The right candidate with have the honor and the fun of working with some of the best and brightest developers around. The project is fun and engaging, with plenty of room for the right person to get their ideas not only heard, but implemented.

You regularly read 456 Berea St, and hang around hitting reload in your RSS reader waiting for new articles from Smashing Mag and A List Apart. If you can answer the following off the top of your head, we want to hear from you.

• What do div#doc and div#page.oldSchool have in common?
• How many sections can jquery.accordion() open at the same time?
• What's the advantage of using PNGs over GIFs?
• A .unit in OOCSS is (roughly) equal to what class in YUI CSS?

In this highly rewarding position, you'll be responsible for handling virtually all front-end development for a local search site with millions of users. That means (but is not limited to): building out new pages, implementing new graphics, bug fixing (the programmer's equivalent of cleaning out your sock drawer, but hey, we all have to do it at some point), UI experience crafting, and much more. Basically, you'll be our lead-developer-of-all-things-UI.

We're a small shop, but we get things done quickly and efficiently. (If you like long meetings and detailed outlines before you start and other handholding, this is probably not the position for you.)

Things-we-use-that-we'll-like-you-more-if-you-use,-too: OS X, Linux, git, perl, TWiki/Basecamp, Lighthouse/Bugzilla.

We're expanding internationally (currently we have sites in the US and Canada), so experience with branding/white-label/internationalization, etc. will be handy, too.

Our office is in Burbank, CA and we'll need to work with you in the office regularly so telecommuters-in-bathrobes need not apply.

To apply please send your resume and links to your code samples / portfolio to jobs@solfo.com. Text, html or pdf please - no word documents. Links to your github, CPAN or Linkedin pages are also welcome.

Some of our current websites are http://www.weblocal.ca/, http://www.yellowbot.com/ and corporate site at http://www.solfo.com/

Responsibilities include:

• -Managing web design projects from start to finish (break down the project into steps, to create a manageable task)
• -Maintaining communication with client and designer/programmer to make sure deadlines are met
• -Keeping all information extremely organized (on the computer)
• - Priority of the projects will change, and you will need to determine which to do first and multi-task
• -Following up on project statuses on a daily basis
• -Communicating with clients via email and phone or in person

• - Freshman/Sophomore in college
• -Very Patient and understanding, and able to MULTI-TASK
• -Very Organized and eager to learn and gain experience
• -Computer Savvy, Fast Typer, great communicator (verbally, written)
• -Quick learner, self-starter, interested in a career in marketing, communication or design
• -Someone who spends hours on facebook/myspace/twitter and can apply these skills to commercial projects
• -Basic knowledge of Photoshop, Dreamweaver (PC)
• -Knowledge of marketing, graphic or web design is a plus but not required
• -Local to West Hills and surrounding areas
• -Has their own transportation
• -Responsible, extremely organized, detail oriented, reliable, dedicated and honest
• -Proficient in using a PC, Internet, MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

You’ll have an opportunity to work on high profile entertainment campaigns while adding cutting-edge Flash work to your portfolio. If you have an exceptional eye for layout, video and image quality and you can work on tight timelines then send us your resume. We’d love to tell you more.

A BIT ABOUT FILTER

FILTER is a full-service creative resources company that connects industry-leading companies with the very best creative talent throughout the West Coast. Offering both creative staffing services and interactive media design and production, FILTER helps clients to make their ideas a reality and complete their projects with more speed, flexibility and cost efficiency. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has branch offices in Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. FILTER has been serving the creative community, including top consumer brands and technology companies as well as leading design, advertising and interactive agencies, for the past two decades.

To apply, please register at www.filtertalent.com and complete a personal profile in order to express interest in this position: http://www.filtertalent.com/Professionals/Search_Jobs.aspx?m=j&id=281

We will review your resume and portfolio and contact you if your skills and experience appear to be a good fit.

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Mainstream Advertising is a full-service online advertising company with over 10 years of experience in Search Engine Optimization, Email Marketing, Pay per Click Management, Online Media Buying, and Search Marketing.

The Company has an immediate opening for a full-time Search Engine Optimization (“SEO”) Specialist. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record in monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing web sites, code, and rankings. A strong technical background and analytical skills are key requirements, as well as significant experience in practicing sustainable and responsible long-term optimization in a large environment.

The position also requires great communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively and efficiently with talented engineering and marketing teams. We are looking for a candidate who has a non-dogmatic approach to SEO and the ability to constantly adapt to an ever-changing environment in a creative, yet scientific way, and who will strive to share, develop, and grow their vision for search marketing in a highly challenging and satisfying environment. The SEO Specialist will have proven experience optimizing large-scale content sites, preferably those with a significant amount of dynamic content and high-volume page count. The finalist should have superior SEO knowledge and a history of working with content-heavy publisher web sites.

This SEO Specialist position is a hands-on, on-site role in Los Angeles (Woodland Hills), CA.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver short-term and long-term strategies for increasing organic search traffic;
• Provide specific high-level steps to achieve significant increase in organic traffic;
• Suggest framework for on-going reporting and tracking of organic traffic, weekly & monthly ranking reports and trending;
• Identification of top geo and industry traffic driving segments;
• Proactive modeling of search rankings across identified categories, both U.S. and globally, by country;
• Interface with key IT and web counterparts on a daily basis;
• Assess the impact of intro ads, overlay ads, pop-ups, and other site ads on SEO;
• Optimize site for Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Tier 2 search engines, both U.S. and globally;
• Establish an SEO baseline, to track results;
• Experience in optimizing data pages is preferred;
• Analysis, preservation, and optimization of web sites and code;
• Monitoring and reporting on results;
• Implementation and execution of tests; impact evaluation;
• Assessment of internal initiatives that affect web sites and backend;
• Research opportunities and trends.

• 2-3 years experience directly implementing (hands-on) search engine optimization initiatives for multiple large-scale content/ecommerce web sites;
• Experience with HTML and ASP;
• Proven ability to achieve natural search engine ranking through the application of ethical SEO techniques;
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and adapt to change at a moment's notice;
• Analytical skills to sift through mountains of SEO data to understand what’s working and to optimize;
• Creative thinker willing to experiment with new techniques;
• Understanding of HTML/PHP/JAVA a plus. Working knowledge of relational MySQL a plus. Developer experience preferred;
• Ability to prioritize effectively and meet deadlines;
• Ability to work effectively in a team and across departments.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business or technical field; Engineering or Computer Science preferred.

• Big opportunity with growing company;
• Extremely supportive work environment and excellent working conditions;
• Excellent compensation package; Medical, Dental, and Vision plans;
• Paid time off and Company paid holidays;
• Company-sponsored events and activities;
• Paid on-site parking;
• The office is conveniently located in Woodland Hills, CA, by the 101 Freeway.

Legal Debt Solutions is a Professional Law Corporation; we strive for excellent results in protecting consumers and their rights. We pride ourselves on giving our clients the personal attention they deserve. We are a full service law firm with a diverse array of practice areas such as: Loan Modifications, Mortgage Fraud Litigation, and foreclosure help consultations (Short Sales and Deed in Lieu of foreclosure help). We are a dedicated team working with hundreds of clients each day. We would like to give you the opportunity to join us as well.

Were looking for a web design that can assist our webmaster with basic Dreamweaver and Photoshop projects updating content, images and some social network sites (Facebook, Twitter and Myspace) this role will require participating to create websites from design and coding in Dreamweaver.

• 2+ years web design experience and are comfortable designing on PC.
• Dreamweaver CS3, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Writing and editing HTML and CSS
• Eager to learn new technologies
• Positive attitude, sense of humor and initiative.
• Ability to work in a team and to communicate in a clear way.
• Good writing and communication skills

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