Student Assistant Specialist - Front End Designer - UI/UX Developer - Parsons Dean's Office (Hybrid)

About the position

Parsons School of Design is looking for an enthusiastic and creative individual with extensive knowledge of UI/UX web design & development. The student web developer will work closely with Parsons' Web Developer in the Parsons Deans Office to support ongoing design and development for Parsons' suite of Wordpress sites representing its 30+ degree programs. Please indicate in your application if you have previously held any student worker positions at The New School. The New School is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and particularly seeks applications from members of underrepresented groups, as well as candidates who share this commitment.

Responsibilities

• Provide interactive design with jQuery and CSS3
• Enhance User Experience and User Interaction throughout blogs
• Participate in Brainstorming sessions
• Maintain design consistency
• Provide design layouts in Adobe, Figma or Sketch
• Provide wireframes, information architecture

Requirements

• Excellent Communication skills
• 1-2 years designing websites and web interfaces: must be able to clearly demonstrate current web design experience with live online examples
• A keen eye for layout, color, and typography
• Good understanding of user interactions
• Experience with Wordpress
• Strong command of HTML and CSS; familiarity with object-oriented PHP
• Familiarity with object-oriented JavaScript and relevant frameworks (eg. jQuery, MooTools)
• Must have strong sense of visual design along with the technical side

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with PHP, Ajax and jQuery
• Experience designing for mobile platforms

Benefits

• Hourly Rate: $20/ hour
• Work: Hybrid