Beyond Spots and Dots Internship​s: Interactive Media Specialist / Web Developer

 

Title: Interactive Media Specialist / Web Developer Internship
Position Type: Part-time
City: Pittsburgh
State: PA
Salary: Unpaid

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Working towards Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree in Interaction Design, Web Design or Graphic Design

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Web Development

Applicant must possess programing skills with HTML, CSS, PHP & Javascript and strong desire to produce quality client websites with a do-what-it-takes attitude.

• Maintaining / updating client websites
• Creating new websites
• Quality assurance of own work, code testing, cross browser testing, etc.
• Website Code Optimization
• Strong knowledge of today's website standards
• Strong knowledge of: HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, MySQL, MSSQL & Javascript/jQuery, ActionScript 2/3
• The ability to hand write HTML and debug most types of code
• Experience with CMS (Joomla!, Drupal, and Wordpress necessary)
• The want to learn and implement new technologies such as HTML5 & CSS3

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy and implementation
• Research, identify and establish partnerships with authoritative web sites for link-building.
• Top-to-bottom management of SEO campaigns; generating ranking reports, conducting site audits, handling client concerns, etc.

Additional Responsibilities

• Participate in Marketing Department meetings and brainstorming sessions.
• Request & analyze vendor quotes & estimates
• Work with production staff to ensure work is generated correctly

Essential Software Skills

• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Contribute, Microsoft Excel
• Adobe Flash a plus but not necessary

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Strong creative skills, with a clearly defined design point of view
• Portfolio of previous work required
• Project management skills including organizing and managing multiple projects
• Ability to multi-task and take direction in a team environment
• Attend off-site and internal client meetings
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Detail and deadline oriented critical
• Must be flexible and adapt/react to change
• Must be organized and able to prioritize