The Kansas City Star is seeking candidates for the position of web designer. The successful candidate will work with newsroom managers, editors and end users to conceptualize, plan and design on-line products. Projects will cover a wide range of possibilities from adding widgets to existing sites to building complex new websites.

The ideal candidate must display excellent written and oral skills with demonstrated interpersonal and organization abilities. The web designer will be expected to keep up to date with advances in design technology and to apply these advances to existing products as needed.

The web designer will serve as advocate for end users, interpreting, anticipating and executing their needs whenever possible. A candidate for this position must be able to work in a varied, fast paced news environment. We work on a continuous schedule of deadlines where flexibility and tolerance are a necessity.