(London, England)

Multimedia Designer  

Department: Digital

We are looking for a highly experienced and creative multimedia designer to join a digital Commercial Solutions team.

You will have development skills and have a track record of producing innovative cutting-edge digital solutions.  Highly creative, you will be motivated by producing sleek, stylish and market-leading interactive designs. You will drive forward the use of multimedia technologies and raise the standard of rich media design for the business.  

Key Accountabilities 

• Conceptualise new creative commercial solutions, contribute design work to pitches and design multimedia elements for campaigns
• Build of multimedia designs in Flash or other rich-media formats
• Review all code produced ensuring that the solutions meet basic quality standards. 

Experience & Skills 

Essential Requirements: 

• Strong skills in Flash, custom Flash component creation and XML handling within Flash
• Extensive knowledge of ActionScript (2.0 and 3.0)
• Hands on experience building in Flex
• Exceptional rich media design skills (portfolio examples required)
• Experience of Flash Lite
• Adept at Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver
• Experience producing multimedia code and delivering digital projects, including fast-paced software releases
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of digital design, information analysis, business analysis, development and quality assurance processes 

 Desirable:  

• JavaScript skills and experience with JavaScript libraries
• Understanding of other web development technologies, including HTML, CSS and PHP
• Experience of working with a dedicated QA team and adhering to a formalised QA and release process
• Experience of creating and developing commercial and rich media advertising solutions
• Understanding of online commercial models
• Experience of working using Agile methods (ideally Lean and/or Scrum)

Person Specification: 

• Excellent organisation skills, including the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and across multiple brands and projects 
• Ability to work collaboratively and build consensus with stakeholders and fellow team members 
• Ability to manage own time and manage autonomously where appropriate
• Broad technical understanding, including an understanding of web technology, platforms and current trends
• Ability to understand and clarify design briefs
• Flexibility and ability to adapt designs from brand to brand

Please apply with your cover letter and CV to Katherine_podgorski@ipcmedia.com by no later than the 30th of November 2009.