WordPress Developer

WordPress Developer

Brighton

£30,000 – £40,000 + Excellent Benefits

Award winning, independent digital marketing agency based in the heart of Brighton is looking to hire a talented WordPress Developer to join their rapidly growing team.

Our client is looking for a talented WordPress Developer to join their dynamic and growing team. You will have at least 2 years’ experience and be able to demonstrate a wide variety of development work within your professional portfolio.

As a WordPress Developer you’ll work as a core part of the agency’s team to deliver digital solutions for their clients. You’ll play a key role in assisting with briefs, concept development, and turning these into workable new web based solutions.

You will work across the full suite of digital activity, so you need to be competent in coding using PHP 7+, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript as a core skill set, and be able to create stunning websites compatible with all browsers, platforms and responsive to the full range of mobile devices.

Alongside this core responsibility you’ll support their clients’ sites to enhance their existing functionality and features.

Essential Knowledge & Skills: WordPress Developer

A deep understanding and knowledge of WordPress from theme and plugin development

Experience of creating themes from Adobe XD (or similar) mock-ups

Core skill set of PHP 7+, HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript with a demonstrable track record of delivery in this stack

Knowledge of various browsers (Edge, Safari, Firefox etc), their quirks and how to overcome them in the delivery of websites

Demonstrate a core belief in outstanding user experience and interaction design for the benefit of the end user

Experience of working in a fast paced environment servicing multiple clients and working to tight deadlines

Excellent problem solving skills to analyse information appropriately and find best solutions taking a balanced view to reach logical conclusions and make relevant decisions

Ability to work on multiple development work streams concurrently both under your own initiative and part of a development team

You must be self-motivated, positive, professional and above all a great communicator with a flexible and adaptable attitude to your work

Desirable Knowledge & Skills:

Experience with using and fully integrating Google Analytics to track conversions across websites.

Knowledge of core technical SEO principles and how they influence web development.

The candidate must provide demonstrable examples of work.

Lipton Media is a specialist media and tech recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in all forms of b2b sales, marketing and creative positions, including conferences, exhibitions, awards, summits, publishing, digital, outdoor, TV, radio and business intelligence and technology.

Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 listed businesses. We work with candidates at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.