Front End Developer (Kenyan Jobs, Jobs in Kenya March 2014)

Title: Front End Developer

About Dotsavvy: Do you want to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond?

Dotsavvy is a 10+ years old full service Digital Marketing Agency with strategy, content, advertising, social media,a technology integration and mobile marketing capabilities.

Our clients run the gamut from financial services, nonprofits, consumer, technology, health-care, travel, and the public sector.

With fewer than 20 people on the team, you will have the unique opportunity to wear many hats.

And if you want to join a Digital Marketing Agency that promotes from within, look no further. We have a track record of cultivating internal talent.

You can find out more about Dotsavvy from our web site at http://www.dotsavvyafrica.com.

Front End Developer Responsibilities

• The Front End Developer is responsible for producing the front-end of websites from designs given to them by the creative department.
• The front-end will have to be developed as a theme for WordPress.

The ideal candidate will be required to have the following minimum requirements:

• Excellent with WordPress. You must have experience building websites and/or themes from scratch with WordPress.
• PHP / MySQL. Some experience. You should be comfortable using PHP to write simple scripts to store form data and interact with WordPress.
• Excellent with HTML5 / CSS3 / responsive design. Knowledgeable about common cross-browser issues and how to resolve them.
• JavaScript / jQuery. intermediate experience – basic animation/user interaction. (Knowledge of CSS Framework a plus)
• Able build websites from layered files (mostly Photoshop)
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledgeable about current trends and tools
• Experienced in UI / UX fundamentals and best practices
• Have the ability to run tests (automated or manual) on his / her own work.

The candidate will work with an assigned project manager to help achieve their respective objectives.

This position reports directly to the assigned Project Manager.The candidate will be requested to prove his / her knowledge and expertise.Send all Applications to jobs@dotsavvyafrica.com before Thursday, 20th March, 5pm EAT (East African Time).

In your application, detail recent projects you have been involved in.

Title your email “Application for Front-End Developer”Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Categories: IT