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Web Designer (User Interface/User Experience)

There are all sorts of self-taught people who call themselves web designers.

Sadly, only a few really "get" the internet. Web standards. Good design vs Bad design. And even fewer who master both the graphic, visual beauty, as well as the clean coding required for the front end of web applications.

We will only speak to you if you speak CSS, XHTML, Javascript, AJAX fluently. You must also be able to prove your superior aesthetic taste, and ability in art direction. You may not be the God of all web design, but if you work with us, a variety of projects and learning may get you there.

You will be working on a broad scope of creative work:

• Web application design: Work with our team of web developers to guide the user’s experience of our web apps, being the guardian of the stylesheet
• Identity Design: Defining the visual identity of our brands and properties
• Online Advertising: Launching promotional mini-sites, designing web banners.
• Occasionally, the graphic design of print material

If you are interested, you should email

• Your portfolio / work samples
• Your life story in 500 words (maximum)
• And your professional CV

to Admin@youthsays.com

You can come in on contract / freelance, talk to us, we’ll see.

Who will you be working with?

Joel was a college student when his summer break startup made RM1 Million in revenue its first year of operations.

He went on to build the award-winning NGO Youth Malaysia, running nationwide projects such as YOUTH’08, The 1st National Youth Entrepreneur Convention, and "Gegar U! Colors of Our Nation" - impacting more than half a million youths. Within a year, the organization bagged AYA Dream Malaysia Youth Friendly Company of the Year.

As a fan Donald Trump’s "The Apprentice" series, he joined Malaysia’s first corporate reality TV show – The Firm, as the youngest contestant at age 23, and won.

Random Facts:
Joel represented his country and won gold medals in rock climbing championships, has modeled for global fashion brands such as Guess, Esprit, Adidas, Nike, Quiksilver and Levi’s, and did not learn business from books (he has a degree in Mechanical Engineering (Hons) from Monash University).

Joel Neoh in Wikipedia
Joel’s Personal Blog

Khailee co-founded the local indie music promoter Project Bazooka and socio- political webzine TheCICAK.com as a college student. His projects have won him various awards, including the KLue Blue Chilli Award and the Asian HSBC Young Entrepreneur Award 2006.

He completed his degree in business at the top 2% of his class and Valedictorian from the University of Technology Sydney. He also did advanced studies in Entrepreneur ship at San Francisco State and UC Berkeley.

After graduation, his spent his next 2 years with MindValley, building profitable internet businesses and Web2.0 applications such as BlinkList and SocialRank with entrepreneurs and programmers from 16 countries. During this time, he helped build The World’s Most Democratic Workplace.

Random Facts:
Khailee performs his own songs in public from time to time, has a diverse set of achievements outside business
(in theatre, debating, art, photography and writing).

Khailee’s full bio
Khailee’s blog