Web Developer at Lantern Books

Job Description

• We are seeking a talented Web Developer to join our Marketing & Multimedia team.
• As a member of Lantern Book’s Marketing & Multimedia team, you will be designing and developing a responsive and elegant web experience for our consumers.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be writing maintainable, scalable, cross-browser and cross platform (desktop, mobile and other devices) code that is seen by millions of users.
• You’ll be part of a team of marketers, product managers, and designers that collaborates on the conceptualization, design, and implementation of landing and content pages.
• We’re looking for someone who can communicate their thoughts clearly, both in meetings and in their code.
• And you’ll be an advocate for best practices, great usability, and exceptional quality.
• Write maintainable, scalable and cross-browser code
• Maintain design, user experience and brand requirements throughout the development process
• Collaborate with marketing managers to conceptualize, design, and implement new pages
• Advocate for best practices, great usability and exceptional quality

Key Characteristics

• A curiosity and a passion for creating elegant end user experiences
• Balance of ideation and delivery skills
• Doesn’t take feedback personally
• Creative flair
• ImaginationAdaptable
• Willing to learn new techniques
• Have good interpersonal and communication skills
• Multi-task and meet rigorous deadlines.
• Understanding of layout and typography.
• Extreme attention to detail
• Team player
• Ability to influence decision makers
• Enthusiastic
• Self-motivated
• Meticulous
• Strong drive and determination to succeed

Need to Have’s:

• Well-grounded knowledge in building front end web experiences.
• Experience in Cross-Browser / Cross-Platform development
• Solid understanding of CSS3 and HTML5 along with upcoming standards
• Great understand and craftsmanship of JavaScript technologies e.g. Angular JS, JQuery etc.
• Experience with a CSS Preprocessor
• Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (would be an advantage even though we have inhouse graphic artist)
• Experience with server-side technologies (PHP is first on the list)
• Able to translate wireframes and mockups into code with a good grasp of document structure and semantics
• Good visual design sense and understanding of basic usability concepts
• Solid understanding of cross-browser best practices
• Excellent communication and organization skills (we take this very seriously)
• Version Control (Git / GitHub / CVS / Subversion)
• Experience in Database management (MySQL specifically)
• SEO and Social Media Integration (very key to our marketing strategy – a must have)
• Proper code documentation
• Experienced with building Web API
• Knowledge of data formats (particularly. JSON, XML)

We are only considering applicants that fit the needed requirements above. We look forward to meeting you.