Graphically Speaking is an industry-leading, full-service web development firm, with a full-time team of web specialists who collectively produce hundreds of websites every year.
Our Value Statements:
- Provide great value, quality and service to our customers.
- Be a great place to work.
- Treat others as you would like to be treated.
- Act with honesty and integrity.
- Individual contribution and responsibility.
- Continuous improvement in everything we do.
Current Job Postings
Account Manager / Sales Executive
Responsible for the sale of Graphically Speaking's web development, e-commerce and database development solutions.
Essential Knowledge and Skills
- A sales professional with proven success
- In depth knowledge of existing and emerging web technologies as they relate to design and development. Must have experience and understanding of high technology environments and the challenges faced by growing organizations in today's marketplace
- Require a broad understanding of industry best practices and methodologies
- Demonstrated strong prospecting and closing skills, as well as, a strong working knowledge of the selling process
- Self-motivated and results oriented with the ability to open doors and develop solutions to address client needs and issues
- Strong team player with the ability to influence, lead, and develop partnerships with internal and external clients
- Extremely professional with excellent interpersonal, relationship, and communication skills (written, oral, and presentation)
- Ability to overcome resistance and solve problems
- Ability to propel and maintain cross functional resources and relationships to deliver customized and valuable solutions for the client
- Excels with ambiguous situations as an opportunity to show leadership
- Post secondary education preferred (University degree or equivalent)
- Requires frequent local travel using personal vehicle
Base salary, car expenses and a generous commission plan will allow the right candidate to earn an excellent income.
Graphically Speaking is Vancouver's second largest web development organization with a full-time team of over 40 web specialists who collectively produce hundreds of websites every year.
Our range of services include: Web design, internet marketing, Flash animation, e-commerce & database programming, graphic design and social media marketing. To learn more about us, see our online web design portfolio.
Items to include when applying:
- Cover letter
- Resumé
- Examples of web development work
Email resumé to:
Darrell Hadden, President
Email: darrell@graphicallyspeaking.ca
Please note, only qualified applicants will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Account Coordinator / Project Manager
The ideal candidate will possess as many of the following assets as possible:
Skills and Experience:
- Arts, communication, desktop publishing or web development designation from a recognized post-secondary institute.
- 2+ years of commercial website development experience and 1-2 years of website project management/coordination experience.
- Excellent knowledge of the Internet and related technologies.
- Internet & social marketing knowledge & skills.
- Be highly organized and possess excellent verbal/written communication.
- Outstanding eye for detail and quality control.
- Experience with layout and design.
- Effective time management skills.
- Results-oriented.
- Ability to work accurately under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills. You must be able to work well with a wide range of people.
- A working knowledge of Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop and other standard web development tools.
- Fast and accurate typing skills.
- Knowledge of website usability, analytics, email marketing and search engine optimization is preferred.
- Web copywriting skills would be ideal.
Personality:
- Self-starter, quick learner, intelligent and resourceful.
- Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while effectively managing schedules and communicating a project's progress.
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits:
Competitive salary, MSP coverage, profit sharing* and an opportunity to grow and advance in the web development industry.
(*after 1 year - assuming productivity requirements are met)
Checklist of items to include when applying:
- Cover letter
- Resumé
- Examples of web development work
Email resumé to:
Darrell Hadden, President
darrell@graphicallyspeaking.ca
Please note, only qualified applicants will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Network Administrator with Web Experience
Graphically Speaking is looking for a Network Specialist to manage our internal systems and also to setup hosting for our many web development clients. When not working in this capacity we hope the individual will be able to assist our team in certain technical aspects of our web development process. This is a full-time permanent position.
While Graphically Speaking does not offer hosting services directly to our clients, we provide a full range of support services including management and assistance with their existing or newly recommended hosting infrastructures, whether shared, managed or dedicated systems. The ability to handle multiple projects and complexity across many environments at the same time is a necessity.
A large percentage of our clients use Microsoft based technologies however we have recently increased our offerings into the Open Source environment.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 1-2+ years experience
- Microsoft technologies based experience
- Strong focus on Internet infrastructure (especially hosting styled)
- Clear and professional spoken and written English
- Ability to handle multiple projects across many environments at the same time
Sample of Responsibilities for Graphically Speaking:
- Managing Internal Network infrastructure, including:
- File Systems (multi-terabytes)
- Backup Systems
- Firewalls / Routers
- Redundancy systems
- Email, filtering, anti-spam management
- Active Directory & Related Systems (Accounts, Remote Access systems, PDA's etc..)
- DNS, IIS, FTP style systems
- Setup / Manage virtual servers etc...
- System ghosting & restoration
- And more...
- Our Technologies primarily include:
- Mostly Windows based servers
- Active Directory / IIS / DNS / SQL Servers
- Linux based web servers
- Various Web Technologies: .NET, ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion etc...
Samples of Responsibilities for Graphically Speaking's clients:
- Recommendations on hardware / infrastructure
- Assistance with or setup of Web Servers Including:
- Security Systems
- Firewalls, SSL, IIS, FTP, Email Systems
- DNS, Domains and other infrastructure support & Setup
- VPN's, Tunnels setups
- Phone / Email support with high level interaction with existing hosting companies
Salary & Income:
- This is for a full time, permanent long term position
- 40+ hours / week, on-site
- Monday - Friday
- Very occasional weekends may be required during emergencies
- Salary based on experience
- Expected Benefits: Profit sharing, medical, flexible hours
How to Apply:
Please send resumes, cover letters and samples of past work to:
Darrell Hadden
darrell@graphicallyspeaking.ca
Please note, only qualified applicants will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Intermediate C#/.NET 2.0 Developer
We are looking for an experienced intermediate website programmer to work full-time in our downtown Vancouver location. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects in a friendly team based environment and acquire new and refine existing skills.
Minimum 2 years experience in the following:
- ASP.NET 2.0
- SQL
- HTML/DHTML/CSS
Other Useful Experience:
- Computer Programming Diploma or Degree (MCSD/MCAD, etc.)
- Strong understanding of the Windows Server infrastructure
- Strong English skills, written and oral
- Multiple examples of previous work
Beneficial Training / Certification:
Applicants possessing one or more of the following certifications may be given preference.
- Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) Web Developer Certification
- Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), with exam 70-536
- Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD), with exam 70-536
Income / Compensation:
Competitive base salary and paid overtime
Profit sharing after one full year
Paid medical
This is a full time permanent position
Checklist of items to include when applying:
- Cover letter
- Resumé
- Examples of web programming work
Email resumé to:
Darrell Hadden, President
darrell@graphicallyspeaking.ca
Please note, only qualified applicants will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Web Programmer
Graphically Speaking is British Columbia's second largest web development company with a staff of 40 people.
We are looking for an experienced website programmer to work full-time in our downtown Vancouver office. There is lots of room for advancement and a great environment to acquire new and refine existing skills.
Your primary skill sets will be towards developing website infrastructures for pre-designed layouts using high levels of CSS and HTML.
Experience in the following:
- CSS
- HTML/DHTML
- Javascript
- Dreamweaver / Contribute
- Adobe Products
Other Requirements:
- Computer Programming Diploma or Degree
- Strong English skills, written and oral
- Examples of previous work
Other Useful Experience:
- ASP.Net 2.0 or better
- SQL
- CMS
- Shopping cart
Income / Compensation:
- Competitive base salary and paid overtime
- Profit sharing after one full year
- Paid medical
- This is a full time permanent position
Checklist of items to include when applying:
- Cover letter
- Resumé
- Examples of web database work
Email resumé to:
Darrell Hadden, President
darrell@graphicallyspeaking.ca
Please note, only qualified applicants will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Graphic Designer
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Brilliant design and layout skills
- A solid understanding of web usability
- Competency in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Flash (Flash action scripting will be an asset)
- A polished and professional portfolio
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
Personality:
- Creative
- Efficient & accurate
Benefits:
Competitive salary, MSP coverage, profit sharing* and an opportunity to grow and advance in the web development industry.
(*after 1 year - assuming productivity requirements are met)
Checklist of items to include when applying:
- Cover letter
- Resumé & digital portfolio
- Examples of web development work
Email resumé to:
Darrell Hadden, President
darrell@graphicallyspeaking.ca
Please note, only qualified applicants will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Internet Marketing Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Organic search engine optimization including research, implementation and maintenance.
- Developing and managing pay per click programs.
- Implementing advanced web analytics and A/B testing.
- Setup and maintenance of social media profiles / accounts.
- Corporate blog setup and optimization.
- Strategizing cross-platform social media campaigns.
- Creating and distributing social media press releases.
- Email marketing campaign development.
- Training clients for maintenance of blogs and other social networking tools.
Requirements:
- Minimum 1 year Internet marketing and SEO experience.
- Team worker, detail-oriented and an ability to get things done quickly.
- A strong interest in Internet marketing and the web.
- Thorough knowledge of Google tools.
- Experience with developing and maintaining social media profiles / accounts.
- Excellent writing and communication skills.
- Good working knowledge of Dreamweaver, Excel and Photoshop.
- Good working knowledge of html, xhtml and css.
- Good presentation / client interfacing skills.
- Ability to multitask / work on several projects at once.
Benefits:
Competitive salary, MSP coverage, profit sharing* and an opportunity to grow and advance in the web development industry.
(*after 1 year - assuming productivity requirements are met)
Checklist of items to include when applying:
- Cover letter
- Resumé
- Examples of Internet marketing work and success
Email resumé to:
Darrell Hadden, President
darrell@graphicallyspeaking.ca
Please note, only qualified applicants will be contacted. No phone calls please.