Unstandardized Design

Things have been busy around here lately at Unstandardized Design.  Between new clients, existing clients, and large projects free time has felt a little bit hard to come by for the past few weeks.  Looking at the expected growth in the company, its become clear that the time to expand is now!

So, just yesterday I wrote my first job description for my own business.  I’m looking for a part time web developer/designer (or two) that have the desire to learn by doing.  I’ve got an ad running (I think) at the University of Maryland.  Here is what I wrote:

Web Development Internship

What is it?

Work part-time from home as a Web Developer!  You will work on both large, on-going projects (such as professionalbaseballtraining.com), and small-scale, quick turnaround projects.  You will have the chance to learn both how the web business works, and the skills necessary to succeed in a competitive environment.  Technical skills are necessary, but the desire to learn on the job is most important.  We will meet in person several times a month (we are located in Silver Spring), although most communication will be done online (email, IM, etc).

  

Required Skills:

• Intermediate knowledge of CSS/XHTML (Can you turn a web design into a web page?)
• Intermediate knowledge of PHP (Can you make a contact form send me an email?)
• Basic knowledge of MySQL (Can you fetch some data?)
• Basic computer skills (Can you slice up a PSD?  Can you un-tar a file?  Upload a file via ftp?)

Bonus Skills:

• Any Photoshop/Illustrator skills are a huge bonus, but definitely NOT required.
• Server admin skills - can you SSH into a Linux server, wget a file, and untar it?  Good!
• Javascript frameworks - do you know what jQuery is?  Do you love it so much that sometimes you lie awake at night thinking about it?
• Experience working with Drupal is a BIG plus (most of our large sites are Drupal based).
• Wordpress experience is also a plus, even just having your own Wordpress-based blog would be beneficial.

Pay will usually done on an hourly basis, although for some work you will be paid on a per-project basis.  Your rate will be based on your ability - the less that we have to fix, the more you are worth.

We encourage people who want to learn, as well as those that think they have some serious skills.