Raised Eyebrow Web Studio, based in Vancouver BC, creates beautiful, accessible, and user-friendly websites for nonprofits and small businesses. They are seeking an experienced PHP/Drupal Developer. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and experience working on smaller teams, as Raised Eyebrow is currently a 4 person studio.

Responsibilities

You will work closely with our Front-End Developer to produce robust, beautifully-coded websites (mostly Drupal-based) for our clients.Your work will include:

• Installing and configuring Drupal (both core and modules) in both stand-alone and multi-site environments;
• Customizing Drupal modules as needed, and potentially creating new open-source modules;
• Custom PHP coding;
• Basic web server administration for our LAMP-based VPS to ensure streamlined and efficient functioning of our multi-site Drupal installation;
• Troubleshooting browser and platform agreement issues;
• Assisting the rest of our team in testing, maintenance, and troubleshooting of client websites;
• Producing technical documentation as needed;
• Estimating and managing your time effectively, in order to meet budgets, timelines, and client expectations.

Must Haves

• Able to work in downtown Vancouver;
• Very strong background in dynamic/database-driven development (PHP 4 & 5/MySQL);
• Basic to intermediate experience with Drupal, API, themes and assets;
• Basic to intermediate fluency with DNS management and other aspects of VPS web server administration;
• Comfortable working with Mac OSX;
• Expertise with (X)HTML, CSS and JavaScript;
• Advanced knowledge and implementation of W3C Web Standards;
• Solid knowledge of browser/platform compatibility issues and techniques for front-end development;
• Comfortable with production aspects of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - you're careful and consistent about documenting your work.

Also Very Helpful

• Experience with Subversion and CVS;
• Experience contributing to open source software projects;
• Interest/background in social justice issues and capacity-building in the nonprofit sector.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with any of WordPress, Mambo, Joomla, Plone, and/or Typo3.

Desired Qualities

• A smart and detail-oriented person who loves working on the web;
• Solid, responsible, reliable, and great at keeping the team in the loop on your progress;
• Customer service oriented;
• Comfortable working as part of a team as well as independently;
• Efficiency: great at prioritizing and handling deadlines.

Raised Eyebrow Team

• A four-person shop with clients in the non-profit, government and business sectors;
• Specialists in web design - we don't do print or other media;
• A blended PC/Mac studio (in the process of moving to an all-Mac environment);
• Committed to honest, high-quality work for high-quality clients;
• Constantly learning, striving to improve ourselves and share our knowledge with others;
• Devotees of standards-based, content-oriented web design.

About Raised Eyebrow Web Studio, Inc.

We are a Vancouver-based company specializing in online strategy, design and development. Our goal is to serve as a resource for quality website development and information, and to promote the web as a creative and empowering communications tool. We are a four-person studio founded in early 2000. We work almost exclusively with non-profit organizations, arts groups, government and progressive businesses. Have a look at  http://www.raisedeyebrow.com/ to find out more about us.

About the Position

4-5 days a week salaried position (please let us know your preference when you apply) with benefits package (medical, dental and profit-sharing bonus structure). Salary range for the full-time position starts at $59,000/year, and is commensurate with experience.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and a cover letter to jobs@raisedeyebrow.com. Deadline: Wednesday, October 6, 2008.

No phone calls please. You must be able to work in Vancouver to apply for this position.

Women, people of color and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

http://www.raisedeyebrow.com/jobs/