Creative Director/Web Designer
Where I've Been
Contract Chicago, IL
Where I've Been (www.whereivebeen.com), a leading social travel site and Facebook application with 9.6 million members, is currently looking for a rock star Creative Director/Web Designer with deep experience designing user-friendly, visually-engaging social media sites and applications.
We are backed by Lightbank (www.lightbank.com), the investment group behind Groupon and many other successful start-ups. This is a great opportunity to play a major role shaping the creative direction of a social media start-up with enormous potential. The position can be contract or full-time. Only candidates who send portfolios and works samples will be considered.
What we need you to do:
• Oversee and establish brand guidelines brilliantly executed across all brand touchpoints
• Design simple, stylish solutions using best practices in UI, UX and social media integration
• Be a major team player and laugh at our jokes
What skills you need to have:
• 3+ years professional experience in web development / web design
• A rock-star wizard in HTML/CSS
• Fluent in Illustrator/Photoshop
• Intuitive sense of color, navigation and space
• Out of this world creative ability. You wow people with your work
• Experience working in a start-up environment is a plus
Job Perks
• Very competitive salary/wage• Chance to help create and establish a start-up that is backed by a great investment team
• Significant growth and advancement opportunities
• Stock options
• Casual dress code
• Fun, entrepreneurial work environment – you’ll be in the company of several other high-growth start-ups
