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Vacature Web Designer - Mobile bij Booking.com (Amsterdam)

  • Geplaatst op: 06-12-2011

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How we work:

Booking.com is the market leader in Europe for on-line hotel reservations with more than 3300 employees worldwide and a total of 60+ offices worldwide. Our headquarters is located in the centre of Amsterdam and we offer a dynamic international work environment.

We make our design decisions based on experiments and testing. We receive thousands of visits to our mobile website on a daily basis; therefore we know instantly which experiments work and which don’t.

As a Web Designer for mobile you will have graphically strong web design skills, and a good technical understanding of web page creation for mobile devices. In this role you will be involved in the rapid development and enhancement of m.booking.com.

With your knowledge of user experience in a commercial environment, you will work closely with Senior Designers, Developers and Product Owners, developing ideas into mockups using Photoshop or Fireworks and implementing them using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Key responsibilities

  • Work together with colleagues of Design, IT and Marketing to improve usability of our mobile website
  • Designing and developing the user interface of the m.booking.com website with HTML/CSS
  • Conduct experiments for improving conversion
  • Create mock-ups and web pages
  • Required Skills
  • Strong sense for consistent design of user interfaces, usability and accessibility for mobile devices
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Familiarity with browser/vendor quirks and workarounds, cross-browser, HTML5 and CSS3
  • Knowledge of web standards for web development
  • Able to work well independently and within a team
  • You are an excellent communicator with a pragmatic and hands-on approach to business
  • Confident working with version control systems
  • Ability to code hand-crafted HTML
  • Required Experience
  • Expert mastery of cross-browser front-end technologies: HTML/HTML5 and CSS
  • Experience in an e-commerce environment
  • Experience with templating systems
  • Experience with graphical software (e.g. Photoshop and/or Fireworks)
  • Experience with mobile web design and development

Interested?

We offer a competitive salary plus bonus, with possibilities for further career opportunities within our fast growing company. This position is open to worldwide candidates and in the case of relocation we will assist you with a relocation package insuring a smooth transition to working and living in the Netherlands.

Please submit your CV in English and upload your portfolio along with your personal design contributions here: http://bit.ly/txWU6o
We want people who are really motivated to work with us and further their career. When submitting your CV please include a letter that describes your motivation so we understand how important it is to you. With your portfolio of design and web development work please provide clear examples with an explanation of your involvement which demonstrate your suitability for the role.