CAREERS Front End Developer

What we're looking for

We're looking for a Front End Developer with at least 3 years of experience to join our talented and experienced technology team.

You’ll be working closely and collaboratively with our existing creative, UI, UX and development teams and will be responsible for building and maintaining innovative and responsive interfaces that deliver beyond the brief.

We are looking for smart, skilled developers who will relish the challenge of helping us deliver sector-leading innovation and genuine value to our clients, and the agency, through our digital offering.

The skills to pay the bills

Ability to accurately convert designs into semantic front-end HTML and CSS
Familiarity with Sketch/Adobe XD
Knowledge and experience building accessible websites based on WCAG 2.0 Level AA
Integrating built mark-up into template systems
Confidence with JavaScript
Responsive design for modern browsers, including cross-browser compatibility issues and how to resolve them
Source code management with version control, especially Git
Ability to partner with back-end developers to architect and build sites
Strong written and verbal communications skills
The ability to handle multiple critical tasks and self-manage

And a few 'nice-to-haves'

Experience with CSS Preprocessors (SASS/Less etc.)
Experience utilising build tools like Gulp or Grunt
Measuring and optimising front-end performance
Managing projects with a ticketing system, e.g. Trello
Experience with PHP

We'll need you to...

Work passionately and collaboratively with the agency teams to ensure the delivery of digital projects
Take pride in the scoping and planning of work, from large projects to smaller fixes and improvements
Be committed to creativity and innovation – always willing to challenge and inspire your team mates, have a creative mindset, improve your skills and develop the agency offering
Ensure that the work you produce meets project requirements and standards, and wherever possible, blows them away
Be positive and enthusiastic – see every project as a new challenge
Be willing to go the extra mile, support a team mate, create things that ‘wow’, be better tomorrow than you are today

Some of the clients we call friends

Here are just some of the household names you can expect to be producing exciting work for:

Harbour Hotels Group
Infinity Motorcycles
Simplyhealth
Warner Bros.
Capita
Serco Plc
Bombay Sapphire Distillery

A few small perks to brighten your day

25 days holiday per year + bank holidays
An extra day off for your birthday
An extra day off for every 5 years of employment
Hybrid working
Pension scheme
Training and professional development relevant to your role
Procurement of any equipment that we agree will enable you to develop within your role
2 paid volunteering days a year for a charity of your choice
Culture and wellbeing activities
Bring your dog to work
An ‘always-open’ drinks fridge
No diets here - regular cakes and goodies in the kitchen
Monthly lunches and end of quarter celebrations
Cycle to work scheme
Access to Perkbox rewards scheme
Thursday afternoon is the new Friday with ‘beer-o-clock’

Salary

Competitive based on experience.

We appreciate the value of talent, so we’re not afraid to provide the right financial package for the right person.

D&I policy

Our people are our priority, regardless of their sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, physical ability, social identity, age, or beliefs. This naturally includes when we're recruiting. We believe diversity plays an integral part in allowing us to be better at what we do and we aim to empower everyone to feel their best selves, both professionally and personally.