Brian Alvey: I'm hiring web designers

I have been totally spoiled when it comes to working with web designers on big projects.

In the recent past I have worked with Jeffrey Zeldman and Doug Bowman. Right now I work with Mike Propst (nonsensor, my Elongated Man) and Andy Fraley, the editor of design in-flight and a former art director from my Venture Reporter days. These two guys are hard-working and brilliant.

I'm looking for some more designers who can join our team and help us keep up with our upcoming two or three blogs per week launch schedule. I'm looking for designers who make not just great logos, but entire sites and are able to carve up solid XHTML into pieces and learn their way around Blogsmith.

More specifically, I need:

Experts at XHTML/CSS, who care about validation and making tight code
Photoshop and Illustrator skills
People who are able to deal with customers who have mockups or working HTML and get them running in Blogsmith
People who understand blogging
JavaScript knowledge is a plus
Some PHP skill is optional, but a plus

Does this sound like you?

Does this sound like someone you know?

Does it sound like someone you'd really really like to know?

Yeah, same here.

Then we should talk.

UPDATE: These are full-time, work from home design positions in two of the divisions I run. As great as many non-U.S. web designers are, I'm not sure I could survive the process of trying to hire someone from out of the country. So if you're only looking for part-time work or you are more than 3 time zones away from NYC, I probably won't be able to bring you on board.

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Chris 1398 days ago

Would being 15 (and therefore unable to work during days) be a roadblock to getting this position?

Hehe, hope you get someone good.
Blog Network News 1397 days ago

Out of curiosity, will these 2-3 blogs per week be for the Weblogs, Inc. network or simply client blogs or both?

A. Thorne
Brian Alvey 1397 days ago

By "customers" I just mean anyone using Blogsmith. It's a mix -- Weblogs, AOL and beyond.
Tery Spataro 1397 days ago

I highly recommend Kim Buchheit. She's awesome to work with. Did Mary Lou Quinlan's (american inventor fame) website.
Ian Smith 1373 days ago

If someone is underage, but is available from 10am-10pm (EST) okay? I doubt it, but freelance work is kind of dull. Anyway, I would recommend some friends located at http://www.ignition13.com and also my buddy over at http://www.cubancouncil.com

Neither of them will dissapoint, and they're in the tri-state region.
Bernard D. Tremblay (ben) 1371 days ago

How come the "powered by blogsmith" button isn't a live link?

heh ... that's what I do best. Ohhh I know, it seems silly, but when an eye for detail is coupled with the concentration required to read hundreds of pages of technical documents backwards (a trick to make sure you don't get sucked in by narrative flow) well you have a combination that makes engineers shudder. (As well they should.)

;-P
Huy Hong 1370 days ago

Pop on by http://huyhong.com and let me know if I'm what you need. I can send you a more recent sample of my coding style if needed.
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Eric Carroll 1370 days ago

Although, I do not yet know my way around Blogsmith, I design and setup CSS/XHTML (in addition to logo and print work). I am a bit familiar with MT, TextPattern, and WordPress, but lately, my focus has been on Drupal (although learning new things is always a plus). Let me know if you are interested in talking further or if you have found the designers you need already.
Tom 1368 days ago

Many designers from Europe work at night ;)
jon 1353 days ago

I would be very interested in talking with you about this opportunity. I believe I am the person you are looking for.
Ivan 1351 days ago

I can help you find a designer for you and your team.
She is a hard worker from Bulgaria and is doing wonderful designs.
As far as I know she has completed more than 40 website designs. Sorry, but I just can't remember her website. You can contact me if you are interested.
David Schafer 1340 days ago

I'm in NYC, have designed for years for major companies, (Conde Nast, Time Warner, etc.) and small clients and would LOVE to do this. Please get in touch! Thanks.
Mag 1321 days ago

The point is what type of designing the job is about; since designing informative websites is not like designing commercial ones, due to theory that claims that ugly websites are making all profits!
reader 951 days ago

I supposed that you already got some one good for this position.

I run a web development company in China. I have nothing but plenty of developers. If you need any position again, please remember me.
George Heib 430 days ago

You know this sounds exteremely tempting too bad it was done so long ago. I pretty much only code in my spare time though with 8+yrs of freelance XHTML CSS PHP and javascript with some VB.net and java abilities; however, am in the USAR and get mobilized as well as finishing up my ITS degree so would only be able to provide part-time help. Regards though wish you the best.

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