oDesk Cover Letter Sample for Website Designing / Programming

Dear Hiring Manager!

I am highly experienced web designer seeking website designing work. I’m willing to learn new technologies and standards in designing. Portfolio available in my oDesk profile. I am sending you this covering letter in regard to the job post you posted in oDesk. Having read the job post, I would like to apply for the position of Web Designer.

I am a Web Designer with experience. I am highly capable of testing a variety of internet applications and finding solutions to clients needs and problems. I enjoy coding new website and applications designs from a brief and making a website that clients will really love. I would really appreciate the chance to share my skills and enthusiasm with you as follows:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, consistently building rapport with clients and coworkers.
• Experienced in multiple platforms including Windows desktop from Windows 95 to
  Windows 7, Windows Server, Mac OS X and Red Hat Linux.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with front-end web technologies such as
  HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, JSP and JavaScript with Ajax, JSON and jQuery, WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.
• Additionally, advanced knowledge of back-end web technologies such as classic ASP, OOP
  PHP, Apache, mod_rewrite, WordPress, Drupal, SQL, MySQL and relational
  database concepts.
• Intermediate experience with enterprise level E-commerce system Oracle iStore.
• Advanced knowledge of modern business applications such as Dreamweaver
  CS5, Photoshop CS5, BootStrap and custom responsive website designing.
• Broad experience in managing a team as well as training others in web technologies.

I have worked for World Vision as Web Designer creating a custom-made CMS, front-end design and coding, making the website compatible with all type of computer/mobile devices, designing applications in an SOA environment and developing front-end designs from PSD to HTML.

I worked for Safeway as Web Developer creating web applications including custom CRM, CMS and LMS tools. Responsibilities included initial design concepts, front-end designs and coding, back-end programming and database schemas, documentation and IIS Server administration.

I believe I am highly capable and experienced for this position, whilst in my previous positions I learnt a lot about the role and I am now ready to progress my career further. Please find my portfolio where you will see all of my previous work samples, which I believe shows my suitability for the role. If you want to discuss my application, please call me on . I can make myself available for interview at a time convenient for yourselves.

Regards: [Your Name Here…]