Please note: Principals only. No third party, part-time, outsourcing, contracting solicitations.
 

 
Opportunity
 
An exciting opportunity with a great company funded by two Silicon Valley marquee Venture Capital firms. This three year old company provides a much needed consumer service that has already gotten a lot of attention from the mainstream media, including Today Show, BBC, CNN, CBS, Forbes, 20/20, Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal, Fox, NPR, Washington Post and others. In addition to our high-profile financial backers, an Ivy League Management Team, charismatic founder, central Silicon Valley location, spacious headquarters, great working environment, and fun culture, we offer an opportunity to ride the next wave of innovation in Web-based services.
 

 
We are looking for a top-notch highly motivated energetic self-starter type Creative Director of Web Design to join our Marketing Department and build out our Design Team.
 

 
We are looking for a unique combination of hands-on skills and major thought leadership. Somebody who has designed and produced amazing (award-winning) e-commerce web sites while working in an unchartered “green field” territory.
 

 
The ideal candidate will exhibit:
 
1) deep online e-commerce experiences
 
2) previous start-up experience
 
3) an ability to create a cohesive strategic vision while being very hands-on with content production (i.e. have strong HTML and CSS skills to create actual web pages when needed)
 
4) previous experience with innovative “green field” projects
 

 
Our ideal candidate has been a Senior/Lead Web Designer who has had prior responsibilities for innovative, complex projects, built and managed a team and is now looking for additional professional challenges as a Creative Director at a young dynamic company.
 

 
This is a great opportunity to become a core part of the leadership team, build your own Design team, leave your mark in a completely new space, get in early with significant financial upside associated with venture-funded companies, and have fun doing it with an amazing group of people!
 

 
This is a full time position in company’s headquarters located mid Peninsula Silicon Valley.
 

 
Job Description
 

 
The primary responsibility of the Creative Director of Web Design is to support the company’s Marketing efforts by creating compelling online marketing-oriented user experiences through interactions and visual designs. Specifically, Creative Director will be focused on Web design, usability and front-end Web development (done in partnership with our engineering team.) The Creative Director must also evolve and maintain the adoption of consistent and superior design standards.
 

 
Responsibilities
 
• Providing strategic vision while executing tactical implementation (i.e., upgrading the Web site, making incremental improvements)
 
• Areas of focus include:
 
o Overall look and feel of Web site
 
o Online purchasing experience (landing pages, product pages and buy-flow)
 
o Email and social media campaigns
 
o Work with product UI/UX designers to create a consistent brand experience on the Web and in the product
 
• Detailed design responsibilities include:
 
o Wireframes / mockups
 
o Complete visual design comps and completed Web pages
 
o Create original icons, graphics, logos, etc
 
o Planning and executing A/B tests to optimize e-commerce conversion
 
o Oversight and management of production processes
 
o Working with the internal analytics team to understand user behavior in an effort to drive “data driven” design
 
o Help to create and enforce brand standards and visual style guides
 
• Ownership of the overall design and user experience for online marketing
 
across products and communications
 

 
Skills Required
 

 
• 7-10 years prior related work experience
 
• Prior experience with eCommerce customer-acquisition oriented design
 
• Solid experience in production processes
 
• Prior experience in a startup environment
 
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environment
 
• Prior experience in “green field” design
 
• Prior experience with ”data-driven” design
 
• Prior online Marketing experience
 
• Prior experience with online Advertising
 
• Prior experience with branding or re-branding efforts and process
 
• Expert in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign or comparable.
 
• Experience with PHP, Javascript and other programming languages
 
• Ability to layout and finish designs in raw HTML/CSS
 
• Expert in User Experience / Usability principles
 
• Must be able to take constructive design feedback
 
• Highly organized, accurate and detail oriented
 
• Great communication skills
 

 
Education
 

 
Degree in visual design, Web design, graphics, human interface design, or information design. Advanced degree in these fields a plus.
 

 
Previous Experience
 

 
B2C Consumer-facing Web-based Services or e-commerce companies: Yahoo, Google, Yelp, Facebook, Amazon, eBAY, PayPal, Intuit, AOL, etc.
 

 
Compensation
 
A competitive compensation package, benefits.
 

 
Please note: Principals only. No third party, part-time, outsourcing, contracting solicitations.