Junior Web Design role
My client is an award winning creative digital agency with a growing reputation for quality and success and works with a wide-ranging client base. They require a Web designer to join their expanding team!
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a wide portfolio of client relationships and will be responsible for designing websites from start to finish. In-house support and guidance will be provided.
The ideal person will have a genuine passion for the web, HTML and CSS skills, and a strong portfolio showing creativity and innovation. You will be motivated, have multi-tasking skills, be pro-active, and will possess great communication skills. You will also enjoy working within a team.
They are looking for talented individuals who want a challenging and exciting career in the digital marketing industry.
I initially chose this job as it is aimed at someone in a junior position and requires skills that I feel I have started to gain and will hopefully acquire by the end of the course. The advert states that “in-house support and guidance will be provided”, which is a really big bonus for me as it would enable me to move steadily into employment and not be thrown into the deep end without getting any guidance.
The coding skills required for the job are HTML and CSS, which I feel I have already required to a reasonable standard, I am no were near at an advanced level but over time I feel I can progress to a high level. Though this advert does not state the level of HTML and CSS, I would be expecting they would require quite high skill levels.
The other skills required are more soft skills and I feel fairly confident that I can fulfil the requirements of these skills. I gained these skills are mainly through college with multitasking assignments and on previous courses were I have done team work. I will also be able to test and improve on these skills with most of them been required in the up and coming team assignment.
The main part of this advert I feel I cannot fulfil at this moment is the part needing “a strong portfolio showing creativity and innovation”. I feel my portfolio is not at a stage where I can use it to show off my full potential and gain a job through it. As my portfolio is still a work in progress I think this would be the main area letting me down. Hopefully during the rest of the course I will be able to create work I am proud of, that can be used to improve and expand my portfolio.
Although the job only requires HTML and CSS skills, I feel that the current skills I am developing in PHP and MySQL can be used to my advantage, to show I have knowledge in other areas and can bring something with me.
At this moment in time I would not feel confident to apply for this job, although I feel I have most of the skills required. This is mainly due to me not feeling ready to progress into employment at this moment, since there are still things I feel I need to learn and improve on first. The rest of the course will help me prepare for employment as I will gain firsthand experience of working in a team and the environment that goes with it. I will also find out what it is like, working at a faster pace than I am used to, which is one of the things I don’t feel ready for at this moment.
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