Front End Developer

This position is US only. We are not able to offer sponsorship assistance. We currently are not able to accept offers from recruiters. The position is hybrid for anyone in Memphis or Nashville and remote from other US locations. Speak Creative is an established company with offices in Memphis and Nashville with a strong remote team across the US. We are skilled in all things interactive, from website design and development to mobile apps and digital marketing. We create, code, consult, support, sell and most of all problem solve for clients all over the nation. Front End Developers serve on our Creative Team and have the ability to take concepts from our designers and build beautiful websites for our clients on our developer-centric CMS, SiteWrench, as well as Wordpress and other platforms. We are a multi-disciplinary team with a goal to help serve our clients with powerful, beautiful and functional websites that grow their business. We are driven by design, smart development, data, research and a continually renewed process to help us work more intelligently each and every day. Some of the skills required: The designer part is secondary, but you must have an eye to know if something looks bad. You can take a "flat" design comp and turn it into a responsive website setting up the CMS features to create an excellent editing user experience for our clients. You're a pro at writing HTML5, CSS along with scripting languages (we use SASS), and Javascript. You understand GIT and how to work on projects with multiple developers. You know how to request data from an API and then use the data to build a web page. You're comfortable receiving art assets from a variety of industry leading design tools like Figma to be converted into a responsive website. You are meticulous in your attention to detail, a missed href="#" in a live site makes you cringe. Bonus: You're good at PHP and are familiar with NPM. Double bonus: You can build with React and/or you have experience with Laravel. What your day will look like: You'll be introduced to the project by the lead designer and carry his/her creative assets forward for your build. The designer will advise on approach where needed. You may occasionally train clients to use the CMS. You will meet with clients and the rest of your project team to understand requirements, client team capabilities, and what would create an excellent experience for them. You'll load, configure and style content. You'll do all QA checks including but not limited to Browser compliance, SEO best practices, ADA compliance/best practices. Some of the characteristics we are looking for: You are composed - We need individuals who are comfortable managing multiple projects at once with sometimes tight turnaround times - all while keeping cool and composed. You love to help and learn - You love helping others and can give your time and knowledge generously to help us grow and become better each week. You solve problems - You're a strategic thinker and you can solve problems quickly to help our team and our clients keep moving. You value team - You're a team player at the core. If a teammate says "I need h..." you raise your hand before they finish their sentence. You serve clients - You derive great satisfaction building things that make clients happy and successful. Apply Online