Digital Designer, Websites Contract-to-Hire - Peanut Technologies

This is a remote position.

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Peanut Technologies is searching for a Digital Designer to help with the website segment of our business, where we create visual assets for restaurant websites. This designer would take on design projects and manage the pipeline of the project from customer discovery to project delivery.

Peanut Technologies (peanuttab.com) provides IT, digital and creative services to restaurants and hospitality groups. Through our partnerships with technology vendors, we serve 100+ restaurants annually.

Job Responsibilities

Design and Implementation

Building out the web pages using a custom drag-and-drop website builder developed by one of our affiliates (no coding required)

Utilizing Canva and other design tools to create custom elements for some of the client's webpages

Strategizing content structure on restaurant websites

Working with our in-house artist to select the color schematics, fonts, etc. needed for client websites

Client Calls, Research & Discovery

Participating in discovery calls with clients to learn more about their needs

Participating in review calls with clients to get feedback and revisions on websites

Researching the restaurant brands online (social media, existing websites, Google customer photos, etc), to understand their vibe and style to better represent them online

Researching competitors and similar neighboring restaurants to our clients to understand their place in the market better and how to make them competitive online

Project Management & Trainings

Regularly updating project pipelines to keep the status of projects up to date

Participating in training programs to gain more depth on the suite of technologies developed by our affiliate

Requirements

Preferred Skills/ Ideal Candidate

Importance: High

Access to a serene workspace without too much background noise

Access to a stable power source and backup power source

Great attention to detail

Great conversational skills and confidence holding conversations with clients

Someone with a high visual IQ.This is key, when designing for the kinds of restaurants we work with. We need someone who understands the difference between a shade of green that aligns with a restaurant brand, and another shade that doesn't

Importance: Medium

1-5 years of experience in web design/ UI-UX/ graphic design/ photography/ social media, any creative or visual arts-related role

Portfolio of work that displays great use of imagery, color, typography, and iconography

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Importance: Not super important but helpful

Any experience with any dra