Visual Website Designer

Summary

Join Tucows Domains, a leading wholesale domain registrar, and become a Web Designer/Developer. As an individual contributor, you will lead the development of user-centric design interfaces for our brands. Collaborate with the marketing team and other departments to ensure website security, performance, accessibility, and on-brand consistency. You will utilize design-thinking methodologies, create wireframes and mockups, and present designs to stakeholders. This role requires proficiency in React, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and experience with various web development tools and CMS platforms. The position offers a competitive salary and a remote-first work environment.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of combined experience as a web designer and developer
• A diploma, degree, or certificate in a related field
• Proficiency in React for front-end development, and Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud for design
• Experience with modern web development tools, frameworks, and CMS such as WordPress and Webflow
• High familiarity with DNS, domains, and other operational systems involved with modern website operations
• Knowledge of A/B testing methodologies and tools, such as VWO
• Experience with QA processes and tools like BrowserStack
• High agility and responsiveness, with the ability to take on tasks quickly and efficiently
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging abilities

Responsibilities

• Facilitate brainstorming sessions and idea-generation workshops related to your core craft
• Apply design-thinking methodologies and principles to work
• Create design solutions based on marketing briefs and/or intent requests
• Share industry design trends and identify opportunities to integrate new solutions into our designs
• Understand and apply visual techniques to make content more digestible
• Use and maintain our design system and component libraries
• Generate wireframes and hi-fidelity mock-ups in a timely manner, with attention to detail (desktop, tablet, mobile)
• Present design concepts and prototypes to stakeholders
• Create compelling visual design solutions that address strategic business and brand objectives across our websites, as outlined in marketing briefs
• Lead the development of user-centric interfaces on websites for Tucows Domains brands
• Develop modern front-end UI solutions using React
• Ensure code meets security, logging, error handling, performance standards, and other non-functional requirements
• Ensure AODA compliance
• Perform website updates and maintenance for WordPress sites, custom CMS, and Webflow
• Create and update web pages within themes, templates, and custom requirements
• Update and create scripting for website and data migration needs
• Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance
• Facilitate A/B tests using VWO
• Use QA tools such as BrowserStack to find and troubleshoot issues, make necessary changes, and ensure readiness for production
• Facilitate quality assurance testing