The Frontier Group is a boutique software development company based in West Perth. We have a strong focus on web software, and utilise Ruby on Rails.

Our development team has recently grown to eight staff and we’re looking to take on our first full time designer. Until now we’ve worked with design freelancers and subcontractors. Now we want to make a designer part of our team, allowing our developers to work closely with the interface expert. We need someone who’s part of our team and not just kicking the ball in the same direction.

Is this you?

We don’t micro-manage and we trust your design ability, so you’ll need to have a track record of delivering completed designs. You’ll have a few years commercial experience, probably working in a creative studio doing great but under-appreciated work.

This is your opportunity to jump-ship and drive the creative direction of a young, vibrant and passionate company.

You’ll care about pixel-perfect alignment, and will take pride in the quality of the HTML you use to reflect those designs. You’ll know how JavaScript can be used to enhance the web. You might even care about SASS and HAML, if you’re really cool.

You’ll keep up to date with current trends and care about using modern techniques and practices, as well as tools and technologies.

Your workload will be approximately broken down into:

• 50% web application
• 25% web site
• 25% other design

The other design component will include things like fashion (t-shirt design), art work and even interior design… anything colourful or creative that’s happening in our world will be your responsibility.

Using the right tools is important and we realise that. We don’t have a parent company dictating how we do things or what our “standard operating environment” is – you’ll get to make those decisions with us. We all use MacBook Pros for development, but you might want a new iMac, for example.

What we give you

• $76k per year salary
• 9% superannuation (on top of salary)
• $1k travel allowance per year (parking, bike servicing, public transport)
• Internet and mobile allowance ($80 each per month)
• Opportunities to work from home/flexi-time
• Private office (when we move to the new location mid-year, if preferred)
• Pay reviews every 6 months with no ceiling on earning potential

What you give us

• 38 hours per week
• Your creative genius

How to apply

Send an email to jobs@thefrontiergroup.com.au linking to your online portfolio. Please be clear how much of the design you are responsible for, or if it was a collaborative process with other creative types.

Prepare a list of four sites – two that have elements you like, and two that have elements you dislike. A critique of these, either in person or via the phone, will be part of the second round of interviews.