WordPress Developer

Job Description

Job descriptionThis client is looking for a Frontend Developer who wants to work in an award-winning creative marketing agency. They are looking for someone that comes from a WordPress background and has experience in Frontend in order to help them achieve their visionof being the leading company in marketing technology. As part of this role you will have the chance to learn, develop and progress your career with continuous learning courses and training to keep up with modern technologies, as well as being given the opportunityto build a team of junior developers around you.JOB TYPE: Full-time, PermanentAbout the RoleThe role will be best suited to an experienced frontend developer that has a passion for UIand UX and can convert designs into pixel perfect and innovative websites or frontend webThe chosen candidate will have an excellent eye for detail and demonstrate a very goodlevel of knowledge in creating custom WordPress and WooCommerce themes. The chosencandidate will also have knowledge of SEO and best practices, when creating optimisedWordpress websites or web applications.We are also looking for someone who can take the lead within our frontend developmentteam and oversee a number of projects and support junior members of the team.There will also be many other opportunities to work on frontend projects across many of ourexisting and new client accounts, with the possibility of working on larger web and mobileapp projects.About UsDue to recent growth we are looking for a Frontend Developer to join our team.My client offers a range of digital services including Website Design and Development,Bespoke Web and Mobile Applications, and Digital Marketing.After a successful trial in Autumn 2021, a 4 day working week has been introduced ascompany policy. For 4 weeks, you would be in a Monday to Thursday group, then you wouldswitch to Tuesday to Friday for the following 4 weeks. This also means that every 8 weeksyou benefit from a 4 day weekend.Of the 4 days that you work, 2 days are office based and 2 days working remotely. Mondaysand Fridays are always remote working.The successful individual will benefit from a modern, smart office at the award-winningdevelopment Electric Wharf in Coventry or shared office space in the centre of Manchester.Our Clients include Peugeot, Citroen, Jaguar Land Rover, Fraikin, Willmott Dixon,Hammonds Furniture, Coventry City of Culture 2021 and The Wave to name a few.Currently, we have a team of 20 full-time employees.The prospects for the business have never been better. We have recently been appointed totake on the development of a very exciting sports based mobile app. Our client vetted andvisited 8 different potential suppliers including Image+. On appointing us as supplier, wewere told we stood out head and shoulders above the 7 other app companiesIf you believe you are or can be head and shoulders above other candidates, please get incontact with us.About youYou will have experience - you need to have excellent HTML, JavaScript and CSSskills, Strong SQL skills, extensive knowledge of custom WordPress themes as wellas other front end technologies listed. You need to be passionate, dedicated andgood at working individually and in a team. You need to be reliable and good atmeeting targets.BENEFITS:

• 4 day working week (35 hours)
• Extra day holiday on birthday and additional holiday gained with each full year

of employment.

• Private Pension Scheme
• Employee benefit scheme including health cash plan
• Remote working days (2 days a week)
• Regular team social events

LOCATION: Coventry or Manchester, United Kingdom - Hybrid working (office based &remote)ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• HTML, JavaScript and CSS skills
• Extensive WordPress knowledge (building custom WordPress themes)
• CSS, SCSS
• Portfolio of work (such as a portfolio website or GitHub link
• 2 years + commercial front end development experience

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Version Control (Git)
• E-commerce platform experience WooCommerce
• Linux Servers
• Lamp Stack
• Vue.js
• Laravel

Keyskills :
CSS JavascriptJavaScriptPHPWordpressJavaScript Libraries