Job Description
Working with a team of marketers, writers and programmers to develop great web sites for a fast-growing internet travel company, with an adventure flavor, based in downtown Vancouver.

Do you get a rush from creating websites that look great, are easy to use and maximized to drive sales?

Do you have a passion for travel or adventurous sports?

Are you one of the best in your field and looking for a new challenge?

Who Are You?
Do these values speak to you?

Winning - Teamwork - Communication - Fun!

The role of Web Developer is pivotal between the marketing and technical teams (reporting to the marketing manager). Marketing decides the type of website that needs to go up and gets the product, whilst the technical team handles the database development behind the scenes.

You get a buzz from bridging these two worlds - and you have the creativity to make the site look good, technical chops to do the coding and understand the bigger technical issues, and marketing savvy to think about what is going to work for the business.

This is not a job someone who wants to be a small cog in a big wheel - we need you to get excited by, not just meeting the expectations of your internal customers, but WOW-ing them.

Your Skills
* Technical
o Hand coding of HTML and CSS (using Dreamweaver)
o Photoshop and, ideally, Illustrator
o XML
o PHP 4, including manipulating xml
o Javascript including knowing how to use the DOM
o Experience with blogs, forums, and other social media
o Your coding needs to be both fast and accurate.
o Knowledge of FileMaker an asset

* Design/Marketing
o We do have a template we work from so you will not be expected to design from scratch, but rather adapt the template to different themes and add creative graphic design elements - such as ads, offers etc - where necessary.
o You should be willing to take direction and not be a design prima donna!
o The overriding need is for our websites to convert visitors to sales so you must embrace that idea and have a passion for developing effective design rather than just something that looks pretty. It also helps that you love the idea of selling travel.
o The non-technical marketing people also rely on you to advise and assist with the technical aspects of online marketing - including SEO, directories, analytics etc

* Project Management
o The ability to plan projects is essential. Often putting up a new site involves a lot of different people - with both technical and non-technical skills. We need you to be able to take charge of a project and see it through to a deadline.
o Knowledge of MS Project an asset

* Personal Skills
o A pleasant, warm personality in keeping with our team spirit.
o Excellent communication skills - including the ability to translate technical stuff into language we can all understand - and to manage expectations well.
o Good written and spoken English is essential