Expert in Drupal? Totally new to it? Wanting to really dig into Drupal for a day or two?

A DrupalCamp is being planned. One, maybe two days of code, design, chat, sharing, testing, patching, learning, maybe showing off a little, laughing.

Have a thought on what it should look like? When it should happen? What we might do? Edit the wiki!

See you there! (Where ever that might be.)

There is a horrible disservice being perpetrated on young web designers and web design students: that learning Dreamweaver is anything but irrelevant to your needs. We are in a Web 2.0 world, where semantic CSS and clean xhtml are the standard. And yet university art and design departments continue to push Dreamweaver as some sort of useful skill. We see Dreamweaver knowledge listed at the top of a frighteningly large percentage of applications for web design positions at pingVision. (Personally, I'd rather receive an enthusiastic note about the ideas in Andy Clarke's Transcending CSS or William Lidwell, Kritina Holden and Jill Butler's Universal Principles of Design.)

pingVision has immediate paid and unpaid in-house internship opportunities in the areas of web design, web development (PHP, MySQL, Drupal) and website theming ("skinning"). Part-time and full-time apprenticeship-kinds of positions available. Responsibilities will vary depending upon your experience, skills and interests.

The other day, I proposed facilitating a discussion at the Open Source CMS Summit 2007, hosted by Yahoo:

Building community online

Community building is more than just software, and more than just people. The nature of online communities is changing, no longer defined exclusively by bulletin boards or superblogs.

pingVision has an immediate opening for a web designer for Drupal-powered websites. Terms are contract-to-hire, starting part-time and mostly virtual. Full-time position will be at our studios, so we're looking for people living in the Boulder area.

This position has been filled. Please check our job listings for other opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Web design for sites powered by Drupal and CivicSpace (and possibly other platforms).
• CSS styling.
• Light php coding within theme templates.
• Create user interface designs from wireframe layouts.
• Logo design.
• Client contact throughout design process.
• Work closely with web developers.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Web design experience with dynamic website platforms. Experience with Drupal/CivicSpace preferred. Interest in learning more about the complexities, intricacies and power of designing for Drupal is a must.
• Experience with templating and creating "skins" for dynamic websites is required. (Please note that this is not Dreamweaver or other wysiwyg web design program work. Hands-on templating expertise and experience is required -- with Drupal preferred; experience theming for WordPress, MoveableType, Blogger or other "web 2.0" platforms are possible alternatives.)
• Expert knowledge of CSS, xhtml, web standards, as well as the non-standard hacks required for Internet Explorer is required.
• Knowledge of AJAX, Javascript, Java, PHP, MySQL, *nix, Apache, xml and/or Flash is a definite plus, but not required.
• Expert knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign is required. OmniGraffle is a plus.
• Strong written communication skills to write branding guidelines, as well as communicate with clients and vendors.
• Client relations skills for contact by phone, email and IM.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, but also good at collaboration, taking direction and working with others.
• Proficency in the English language. (Multilingual is a plus!)

We're looking for creative and innovative designers. If you are not so strong in one or more of these areas, let us know. We are hiring team players, and your strengths may complement our needs.