Growth Spark Opportunities
Candidate Description
Growth Spark is currently seeking talented, high energy and entrepreneurial candidates for the positions below. When it comes to our team, we evaluate new hires based on the following three C's: creativity, communication and commitment. Your ability to approach problems and generate solutions in a creative manner is vital our success. We need individuals with diverse backgrounds that can shed new light and perception on our projects. Working through these projects requires extensive collaboration and communication. You should be comfortable working remotely and handling the responsibilities and communication necessary for being successful in that environment. At the same time, you should be fun to work during face-to-face meetings and be able to handle both criticism and praise with grace. Finally, your commitment to the team, client and the industry is essential. We are a startup company working in a dynamic and growing field with high caliber clientele. This demands both your willingness and enthusiasm to stick through the worst and strive for the best in everything you do.
Available Positions
Front-End Designer
You look at life as a canvas, a blue print, a wireframe. You combine both talent in graphic design and Photoshop mastery with a strong understanding of user experience and information architecture. You want things to be beautiful but also realize they need structure and purpose. You believe that form and function must work together and not at ends. You've mastered:
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
- Typography, Icon Design, Logo Design
- Photoshop, Fireworks and Every Other Adobe Product
- Wireframing, Prototyping, Storyboarding
WordPress Developer
You've been using WordPress since Strayhorn or Mingus (and know what that means) and can only think customizable headers when film buffs talk about Stanley Kubrick. You see WordPress as not just the dominant blogging platform but as the dominant content management system available to the web today. You've been to a WordCamp or two, love theme hierarchies and think Hello Dolly means more than just a hit Broadway tune. You've mastered:
- Installing WordPress, WordPress MU and BuddyPress
- Customizing and Developing WordPress Plugins
- Coding WordPress Themes (including theme frameworks and parent/child theme relationships)
- Pushing WordPress's Limits as a Content Management System
Digital Marketing / SEO Specialist
You explain to people that social media requires being social and is only effective when companies interact with their customers. You're appalled when websites have more than one h1 tag, forget to add an alt description to images or don't have pretty permalinks. You love numbers, scrutinize Google Analytics and strive to produce an ROI on every metric a website could have. You believe content is king and can spend all day optimizing keywords, editing blog posts and writing meta descriptions. You've mastered:
- Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools (including A/B testing)
- Content Development (including landing pages, blog articles and general site copy)
- Social Media Strategy
- Google AdWords and PPC Campaign Management
- Search Engine Optimization Techniques (including site structure analysis, permalinks, meta descriptions, etc)
- Link Building and Other Traffic Building Techniques
If you match any one or more of the personalities above, please send us your information and we'll get in touch with you about the opportunities we have a Growth Spark:
