Web Designer

It's an exciting time to join Buy it Direct We are on the lookout for a passionate multiskilled web designer.

If you are looking for a role with plenty of variety, and the opportunity to make an impact then look no further. We're a large multi-brand e-commerce retailer with exciting growth plans.

As a front-end web designer, you will take ownership of the design and build of our websites and digital environment.

With a user-centred approach you will look for ways to deliver the best experience for our customers, focussing on creating seamless shopping journeys and improving the overall brand experience.

**What will you be doing**:

- Ownership of website design and functionality in line with brand guidelines and development roadmap
- Working from a brief to prototype new designs and functionality in Figma or Adobe XD, taking feedback on board and making improvements accordingly.
- Work closely with our developers when required to bring your designs to life
- Work on tasks from the wider business in a fortnightly sprint process
- Responding to and working to fix website bugs quickly.
- Working with our in-house CMS to edit and publish content

**We're looking for someone who is**:

- **
Curious**: we want you to enjoy what you do and relish developing your understanding of our products and customers.
- ** Ambitious**: we think differently from most companies, which inspires us to be flexible, experiment with new ideas and become even better.
- ** Driven**: Take responsibility for your projects, deliver them to a high standard and positively engage with every person you meet.
- ** Savvy**: familiar with industry-standard design tools like Photoshop and illustrator, with a basic understanding of HTML and CSS
- ** Collaborative**: someone that is happy to help or be helped by other members of the team. We've got a close-knit team of great designers on hand to support each other.

**The skills we're looking for**:
**Required**
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, XD, Illustrator) and Figma for wire-framing/prototyping
- Proficient in HTML, CSS and knowledge of jQuery and/or JavaScript
- An understanding of user-centred design (UCD) and basic UI design principles, awareness of usability and web accessibility.
- Able to work with a design library to keep designs consistent and on-brand
- Able to manage tasks effectively from prototype through to completion and communicate with technical and non-technical people throughout the business.

**Desirable**
- Experience working with Microsoft Visual Studio is desirable, but training can be given
- Experience working in eCommerce
- Shopify experience