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Designer, Front end Web for funded startup

BetterLesson is a social network for teachers looking to transform the way teachers connect, communicate, and collaborate. We are backed by San Francisco-based NewSchools Venture Fund and have been recently featured in MA High Tech, Cnet, DigitalJournal, and Scholastic.com

We offer challenging work, a fun team, competitive pay, and an opportunity for equity. Our office is located in Davis Square, Somerville, MA.

Our site is growing quickly, and with it, many new features are on the way. We need some one like you to help us make these features user-friendly and beautiful.

Our wish-list for you is:

• excellent CSS/HTML skills
• stupendous Javascript skills (jQuery preferred)
• some PHP
• Photoshop/Fireworks/In-Design
• tremendous communication skills
• immense documentation skills (Specs, Wireframes, Comps, Diagramming)
• ability to self motivate and self manage while playing on a team
• imagination

We'll have more fun if you might have on your resume some of the following assets and skills:

• a CS, UX, MultiMedia and/or Design degree
• Balsamiq/Omnigraffle/Visio/ etc
• experience at a tech startup
• familiarity in optimizing designs and UX via qualitative and quantitative methods
• a sense of humor and focus under pressure

Position is on-site, full-time, and permanent.