Mapara is looking for a talented and experienced front end Web Developer to join our international team and produce kickass web content experiences that wow audiences, impress clients and bring new dimensions to our storytelling.
Able to navigate tight deadlines, multiple and often conflicting priorities and some challenging stories or concepts to deliver on. We need someone who feasts on, and can navigate through, that environment, that exhibits creative ideas, that inspires through their development and build, approach, collaboration and ideas, and loves seeing their work impressing folks.
We’re looking for flair, passion for digital storytelling, a collaborative mindset to work across multiple brand platforms that range across the news, financial, entertainment, lifestyle, travel and sport sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Ideate and deliver great digital storytelling mechanics for client briefs with a focus on front-end UX/advanced digital experiences and innovations.
- The ability to scope front-end development work deliverables with the Head of Design that meets client deadlines.
- Develop creative concepts and products, communicate these to client or project managers, and see concepts through to final deliverable aligned with client guidelines and as outlined in brief upon client sign off.
- Inspire the wider team and business with the development potential in digital partnerships.
- Collaboratively working across a variety of projects across a variety of categories for a variety of different clients.
- Proactively build out new ideas that can help win new business and awards with other stakeholders.
- Work with wide range of stakeholders across department from sales, brand strategy, trade marketing, data and event unit to develop and deliver engaging web solutions.
- Mentor other members of the team in development and development requirements with the ability to adapt language to educate non developers.
- Continue to grow the digital development output, learning new languages and web trend abilities.
- Debug pages and work with the Ops teams and others to overcome any platform issues and back end requirements.
Qualifications
Qualifications/Requirements
- Being interested in always trying to create better work. Is stimulated by solving problems and storytelling challenges through creativity, and using that creativity to make better stories and better audience experiences that delight our clients.
- Fluent in front end development languages eg: Javascript, React, CSS, HTML, browser web standards. Strong knowledge of web frameworks.
- Demonstratable front end digital solutions and a history of producing innovative audience experiences.
- Basic knowledge of full stack development to be able to trouble shoot with the US team and other parties on any issues or requirements.
- Experience in an advertising, marketing, interactive design, or other company working on large-scale projects or notable brands preferred
- Ability to perform and thrive in a fast-paced environment with a balance between shipping code quickly and adhering to best practices
- Good communication skills within the business, especially with project managers.
- Build meaningful relationships at all levels. As a trusted advisor you will help guide solutions and technical strategy.
- Mentor and manage. Teaching and coaching aspects of the day to day to junior members and contractors.
- Solve problems in high-performing, cross-functional groups that have a foundation rooted in inclusivity and a growth mindset.
- Cross-browser and interface testing and QA testing, debugging.
- Must be eligible to work permanently in the UK.