Development Designer

Grapevine•Boston, MA

About The Position

Overview: Grapevine is looking for a passionate technical designer to join our Boston based team. As the lead UI/UX developer you will be responsible for architecting and implementing application design and front-end source code. You should be comfortable from the command line and have the chops to talk shop with engineers while also being passionate and capable of designing beautiful interfaces. Your role as the design lead will require you to conduct research, present findings, and ultimately make decisions that drive the user experience of our platform. Your ability to think strategically around workflow design will be as important as your ability to write elegant CSS and JS patterns. Still with us? Ok! This might be for you so keep reading... About Grapevine: Grapevine is a MassChallenge 2014 Gold Winner that believes YouTube is THE new network. TV as we knew it is over. YouTube is the new network and we help YouTube content creators make money by connecting them to relevant brands. Hundreds of brands rely on Grapevine to create compelling, trustworthy, and original content reaching millions of engaged consumers every day. Check out more information on our website http://www.grapevinelogic.com

Requirements

4+ years working on large scale web applications
1-2 years designing mobile-first web applications
Expert using SASS and OOCSS
Solid experience working with jQuery
Basic exposure to at least one MVC framework
Understanding of version control (we use git)
Bootstrap3

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working on Django applications
Git
Experience with Angular
Interest in other tools like Grunt

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of our users. Care deeply about making their lives easier.
Work with head of product to translate requirements into end-product design and functionality
Communicate effectively with our back-end team
Work to identify opportunities for improvement
Write clean, object-oriented, SASS
Understand marketplace design challenges and best practices