Managing Front End Developer (northern suburbs)

Managing Front End Developer

Reference #: 30079

Location: Chicago: Northern Suburbs

Job Title: Managing Front End Developer

Type of Opportunity: Temp to Perm

Start Date: ASAP; Contract-to-Hire

Description:

Our client is an online marketing firm specializing in direct response marketing for Fortune 500 clients in the Financial Services, Communications and Automotive industries. They're seeking a Senior Front End Web Developer to change the way they market online. Ideal candidates must have 7+ year’s experience. You will be working in a highly collaborative, people-first environment with competitive compensation and benefits and a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Major aspects of this role are hands-on front end development, project management, and some information architecture.

Responsibilities:

* Managemet 30% and Hands-on 70%. May eventually become more management over time.
* Developing, launching and maintaining consumer facing web-based e-commerce applications, including writing presentation layer code (HTML, CSS and Javascript) on a wide range of projects
* Identifying opportunities for enhancing the consumer experience and application business performance through new functionality, standard development, and code optimization
* Working daily with cross functional implementation team of 10 - 11 folks from; software engineers, testers, producers, programmers, Account Management, Project Management.
* Daily status meeting for 1 hour with cross functional team for 2 - 3 weeks until site is tested and launched.
* FED will participate in the daily project status mtgs and take all information then distill into actionable functioning tasks for site development.
* Managing 3 - 4 internal folks + outside resources.
* Collaborating with Operations Managers to develop and execute against production schedules (site launches and updates)
* Collaborating with Communication Client team to map client and business requirements to platform capabilities
* Collaborating with Technology Team to identify and implement new platform capabilities
* Establishing standards for functional design and front-end code that support overall business objectives.
* Establishing and performing ongoing quality assurance tests including functional testing and browser/OS interoperability
* Interfacing with internal and external technology resources
* Career development and management of Web Developers and Design/Creative Staff
* Oversight of outsourced production activities, including establishing working processes and quality management.

Requirements:

· Must have managed a team of at least 2 developers.

· Expert knowledge of MS Office Suite, web production toolset, HTML, XHTML, CSS

· Familiarity with PHP, JavaScript, XML, image editing software (e.g. PhotoShop, GIMP), Flash, database driven websites, version control (SVN preferred), content management tools and methodologies, and user interface design

· Hands-on experience with development and maintenance of web-based applications using an established web framework (e.g. Django, Ruby on Rails, .NET, STRUTS, etc.)

· Some IA, project Management and client facing experience.

· Detail oriented and able to manage multiple priorities and adhere to tight deadlines

· Experience in both Windows and Mac development environments

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Proven ability to successfully coach and manage a team

· Proven ability to work in a fast growing/ever-changing technology and operational environment

Not a good fit: Folks who are more Flash or ActionScript than HTML, CSS and Javascript. Web Designer (there is not design involved in this role)

Good fit: Folks who have demonstrated taking abstract directions and develop websites from them.