Socius Marketing is looking for a Junior WordPress Developer to join our team. Do you have what it takes to create beautiful, converting web pages and marketing pieces for technology companies? If you are a creative developer with a strong understanding of responsive design, a passion for communicating value through web content and interaction, and experience with WordPress, then this role could be perfect for you
You:
You are passionate about bringing designs to life and writing clean code. You’ve built up the knowledge and experience to confidently build web pages from scratch and have experience building and maintaining WordPress websites. You’re ready to work at high velocity across many brands. You yearn to learn more about modern marketing, best practices, and all things front-end development. You’re looking for new challenges, and leadership to support your growth.
Us:
Socius Marketing, an EverCommerce company, is a full-service Internet marketing firm that is consistently one of the fastest growing companies in the Tampa Bay area. We offer tremendous growth opportunities to motivated individuals.
Where:
Serving a national client base, Socius is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, in the prestigious Rocky Point area. The Socius office offer panoramic views of Tampa Bay, and a corporate gym and deli are conveniently located on premises. While our ideal candidate will already be local to the Tampa Bay metro area, we are open to top candidates from across the U.S.
Some Key Responsibilities:
Use HTML / CSS / JavaScript to develop visually stunning user-driven websites without a wysiwyg editor.
Maintain familiarity with content management and eCommerce solutions such as WordPress, Joomla and Magento
Work within current creative team to develop and maintain highly visible client web sites
Developing and supporting reusable internal tools to support the Design and Sales departments
Set up, manage, and configure hosting environments
Proactively perform cross-browser testing and optimizations
Maintain well-documented, reusable, and transferrable code
Maintain working knowledge of new development software, trends, and practices related to your responsibilities
Skills and Qualifications:
1+ years full-time experience with primary duties focus on web design and front-end development in a production environment
Analytical thinker and problem solver, ability to come up with solutions to diverse problems
Ability to create high-quality designs and build into a functioning browser compatible website, using proper markup, CSS and argument with interactive features using JS, jQuery, etc.
Familiarity with content management and eCommerce solutions such as WordPress, Joomla and Magento
Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery), & PHP
Familiar with MySQL and SQL database infrastructure
Cross-browser and cross-platform compatible design and development
Expert understanding of the latest and legacy browser capabilities, including mobile
Familiar with formal QA methodologies, processes and techniques
Design software power-user (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc…)
Experience designing within a grid framework
Adept at making pixel perfect sites that meet design/technical requirements
Experience and knowledge with SEO best practices
Experience and knowledge of Google Analytics
Analytical problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Bonus Qualifications:
Existing agency experience
Experience connecting to third-party info using various API techniques
ASP experience
Responsive design experience using media queries and/or frameworks
Experience with device specific design and development
Functional knowledge of performance optimization techniques
Benefits & Perks:
Competitive salary
Robust medical benefits & 401(k) with match
Public transportation reimbursement
Gym Stipend
Start with 17 vacation days, 8 standard holidays plus your birthday off, and a day off to volunteer each year
Snacks, lunches, and happy hours (when the office is open)
Compensation: $40-45K
EverCommerce is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We look forward to reviewing your credentials and getting to know more about your experience!