Part-Time Web & Graphic Designer/ Developer

Multi-Award Winning Laura I. Art Gallery is seeking a talented developer who will help us continue improving our website, deliver digital experiences for our gallery, grow sales through our e-commerce platform, and reinforce the organisation`s standing as one of the leading digital presences within the cultural sector.

Reporting to our Gallery Director, you will develop applications and features for the organisation website and other visitor-facing projects, from technical design through to production deployment.

The last year has underlined the critical importance of Laura I. Gallery’s website: a constant point of access to the artists organisation’s collections and programs, even when our gallery had to close its doors. We have an ambitious road map ahead for delivering an enhanced user experience, better tools for site editors and more tailored content to our audiences, while acting to reduce the climate impact of Laura I. Art Gallery’s digital presence.

Are you a developer comfortable supporting high-traffic websites and passionate about delivering great experiences to a diverse global audience? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Prior art knowledge is not a requirement. We welcome applications from those who have taken unconventional career routes into tech.

This is an amazing opportunity for someone to progress their career as a developer. We want someone who has a positive attitude and who will come up with creative solutions for our clients and for our own marketing. Our agency is evolving daily, so we want you to be an experienced problem solver who creates solutions for our team and our clients. Essential Advanced WordPress & WooCommerce development skills.

This position is offered on a zero hours freelance contract for 1 months’ probation.

Laura I. Art Gallery CIC is looking for a talented Front End Web Designer / Graphic Designer/DEveloper to work with on a per hour basis. The role is ideal for a freelancer who wants regular work and income (we have 2-3 days guaranteed work per week) whilst also remaining independent with other client work. You must be willing to work from our East London location where required.

You should have experience using Wordpress and must have very good attention to detail and natural design flair, with an understanding of basic design principles. We are fast-growing with unrivalled ambition and require a passionate, motivated and ambitious individual to join our small but dynamic and talented team. The primary responsibility of this role is design our ecommerce store, website and support the professional delivery of diverse marketing and communications materials in both print and digital media.

This role is primarily a design and a deep back-end coding/development role and ideally suited to a design graduate with strong experience or someone who has a design-related academic background with technical knowledge in HTML, JavaScript and CSS (Some PHP knowledge/experience would be an advantage but not essential). You should have an exceptional web and print design work portfolio and judging criteria will largely be based on our review of your design work portfolio.

Main tasks and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Job Responsibilities

· Develop our ecommerce store

· Develop and adapt design concepts from creative leads and briefs

· Develop and maintain the Company's brand, look and feel across our website and marketing materials such as leaflets, banners, catalogues, etc

· Communicate and liaise with clients and web developers, providing appropriate feedback as necessary to progress with and complete projects

· Produce wireframes and detailed layered Photoshop graphics for web development

· Manage briefs and timelines, advising the creative director of time issues and/or any concerns that arise

· Perform quality control and multi-browser testing

· Creating and modifying spreadsheets for web content uploads

· Multitasking and handling several projects at one time, giving each one full attention to ensure the delivery of an excellent quality

· Digital content may include front-end website design, web-based adverts, website imagery, button design, page layout design, mini-site design, e-newsletters, HTML emails, adverts for use on social networking sites, and visual diagrams

Job Requirements

· Experience using WordPress and Magento

· Competence in Adobe Creative Suite especially Photoshop, Illustrator

· Experience of SEO On Google analytics would be an advantage Creation of custom post types Creation of plugins/widgets written to conform with the WordPress coding standards

· Design and implement websites from initial concept, site architecture, and user interface to finished site. Design and implement new features, enhancements and content of existing website.

· Ensure maintenance and security of company websites Extensive knowledge and experience of building WordPress websites using the best practice & standard plugins.

· Good understanding of responsive web design Basic understanding of SEO concepts

· Experience of Photoshop and/or Illustrator beneficial A great voluntary position please get in touch if interested. Keywords; Web developer, digital, UX/UI, web design, NGO, WordPress.

· Good experience with programming languages related to WordPress such as HTML/CSS but PHP and JavaScript/JQuery would also be desirable.

· 3+ year experience editing WordPress website content

· 3+ year experience using WordPress plugins (database and other backend services)

· Understanding of design and layout principles

· Motivated and positive attitude and strong work ethic

· Ability to take initiative

· Strong communicator with good written and spoken English

· Natural creative flair with an exceptional eye for detail

· Ability to take initiative with excellent time management skills & multi-tasking abilities

· HTML, JavaScript and CSS knowledge/experience

· Must be a completer finisher

· Experience using WordPress - Desirables but not essential

· Strong PHP and back-end coding knowledge/experience - Desirables but not essential

Selected applicants will be invited to attend a zoom meeting for an interview.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of an exciting and fast-growing creative not-for-profit organization

Job Types: Part-time, Freelance, Zero hours contract, Volunteer

Pay: From £11.00 per hour

Expected hours: 5 – 25 per week

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• On-site parking

Experience:

• Website maintenance: 5 years (required)
• Web design: 5 years (required)
• WordPress: 5 years (required)
• Graphic design: 5 years (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London, IG11 7BT

Application deadline: 25/02/2024
Expected start date: 29/01/2024