Front-End Web Developer London, England
Job description
London & Partners is the business growth and destination agency for London. Our mission is to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive.
We are a social enterprise, combining purpose with commercial rigour. We are funded by grants, partners and our portfolio of commercial ventures.
We support high-growth businesses to scale – both international businesses expanding into the UK and London-based businesses growing internationally. We develop London as a destination and attract visitors and events. We grow London’s global reputation to support economic growth. We create partnerships and profit-making ventures that enable us to scale our impact.
London & Partners operates brands including VisitLondon and the top-level-domain DotLondon. It is the founder of London Tech Week and runs two award-winning programmes for start-up and scale-up companies. In a typical year, we support thousands of scaling businesses, win hundreds of events for London, book over a quarter of a million hotel beds and engage millions of visitors on our digital channels.
Our key performance indicators are the economic growth (gross value added) and jobs that we create, the satisfaction of our clients and partners, and our commercial performance.
Purpose of role
Working with content creators, designers, and other developers, you will be responsible for writing, testing and maintaining client-side code and content management system templates for visitlondon.com and London & Partners’ other web applications.
Key Tasks
- Work independently to convert designs and specifications into functioning web solutions that meet all requirements, including performance, usability, accessibility, and browser compatibility.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and advise on the technical requirements and the feasibility of the implementation of the requested solutions and designs.
- Work as a member of the Scrum team to estimate work requests and break them down into actionable tasks.
- Take a proactive approach to improve web applications by identifying trends, technologies, and techniques that can create opportunities to develop the London & Partners products, recommending appropriate solutions.
- Any other reasonable duties as allocated by the line manager as and when required.
You’ll have/bring
- Excellent skills in HTML and CSS, including knowledge of the latest CSS techniques such as Grid and Container Queries.
- Knowledge of JavaScript, including jQuery and “vanilla” scripting.
- Experience producing responsive “mobile first” websites.
- Experience with Content Management Systems, ideally WordPress and/or Sitecore.
- Familiarity with setting up A/B tests on websites
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies or interest in using them.
- Committed to continuous learning and evolving with industry best practices.
- Approachable and willing to interact beyond the immediate team, helping solve problems quickly and creatively as they arise.
- Successfully uses innovative and creative problem-solving to implement plans and objectives.
- Successfully delivers project tasks on time and to a high standard, using all available resources.
- Takes responsibility and ownership of project tasks, continuously aiming to improve own performance.
- Has a passion for London.
You’ll Get
- To join a fast paced, flexible and inclusive social enterprise
- Hybrid working environment
- 30 days’ holiday in addition to UK public holidays
- Excellent employer pension contribution and private medical health insurance
The salary for this role has been approved as advertised in line with our pay structure. We will not negotiate or vary this figure upon offer or appointment.
London's diversity is its biggest asset. At London & Partners, we aim to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of the city that we promote. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or assignment, faith or disability. We also appreciate that many people require flexibility in their working patterns and encourage you to talk to us at interview about any flexibility you may need, be it full-time, job-share, or part-time.
If you need to receive this information and/or apply in an alternative format, please contact London & Partners by emailing [email protected] to discuss how we can help.
We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
