Job Description: We are looking for a talented Graphic Designer who will be responsible for creating compelling and innovative visual design solutions for web sites. Here’s what you need to know.Your responsibilities:- Collaborate with team members to understand business and user requirements- Translate requirements into highly engaging and compelling design concepts- Effectively conceptualize, design and create high-quality visuals in a variety of digital formats - Communicate design strategy and rationale to stakeholders- Ability to handle multiple projects and deliver results in a timely manner - Contribute suggestions or ideas to improve branding and messagingYour qualifications: - 2-5 years of design experience - Strong grasp of visual design principles, information design, typography, color, imagery and iconography- Compelling portfolio that demonstrates elegant and innovative visual design- Primary skill: Graphic Design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks- Ability to work with constructive criticism as well as adhere to deadlines- A work style that is extremely detail oriented - Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or related field- A complete Elance profile- References or an established reputation on Elance preferredThis projects scope and objective:Create the overall look and feel for this web site that represents the personality of the talent. All of your skills and talents will be required to create a state of the art persona for this individual. Your ability to work with the project manager & the web master to implement your design ideas and concepts is critical to the success of this project.After discussion and reviewing samples sites and illustrations the designer will prepare 1 design proposal for the home page of the site to include the web site logo. This bid is to include revisions to that proposal until finalized and approved. The Designer will also include modification to the home page to be used on the interior pages approx. 2-3 page designs. These modifications will include the content holding portions of the page and not necessarily the overall graphics of the page.- BID PROPOSAL IS FOR: Exclusive Website Design- INCLUDED: 1 initial custom design option- DELIVERABLE: Final files will be delivered in required formats- 100% GUARANTEE: original concepts. No Cookie Cutter Templates.- TURNAROUND: Within 2-3 business days of acceptance initial design options presented- UNLIMITED REVISIONS: 100% satisfaction even if it means providing additional concepts.- COPYRIGHTS are transferred to owner at the delivery of the final files- HOW IT WORKS01) Contractor will provide the logo & all photos & illustrations needed to complete the project.02) Owner will provide any photos and or content that we want included.03) Contractor will provide the design concepts and initial options within 3 business days; and work directly with us & the web site programmer to finalize the design concept.04) Any and all REVISIONS and changes will be done within 24-36 business hours.05) Once the design is approved, you will make all revisions and provide the final files in required formats.This project is a wordpress web site. You will be creating the template for all of the web pages and the interior page layouts will also need to be designed. You will create full page background graphic & content holders. This is going to be a collaborative effort between you the graphic artist, the web programmer and myself…send me your ideas and concepts so we can agree on your direction and the programmer can have input on the functionality prior to getting to detailed in putting design to paper . This is the most important thing that you must remember. The graphics will support and serve the content and the architecture. We are counting on your creativity to deliver the message.Here are sites to look at and compare:http://www.uncommonthinking.com/ I like the cutting edge ideas but don’t want flash …it distracts from the contenthttp://trevorbayne.com/ I like the current feel but the graphics are too busy …you don’t see the contenthttp://www.marioandretti.com/ I love the section here on the biohttp://danicaracing.com/ I like the focus on the content
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