Web App Designer

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Department: Development

Reports To: Manager, Technical Projects

Location: Blacksburg, VA

Classification: Full-Time/Part-Time

As a Web Application Designer, you are working to design the web applications our customers use every day. Each day is a learning experience as you spend your time working on user interfaces, honing your skills, and designing incredible web based products. You revel in the opportunity to work with some great designers. You love your job and you love knowing that what you do plays a vital role in keeping our customers happy!

Your responsibilities to the customers (the people who pay us the big bucks) include:

  • Thinking creatively and pushing the boundaries of design
  • Listening to their suggestions and building the best products possible
  • Focusing on usability to provide a fanatical customer experience

Your responsibilities to your co-workers (the people pounding at your door) include:

  • Using strong conceptual skills and an innovative design perspective
  • Continually keeping our designs clean, usable and adaptable to our design standards
  • Communicating important details about our solutions and services efficiently

Important Skills and Characteristics:

  • You should have a great portfolio, a solid understanding of web graphics and user experience, and have working knowledge of the following:
    • Web Design (and/or interface design)
    • Software usability
    • XHTML/CSS/JavaScript
    Experience in prototyping, usability testing and/or web-application design is a huge plus.

You're going to do just fine here if:

  • You're excited and fanatical about creating user interfaces that are easy and fun to use
  • You are passionate about our products and services, as well as the projects we're working on
  • You are hardworking, self motivated, and passionate about learning and working with the latest design technologies
  • You're a team player who can adapt to a fast-paced environment
  • You want to be part of one of the most exciting companies around

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of the employee assigned to this job.

Rackspace is an EOE employer.

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