Overview Of Role:
We're a fully remote web development agency looking for a part time contract Wordpress Front-end Engineer. This position should have an attention to detail and love to develop interactive and engaging web experiences. This person should have a keen eye for engaging animations and clean code.
Our mission:
At First + Third, it is our mission to outperform average agencies. We believe that when an agency only thinks about how to get a project done and not enough about the client’s goals, it becomes impossible for the project to be a success.
As an organization we are obsessed with helping our clients understand and achieve their objectives through thoughtful, well-executed web design and development.
Responsibilities:
- Execute - Be able to take visual designs in sketch and written specifications and turn those into semantic html/css/js that is reusable, scalable, performant, accessible and work on all major browsers
- Make it move - We love to create experiences on our pages. We leverage CSS and JavaScript animation to make our pages come alive
- Components - Be able to create reusable Gutenberg blocks that allow clients and product team to enter content and customize the components.
- Reuse - Develop a reusable component/block library for WordPress that is reusable across client projects
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience as a Wordpress front-end developer.
- Strong understanding of HTML and CSS including cross-browser compatibility and performance.
- Ability to write modern and performant JavaScript using latest technologies.
- We expect you to know your way around git and Github
- Experience with front-end building tools (such as Webpack).
- Experience working remotely.
- Comfortable interpreting designs and/or specifications and thinking through the best approach to adapting it to code.
- A solid understanding of good UX and UI practices for websites.
- Familiarity with Sketch and Adobe XD.
- Experience with WordPress and Gutenberg with building out custom blocks.
- Experience working with component systems.
- Estimating work for a project and taking specs and turning into clearly defined, executable tasks.
Nice to haves:
- Experience with React
- Experience with Node.js
- Experience with Shopify
- Understanding of WCAG accessibility compliance. Ability to implement accessibility standards as well as audit existing websites.
Join Our Team!
If this sounds like it would be a good fit for you, we’d love to hear from you. Here’s how the process works:
- Apply: Introduce yourself and let us know a little about yourself. Please include a resume and a summary of a recent project/product you built.
- We’ll Get Together: Virtually of course, we’ll set up a time to get to know each other, ask questions, and make sure we’re both a good fit for one another.
- Take a look at work: We like to get a sense of how you approach a problem so we’ll give you a quick project to complete.
- Succeed Together: We’ll get to work helping our clients reach their goals because when they succeed, we do too.
More about First + Third
First + Third is an agency deeply committed to helping leaders understand and achieve business goals through thoughtful, well executed, and expertly managed web design and development. With over 20 years of experience, we have had the privilege of working with organizations such as LeanIn.Org, Facebook, Billboard Music, Girls Who Code and The Hollywood Reporter to name a few. We are proud to be a Wordpress VIP and Shopify Plus partner.
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What We Do
When it comes to websites, we know that every business leader wants a site that is well designed, easy to use, and helps them to succeed. First + Third is an agency deeply committed to helping leaders understand and achieve business goals through thoughtful, well executed, and expertly managed web design and development.
We know first hand how difficult it is to launch anything online. What should take 1 month can often take 9; costing companies precious time and money. With our collective 20 years of experience in web design and development, we aim to sweat the small stuff so our clients don’t have to, putting time back in their calendars and success on their track record.
Here’s how we do it:
- Get to know the client & the project to understand the business & specific project objectives
- We create the team and a unique plan of attack to achieve your goals
- We execute on time so you can start seeing a return on your investment
At First + Third we believe that every business leader deserves to have a web partner in their corner, working to achieve their goals as if they were their own. When our clients succeed, we do too.
Our Work:
We have been honored to help some of the nation’s most influential foundations bring their vision to life online including:
- Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In.org
- Girls Who Code
- Open Create
- Option B
We also have the pleasure of helping many organizations achieve their business goals through thoughtfully designed and developed websites such as:
- Billboard Music
- Facebook
- The Hollywood Reporter
- SnackNation
- Molecule Mattresses
