After going through a painful web design process for a friend, I never want to make a website that’s not mine again.
To really get going this year, we need an in-house designer. Design fascinates me, but I’m not a designer and can’t do it at the quality or speed that’s critical for our work here.
So here’s what works for right now:
- intermediate level Javascript, WordPress, HTML, CSS, Adobe Creative suite are the basics. Extras are welcome.
- most ideal would be someone who has a keen awareness of design, and has chosen this field for the rest of their foreseeable career.
- 2+ years of experience would be the sweet spot as it’s enough time for a freelancer to have learnt to manage their work stream and turnaround projects with minimal supervision.
You’ll be primarily:
- building out a design portfolio and identity by working on private label graphic and web designs for Ajared.
- spending time between projects studying design and teaching or learning more about it at an institution.
- responsible for managing career path using company as a spring board and partner for opportunities, working with multi-disciplinary professionals on projects.
If you’re able to freelance and work remotely on design projects, give R&D at Ajared a shot. Leave a few lines saying ‘why you design’ and a link to your portfolio at innovation@ajared.ng or tweet @geoponge with the same.
We get design but we can’t be designers yet…until one joins us.
Learn more about our work here. Itching to start on something? A list of your favorite design related books would be a great addition to our reading list. Sorry, we can’t give any interview tips unless we could get away with it.