Job description

Angelcy needs a Propeller-head. Is that you?

A dynamic marketing and brand management consultancy in Faerie Glen area, Pretoria is seeking a web developer for a full time position. The ideal candidate is a talented artist with extensive technical expertise who can work alongside a team and independently in the creation, maintenance, and updates of websites for clients in a variety of industries. Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and other web services and program applications is essential to succeeding in this role.

We are looking for someone with very strong organisational skills who can juggle multiple projects concurrently.

The web developer will have an immediate effect on our brand and that of our clients’, as well as an ongoing impact in solidifying our industry-wide reputation for stellar design and strategy. 

The web developer will be expected to:

• Meet regularly with business stakeholders and management to understand and refine business and functional requirements and determine project scopes and specifications
• Develop and maintain strategic operational systems, tools, and processes, including participation in tactical and strategic development projects
• Ensure software stability via regression, support quality assurance, and perform unit and user-acceptance testing to identify bugs and ensure production operations run successfully
• Maintain and update client websites monthly
• Providing timely resolutions to reported problems with existing websites
• Perform UI designs and coding, creating reusable objects and templates for web pages and email templates (MailChimp); manage maintenance, updates, expansions, and scaling of each design
• Perform regular file backups to local directories for recovery
• Research and keep up to date with best practices and new technologies in all areas of his/ her work
• Research solutions for concepts proposed by other staff members before the proposals are submitted to clients 
• Create high quality, well-designed, tested code using best practices for website development, including mobile and responsive site design that will form part of high profile advertising campaigns
• Design and implement new web features and functionality
• Create process flows and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas
• Create WordPress websites and manage the launch of those websites through completion
• Build landing/holding pages using HTML, CSS and PHP. Create websites and user interfaces, using standard HTML/CSS practices, while incorporating data from back-end databases and services
• Manage, assist and report on all SEO 
• Generate, edit, publish and share content (original text, images, video or HTML) that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take action
• Ensure security on all websites
• Set high standards for his/ her own work in terms of quality, robustness of the web sites and timeliness. 
• Work independently as technical resource in the company to assist other staff in delivering solutions to clients
• Create and maintain workflows with teams to provide visibility and to ensure workload balance for consistent visual designs
• Give accurate time estimates on all projects and finish projects strictly on time based on project management principles
• Develop or validate testing schedules, addressing all browsers and devices to ensure various computers can access content

Requirements

The successful applicant must have at least three to five years’ recent experience in the following:

Familiarity with multiple HTML frameworks like bootstrap.Extensively experienced in WordPress.Experience in creating site maps. Experience with CMS software other than WordPress (e.g. Joomla) will be considered an advantage. Must have experience in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

• Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Shopify.
• Experience building/designing user interfaces for websites.
• Experience designing and developing responsive websites.
• Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers.
• Excellent decision making and process development skills as well as quick and efficient response to changing demands and schedules.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• An excellent eye for detail, consistency, and accuracy.
• Good time management and the ability to work under pressure at times, on more than one project.
• Have good research and logic capabilities.
• Understand how databases work.
• Have basic skills with SQL.
• Experience in e-commerce and Magento will be an advantage.

Advantageous

Preference will be given to developers who:

• Have experience with web sites developed for well-known brands that form part of an advertising campaign.
• Have worked in an advertising agency.
• Have Search Engine Optimisation experience.
• Experience in managing, building and executing social media strategy and lead generation through competitive and audience research, and setting up and optimising company pages within each social media platform, and have demonstrable social networking experience and social analytics tools knowledge. Understand and can implement Ad Words campaigns.
• Have project management experience.
• Have graphic design skills.

Personal Skills/Attributes

• Dynamic and eager to learn.
• Attention to detail and accurate.

Please send your CV and portfolio links of designed websites.

If you do not receive feedback by 30 June 2019 your application was unsuccessful.

Posted on 30 May 08:05