Overview
JDA Worldwide is a full-service marketing agency serving national, emerging, and category-leading brands since 2003. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, JDA specializes in brand, creative, digital, paid media, and public relations. We are looking for a multi-disciplined web developer to join our development team in our Indianapolis, IN office. The role of the web developer is to lead the front and back-end development and upkeep of our agency and client network of sites that we build and host. Advanced knowledge of PHP and WordPress is required, as is a complete understanding of UX / UI, information architecture, and user-path mapping. Experience in planning, scoping, and delivering web-related projects on-time and under budget is desired. The developer should have hands-on experience with web applications and programming languages such as PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery. The ideal candidate should be able to maximize and enhance original project scopes and create highly scalable web apps that thousands of users interact with daily. They should be passionate about the industry, stay aware of evolving trends, and continually apply industry shifts to projects. They should be able to work efficiently both individually and as part of a team.
Responsibilities
- Create functional prototypes for clients to preview and provide feedback.
- Deliver high-performing, standards-compliant web applications.
- Develop user-centric, functional, and visually appealing web applications.
- Provide updates to existing client websites.
- Troubleshoot and correct bugs in web applications.
- Maintain established brand requirements through web implementation.
- Remain up to date on emerging technologies and best practices.
- Execute object-oriented programming techniques.
- Know the technical trade-offs of various approaches, including budget / time estimates.
Requirements
Extensive understanding of WordPress, including building custom themes and plugins.Extensive understanding of Shopify, including custom theme development.Extensive understanding of PHP.Understanding of Figma.Understanding of semantic HTML5.Understanding of CSS3 and SCSS.Understanding of JavaScript and jQuery.Understanding of React.Understanding of modern web animation techniques.Understanding of cross-browser compatibility.Understanding of high performant responsive web design techniques.Understanding of web performance optimization.Understanding of creating SEO-friendly websites.Understanding of Git and, ideally, the Git Flow workflow.Understanding of modern web design concepts, techniques, and best practices.Additional Desired Skills
Knowledge of Hubspot.Knowledge of Shopify.Knowledge of relational database technologies used by MySQL or PostgreSQL.Knowledge of accessible web applications (WAI-ARIA / WCAG 2.2 / Section 508).Knowledge of web security considerations.Unix command line interface and related tools.Knowledge of macOS.Knowledge of Webflow.Familiarity with C# and ASP.NET.Skills & Tools Used
PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Web Accessibility (WCAG 2.0), SEO, WordPress, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android, Sublime Text, VS Code, Git, Hubspot, Shopify, Figma, C#, ASP.NET.
Essential Character Qualities
Obsessed with detailWilling and able to chase excellenceConfident and self-assuredCommitted to a team-first mentalityMotivated to achieve at the highest levelSeniority level
Entry levelEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
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