Front End Developer

The Publisher Desk helps you build your audience and grow your revenue.

Empowering sports, lifestyle & business media brands to connect with their audience and value-aligned advertisers.

The Publisher Desk is seeking an experienced, motivated and resourceful Front End Developer to join our team. Help us to build efficient, beautiful and responsive media/news focused websites.

Responsibilities:

Code new WordPress themes, page templates, and plugins from scratch and modify existing themes and plugins 

Build efficient, testable, and reusable php modules including dynamic content and personalization features

Provide front-end development of digital marketing communications, including full websites and micro-sites, landing pages, emails, and other initiatives

Develop, test and troubleshoot across multiple browsers, platforms and devices, including tablets and smartphones, to support a consistent and positive customer experience

Provide guidance on SEO best practices for site development

Research and recommend new technologies and tools for effective integration across various platforms

Additionally, you must understand user experience and be able to build media websites that are easy to understand, navigate, use, and adhere to design standards and specifications. 

You should be be able to design layouts for mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.

Create wireframes or mockups for web pages and applications. 

Establishing design guidelines, standards, and best practices.

We are always exploring new and innovative projects & ideas, giving you a great place to grow your career.

Requirements:

5 years of experience as a web developer

Strong working knowledge of the Wordpress Gutenberg editor, especially the creation and maintenance of custom blocks for unique site needs.

Experience creating and integrating custom wordpress plugins, themes, working with Wordpress hooks and filters

Experience creating websites for a mobile-first strategy

Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks

Strong knowledge of common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions

Experience with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds

Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, Sass, JavaScript, jQuery, and responsive frameworks (Foundation, Bootstrap)

Experience with online usability, accessibility, and web analytics

Experience with development languages (Java or Python)

Experience integrating or working with ad serving technologies (prebid, DFPP)

Experience with software versioning and revision control systems (Git required)

WordPress experience

Good understanding of search engine optimization and core web vitals principles.

Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues.

Creative and open to new ideas.

Excellent communication skills.