Web Developer

This digital creative agency specialises in web design and development, with an impressive and varied client base. They have been established for 20 years. They are looking for an experienced and talented Web Developer to join their growing team.

Do you want to work with a wide range of clients, from well-known brands to exciting startups? Are you interested in developing your own skills whilst helping to build a growing development team?

You'll work on challenging and varied projects from ecommerce to CMS sites, across a range of clients. As a talented and enthusiastic Web Developer you'll be passionate about progressing your development knowledge and working towards a certification in Magento 2.

Essential skills
- Strong HTML, CSS and JS
- Good working knowledge of PHP and MySQL
- Experience turning Photoshop documents into responsive markup
- Experience with at least one PHP based CMS, e.g Concrete5 / ExpressionEngine
- Experience of version control, preferably Git
- Experience working in a process-driven environment
- Strong communication skills
- An appetite for personal learning and development.

Desirable skills
- Magento experience
- Understanding of cross-browser quirks
- Experience of CSS preprocessors (SASS / LESS)
- Framework knowledge eg jQuery, AngularJS
- Experience of of JavaScript task runners (grunt, gulp)
- Experience with unit testing frameworks
- A good understanding of Linux-based hosting environments
- A working understanding of internet architecture
- An interest in the state and shape of the web industry.

Key responsibilities
- Working in a professional creative environment, this role involves:
- Collaborating with members of the team
- Helping them in shaping their solutions and process
- Interpreting requirement briefs, specifications, wireframes and designs
- Realising designs in HTML/CSS/Javascript
- Occasionally developing web applications using new technologies such as Angular
- Problem solving minor issues on existing sites.