Front end designer / developer / Socrato / North Andover, MA

Socrato/North Andover, MASocrato is looking for a talented and highly motivated front-end designer contractor for our edtech startup.

We're a small, ambitious team building a learning analytics platform to revolutionize the way students can study and prep for standardized tests. The contract position is an opportunity to join an early-stage startup that can lead to a permanent offer with competitive compensation and equity.

We're looking for self-starters, who get things done and are curious and passionate about crafting amazing experiences. The responsibilities will include designing and coding visual elements, writing compelling copy and performing user testing. This position can be full time or part time in the Boston, MA area. On-site is preferred.

What We're Looking For:
* Must be passionate about design, and care deeply developing elegant user experiences.
* Demonstrable history of building websites that delight users, and taking ideas from mockup to functioning code.
* Experience defining user flows, interaction design and solid grounding in design principles.
* Skill using graphical programs like Photoshop/Illustrator to create mockups and visual elements as needed.
* Must be highly proficient at writing HTML and CSS for cross-browser compatibility, and a working knowledge of PHP.
* Experience with JavaScript/jQuery and graphing libraries such as Flot is desirable
* Comfortable working in an agile environment and take ideas from whiteboard to production quickly.
* The number of years of professional experience you have isn't important to u

If This Is You:
Please send us your resume and links to your portfolio, blog, projects you've built, your Twitter handle or anything else you'd like to share. We'd love to talk with you!Apply To Job