Web Designer and Developer
Job brief
You will combine the art of design with the art of programming. Responsibilities will include building rich media advertisements deliverables from the provided UI/UX design. You will work under the guidance of the Production Director and alongside a team of designers and developers.
You will take an active role defining how the execution looks as well as how it works.
Responsibilities
- Build rich media advertising, HTML newsletters and small website campaigns
- Ensure all tracking and reporting metrics are included correctly
- Develop new user-facing features
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
- Optimise application for maximum speed and scalability
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
- Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
- Always stay consistent with clients brand guidelines
- Get feedback from users and customers
- Make suggestions for better solutions to problems
- Comfort working with design teams and translating mockups into code
- Invested in performance testing and website optimizations
- We expect punctuality, respect deadlines and milestones and for you to work during established office hours
Requirements and skills
- 1-2 years of experience
- Proficient understanding of programmatic advertising would be beneficial.
- Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
- Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms
- Solid experience writing HTML, CSS (LESS and /or SASS) and responsive design principles
- Good understanding of AWS is a bonus.
- Good knowledge of React, Javascript, ¡Query, PHP, SQL
- WordPress programming skills given the platform standards and best practices
- Understanding in Google Studio, Google Campaign Manager and Google Ads would be beneficial but not essential
- Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
- Basic knowledge of CMS system (open source) is a plus but not mandatory
- Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on image / video
- Familiarity with tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Google Web Designer and Figma are a major plus
- Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GITHUB
- Good understanding of SEO principles is beneficial
- It will be a benefit to enjoy the challenge of producing great, lean code
- Good communication skills: comfortable interacting with and working closely with your team
- Willing to adapt and learn new skills
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