CSS and implementing it into the code base in concert with the development team
• Other projects will entail designing complete layouts from rough wireframes or conceptual designs and carrying the project through to production
• Working directly with engineers on site features, enhancements and updates
• Testing and QA of new site features

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years professional experience in web design
• Highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Highly proficient in HTML and CSS
• Self-motivated, ability to work independently to implement creative and editorial direction
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced iterative development environment, which includes initiating projects, delivering on time, communicating well, and following-through
• Exceptional attention to detail
• A love of pets and a sense of humor
• You value working in a fun environment, on a small team, with people you like

If you meet all of these qualifications AND have more to offer, Please email portfolio samples or URL, resume, and letter of introduction: jobs[AT]dogster[dot]com

Dogster, Inc., manages and operates the largest online entertainment and information destination for dog and cat lovers. We are a five year old financially secure business and love what we do. We’re not scared to put in the long hours, but also enjoy our loves outside of the office.